RE

Intent:

At Wilbraham we want our children to know about and understand a range of religions and worldviews. Our aim is that all children are able to describe, explain and analyse beliefs and practices, recognising the diversity which exists within and between communities and amongst individuals. We take great pride in celebrating the similarities and differences of the children and staff at our school. This is something that is also reinforced through the teaching of RE. We follow the Manchester agreed syllabus and teach RE, as well as other subjects alongside British values. We want our children to learn from each other by sharing their beliefs and practices in an environment which promotes respect, integrity and harmony.

Implementation:

We want pupils to develop rich knowledge of religions and worldviews and use this to increase their levels of religious literacy and conceptual understanding. • We want learners to understand religion and worldviews in relation to commitments to morality and social justice, to responsible stewardship of the environment and to deepening the experience of being human. Promoting social and ethnic harmony is a moral imperative for schools and RE has a significant contribution to make to this. Through the exploration of multiple identities and local communities, through visits to places of worship and meeting people from diverse communities of religion and belief, and through a deepening understanding of beliefs and practices, our aim is for young people to come to informed and empathic understandings of different groups which will help promote cohesion and integration. Pupils will explore British values in relation to religion and worldviews.

Impact:

Children will  be able to articulate, with confidence, their own positions and ideas about religion, beliefs and spirituality – and then to change their minds, if they choose to do so.