“The highest result of education is tolerance.”
Helen Keller
Redriff’s RE Curriculum Intent
Our RE curriculum:
- prepares our pupils for life in modern Britain
- informs our pupils values and how they behave in a diverse world
- contributes to the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our pupils
- supports wider community cohesion by promoting mutual respect
- promotes equality and compassion for all
- provokes challenging questions around the meaning of life, issues of right and wrong, beliefs and what it means to be human
- offers opportunities for personal reflection
- is underpinned by our school values
Redriff’s RE Curriculum Implementation
Our RE curriculum:
- focuses on skill development and knowledge acquisition
- is underpinned by the national curriculum
- is intentionally well sequenced and connected so skills and knowledge build over time, starting in EYFS.
- allows children to develop their compassion, empathy, understanding and their inclusivity for all.
- is designed and informed by subject specialists and subject organisations
- focuses on not only tolerance of differences but acceptance
- is adapted to meet the needs of all pupils and provide an appropriate level of challenge
- is assessed with pre and post learning tasks
- is full of high quality subject specific vocabulary
Redriff’s RE Curriculum Impact
Our children:
- are empowered, confident, resilient learners
- are knowledgeable and enlightened about their world
- are curious about the world around them and their place in it
- embrace difference
- become critical thinkers
- are able to make connections
- are able to debate respectfully
- are able to eloquently and confidently communicate their knowledge and opinions
- are equipped to begin challenging stereotypes and promote cohesion
- leave Redriff enlightened, safe, happy, curious and compassionate
Pupil voices:
“R.E is learning about other religions, how they act and their way of life.”
“It is learning about other people.”
“It’s important we learn about them so we know how to act towards other people.”
“We’ve learnt about Hinduism. I liked learning about Hinduism because I’m a Hindu, it made me feel special.”