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RE CURRICULUM INTENT

“Each of the world religions has its own particular genius, its own special insights into the nature and requirements of compassion and has something unique to teach us.”

Karen Armstrong

At Spilsby Primary Academy, our aim is for our pupils to acquire and develop knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other world faiths. We want our pupils to develop an understanding of the ways in which religious beliefs, teachings, practices, values and traditions influence individuals, communities, societies and cultures, from the local to the global contexts. We aim for our pupils to develop the ability to make reasoned and informed judgements about religious and moral issues, with reference to the beliefs, teachings, practices, sources of authority and ways of living associated with the principal religions represented in the UK. Our pupils will develop positive attitudes of mutual respect for and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs; so that, as future global citizens, they will value and celebrate cultural and religious diversity, in peaceful co-existence

IMPLEMENTATION

The teaching and implementation of the RE curriculum is based on the Lincolnshire Agreed Syllabus, and complemented by Understanding Christianity, through specific units set out across the year.
Using a spiral approach, it is taught through the specific concepts of theology, human and social sciences and philosophy across the religions of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism, which allows our pupils to be able to explore what is believed about them, understand how people live them and then think about them more deeply.
The curriculum units ensure that pupils in Key Stage One and Two have regular opportunities to develop and use disciplinary skills across the year as well as the spiral approach ensuring retrieval of substantive knowledge is possible.
Teachers will carefully plan opportunities for questions, low stake quizzes and challenges. Visits and visitors from a range of religions & world views represented across our local community, county and the country in which we live.

The fundamentals

Legally, we comply with the Lincolnshire Agreed Syllabus, and the curriculum ensures that pupils at Spilsby Primary Academy have a wider and deeper understanding of how religious people from different cultures celebrate and practise their beliefs differently.

Parental Right to Withdraw from Religious Education (RE)

Under current legislation, parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of Religious Education (RE) lessons. This includes activities related to Religious Education that do not form part of the statutory National Curriculum.

This morning, Year 3 made pancakes for their Lent memorable experience for our next Love to Celebrate topic. All of the children mixed and tasted a pancake, delicious!

Giving a gift to at least one person during Purim is called Mishloach Manot. It is a mitzvah (rule) of Judaism. Jews give inexpensive gifts including two foods, such as hamantaschen, sweets, fruit, nuts or bread to make sure that everyone has enough food for the Purim celebrations. Children in Year 1 iced biscuits and gave them to a friend we thought about how it felt to give a gift to someone else.

Year 1 have been learning about the Jewish festival of Purim. The Purim story features a villain called Haman, and everyone in the synagogue boos, hisses, stamps their feet and uses noisemakers (called graggers) and cymbals whenever the name of Haman is mentioned during the service. We have made our own graggers using craft materials.

End of term treat for year 3 to tie up this term's RE unit of Lent.

Year 4 have been using role paly to act out the story of Gilgamesh and the Cedar Forest.

In RE this half term, year 1, will be learning about the festival of Milad un Nabi which commemorates the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. During the lesson the children thought about ‘Why we celebrate our birthdays? and 'How it feels to share a special celebration together?’ The children designed birthday cards to give out throughout the year to their friends. As the term progresses we are going to find out more about a person who is special to Muslims, Muhammad, whose birthday is celebrated during Milad un Nabi.

In RE this week, year 5 have been studying Sikhism. They have considered why 10% of their wages is given to charity.

Year 6 have begun to look at the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah. They wished each other ' Shanah Tovah' ( Good Year) with the tradition of a slice of apple dipped in honey.

Year 6 have been reading the story of Guru Hargobind and the Hindu Princes ( Sikhism) to plan their dramatisation of the story

Fantastic creations from our Y5s today. Learning about the celebration of Holi. They explored different beliefs and actions and created their own image of a Holi festival using a range of different materials

Amazing diva-lamp making in Reception to celebrate Diwali. Our youngest children are really beginning to develop a good understanding of the world around them.

Year 6 have been learning about the Jewish festival: Rosh Hashanah. They greeted each other and had apple and honey to represent sweetness and happiness in the new year.

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