Religious Education

Subject Leader - Mrs Stephenson

At St Joseph’s we are: ‘Learning with Jesus, to be the best we can be.’

Our school exists to enable all children and adults to grow towards Christian maturity based on the life and teachings of Jesus as revealed in the Gospels and in the Traditions and Doctrines of the Catholic Church. “Go ye therefore teach all Nations.” Matthew 28-29

Intent

At St Joseph’s, we strive for all children to enjoy and have enthusiasm for Religious Education, promoting the individual talents and abilities of pupils to ensure that each child fulfils his or her full potential. All children have access to high quality teaching that helps them develop good understanding, knowledge and respect of their own faith and others. RE will have a positive impact on the children’s spiritual and moral understanding of the world and gives them skills for their future life.

Implementation

At St Joseph’s, we are proud to implement RE with the help of the Diocese whereby the Catholic faith drives everything we do. The curriculum is characterised by clear learning questions and key content which is implemented through effective teaching and learning and a range of resources; and achievement is identified by outcomes and accurate methods of assessment. RE at St Joseph’s is developed and resourced with the same commitment as other core subjects, making sure all children can access and understand their Catholic faith. Through creative and enriching lessons, the expectation is that children will confidently develop and apply skills, such as investigating, reflecting and making judgements. They will develop these skills progressively through the years, allowing them to deepen their understanding of their faith.

Please read our Religious Education Policy and Prayer and Liturgy Policy for more information (under the policies section, 'Key Information').

There is more information in the Catholic Life section of the website.

You can find out all about our worship and the Catholic Life of our school in this newsletter!

Religious Education in Reception & Key Stage 1

Religious Education in Key Stage 2

Other Faiths:

As part of our RE curriculum, we learn about other faiths. Throughout the year, another faith will be taught during 1 week, half termly. During these weeks, a whole week’s RE teaching time will be spent studying another World Faith (including Judaism and Islam). This will happen at 4 times throughout the year.

We have most recently been learning about Islam; in our lessons and through our guest speaker, an Imam from the local Mosque. We are looking forward to visiting the Mosque soon and developing our learning further.

We have learned that we have lots of beliefs in common, but we do have some differences in our faith and how we practise it.