Castleton Primary School and Children's Centre
RE at Castleton
Religious Education (RE) at Castleton provides pupils with knowledge of different religions and world views as well as tackling misunderstandings and stereotypes. RE contributes to developing pupil’s skills of enquiry, their ability to make reasoned arguments and to reflect on their own and others views in a respectful way. The RE curriculum aims to nurture pupils’ awareness of the great benefits of diversity as well as a sensitivity to the questions and challenges that different views and cultures can present. We believe that a strong Religious Education enables pupils to make informed and resilient choices in relation to misunderstandings, stereotyping and division and in turn supports our pupils to become active citizens of the future.
Our school vision for RE is based on the national guidance issued by the RE Council in 2013 and the local agreed syllabus, 2019. The syllabus, Believing and Belonging, has three main aims for pupils:
1. To investigate the beliefs and practices of religions and other world views;
2. To investigate how religions and other world views address questions of meaning, purpose and value;
3. Investigate how religions and other world views influence morality, identity and diversity.
Throughout school, pupils explore religious scripture, customs and modern day practices as well as having opportunities for reflection, tackling thought-provoking and challenging questions and becoming informed citizens of the world.
The legal position of Religious Education
Our school curriculum for religious education meets the requirements of the 1988 Education Reform Act (ERA). The ERA stipulates that religious education is compulsory for all children, including those in the reception class who are less than five years old. The ERA allows parents to withdraw their child from religious education classes if they so wish. If a parent is considering withdrawal from RE, we will listen to their concerns and will work hard to ensure that any reservations or doubts may be accommodated to avoid withdrawal. However, we recognise that a parent has this right if reservations cannot be resolved.
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Castleton Primary School and Children's Centre
RE at Castleton
Religious Education (RE) at Castleton provides pupils with knowledge of different religions and world views as well as tackling misunderstandings and stereotypes. RE contributes to developing pupil’s skills of enquiry, their ability to make reasoned arguments and to reflect on their own and others views in a respectful way. The RE curriculum aims to nurture pupils’ awareness of the great benefits of diversity as well as a sensitivity to the questions and challenges that different views and cultures can present. We believe that a strong Religious Education enables pupils to make informed and resilient choices in relation to misunderstandings, stereotyping and division and in turn supports our pupils to become active citizens of the future.
Our school vision for RE is based on the national guidance issued by the RE Council in 2013 and the local agreed syllabus, 2019. The syllabus, Believing and Belonging, has three main aims for pupils:
1. To investigate the beliefs and practices of religions and other world views;
2. To investigate how religions and other world views address questions of meaning, purpose and value;
3. Investigate how religions and other world views influence morality, identity and diversity.
Throughout school, pupils explore religious scripture, customs and modern day practices as well as having opportunities for reflection, tackling thought-provoking and challenging questions and becoming informed citizens of the world.
The legal position of Religious Education
Our school curriculum for religious education meets the requirements of the 1988 Education Reform Act (ERA). The ERA stipulates that religious education is compulsory for all children, including those in the reception class who are less than five years old. The ERA allows parents to withdraw their child from religious education classes if they so wish. If a parent is considering withdrawal from RE, we will listen to their concerns and will work hard to ensure that any reservations or doubts may be accommodated to avoid withdrawal. However, we recognise that a parent has this right if reservations cannot be resolved.
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