Our RE Curriculum

RE

Our Mission Statement

‘At St. Josephs, we live, love and learn by the example of Jesus.’

As a Catholic school we dedicate 10% of our Curriculum weekly to teaching RE . This is supported by daily prayers; Morning, before and after lunch as well as our end of day prayer. Each day is stated by a whole school assembly or a key stage assembly. If there is no assembly or Hymn practice we have in class reflection time and meditative moments.

Every class has a reflection table; this is a focal point within the classroom and a place to reflect upon. These are changed regularly, either topically or thematically linked to the liturgical calendar or special feast days.

Our Scheme

As of September 2024 our EYFS and Key Stage 1 will be adhering to the new RED programme of study.These classes will come away from the Come & See scheme and will use the 6 branch approach, outlined in the RED.

Years 3-6 will follow  Come & See for their RE curriculum.This covers 9 topics per year , 3 per term.Every year group has a different topic but they do come under the theme each term according to the season and liturgical calendar.

Come and See is an invitation to exploration and a promise of life for everyone.

The invitation is open to all, in response to the question ‘where do you live?’, as asked by the disciples, Jesus invited them to come and see [John 1:39]. The disciples went with Jesus and spent the rest of the day with him. The invitation is to all, even if the question has not been spoken.

‘Whoever loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and my Father will come to him and live with him’ [John 14:23].

Our Topics: Nursery – Year 2 (RED: To know You more clearly)

Our topics: Year 3 – 6 (Come and See)

World Religions

As part of RE and awareness , understanding ,respect and tolerance of other faiths we teach 3 world religions per year. Every Autumn we teach Judaism, the others (Islam, Sikhism ,Hinduism and Buddhism) are taught over a two year cycle .These are taught in the Spring and summer term. During some assembly times where religions are higher profile or have a prominent feast then we will explore the religions at these times as they are again relevant to life at that time and children are inquisitive. Eg, at times like Diwali or Ramadan. These are taught for 1 week each so in one academic year we have two world religions weeks.

Judaism is studied in Autumn Term by all year groups.  Other world religions are studied on a two year cycle. (This will be adjusted for the academic year of 2024-2025 as EYFS and KS1 begin to embed branch 6 of the RED curriculum)