As a Church of England (Voluntary Controlled) school, we follow the locally agreed Kent syllabus for Religious Education. This supports children in developing an understanding of both the Christian faith and other many other world religions, as follows:
Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 | |
Year R | CREATION/GOD
Why is the word God so important to Christians?
| INCARNATION
Why do Christians perform nativity plays at Christmas? | NEW TESTAMENT STORIES
What do Christians believe is special about Jesus and the message he brings? | SALVATION
Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden? | OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
What stories are special and why? (OT stories) What can we learn from Old Testament Stories?
| WORLD FAITH STORIES
What stories are told by and about people of different faiths and beliefs? |
Year 1/2 | CREATION
Who made the world?
| INCARNATION
Why does Christmas matter to Christians? (Digging deeper) | GOSPEL
What is the good news that Jesus brings? (Digging deeper) | SALVATION
Why does Easter matter to Christians? (Digging deeper)
| ISLAM
Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? | ISLAM
Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? |
Year 3/4 | CREATION
What do Christians learn from the Creation story?
| INCARNATION
What is the Trinity? (Digging Deeper) | GOSPEL
What kind of a word did Jesus want? | SALVATION
Why do Christians call the day Jesus died “Good Friday”? (Digging Deeper) | HINDUISM
What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? | UNIVERSAL
Why do some people think that life is a journey? What significant experiences make this?
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Year 5/6 | CREATION
Creation and science: conflicting or complementary? | GOSPEL
What would Jesus do?
CHRISTMAS
(2 lessons) | ISLAM
What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today? | SALVATION
What difference does the resurrection make for Christians? | UNIVERSAL
Is it better to express your beliefs in arts and architecture or in charity and generosity? | KINGDOM OF GOD
What kind of king is Jesus? |