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    Love, Learn and Grow Together

    Religious Education

    Intent

    • To enable all pupils to hold balanced and informed conversations about religion and belief.
    • To develop all pupils knowledge of diversity and world faiths, and their understanding and awareness of the beliefs, values and traditions of other individuals, societies, communities and cultures.
    • Inspiring all pupils’ creativity through awe and wonder experiences.
    • To ensure all pupils have the skills and understanding to work as part of a team.
    • To encourage all pupils to ask questions about the world.
    • To give our children time to reflect on their own beliefs, values and experiences.
    • Our children will learn about the multicultural world in which we live.
    • We will learn to accept, respect and celebrate our differences.
    • Pupils will embrace their local and wider community in order to help make a change to the world in preparation for later life.
    • All pupils will be taught and progressed
    • Aspirations of future careers.
    • Children will have an understanding of different families.

    Implementation

    • As a school, we have a strong long term plan that caters for the needs of all pupils within our school, with a balance between theological and philosophical disciplines.
    • Weekly Religious Education sessions
    • Visits and visitors to school
    • We provide all pupils with opportunities to take a step back and appreciate life (awe) and ask questions that we can discuss as a school (wonder).
    • Subject specific vocabulary.
    • Archbishop of York, Young leaders’ award
    • Opportunities for children to reflect on and express their views and opinions

    Schemes

    • York Diocese
    • North Yorkshire County Council
    • Understanding Christianity
    • Archbishop of York Young Leaders

    Impact

    • Pupils will be confident and resilient learners.
    • Pupils will be able to articulate about different religions and hold balanced conversations.
    • Pupils will have a rich vocabulary and vast subject knowledge.
    • Pupils will be prepared for the next step in their lives and have a knowledge of opportunities after school life.
    • Pupils to be able to articulate their feelings and understand feelings of others.
    • Pupils will have an understanding and tolerance of diversity in our community and the world.

    Knowledge Progression