Intent

At St Cuthbert’s Christ is at the centre of everything we do and therefore RE can be seen everywhere from in the classroom to outside on the playground. It is the focal point of our Curriculum through the teachings of the the 'Day by Day' Scheme of work.

We aim to grow children who live their lives rooted in the Catholic values of Faith, Hope, Trust and Love as well as living their lives mirrored in reflection of Jesus Christ. Through the late Pope's Laudato Si message, we aim to ensure children don't want to grow to have more, but to be more. At St. Cuthbert's, Catholic Social Teaching is weaved through everything we do to ensure that children want to be active members of society who promote God's message and to live their lives rooted with a firm moral compass to guide them to make good choices based on their Catholic faith.

 

 

Implementation

Religious Education at St Cuthbert's  

In line with our fellow Diocesan schools, we are using a scheme called 'Day by Day’ in school. It seeks to present the teaching of religious education in a sequential and progressive form. The framework has four structural elements:

• Knowledge lenses which indicate what should be known by the end of each age phase. These are split into hear, believe, live and celebrate.
• The ‘ways of knowing’ are the skills which develop as the children progress through their curriculum journey. These are split into understand, discern and respond.  
• Expected outcomes are set for each age phase and indicate what pupils are expected to know, remember and be able to do.
• Curriculum branches are the way the programme of study presents its model curriculum. There are six half term branches for each half term which are the same in each year group

Curriculum branches for all year groups:

• Autumn 1- Creation and Covenant- Encounter the God who creates and calls all people with a focus on the accounts of Creation.
• Autumn 2- Prophecy and Promise- Explore the expectant waiting for the Messiah through the Advent season.
• Spring 1- Galilee to Jerusalem- Experience the ministry of Jesus, the Word of God. They will learn through parables, encounters, miracles and teachings.
• Spring 2- Desert to Garden- Study the season of Lent and its culmination in the events of Holy Week.
• Summer 1- To the ends of the Earth- Study the events that flowed from the Resurrection and Ascension in the coming of the Holy Spirit and the work of the apostles and early Church.
• Summer 2- Dialogue and Encounter- Learn how Christians work together with people of different religious backgrounds, building an understand that all people work towards a common good and should respect all humanity.

In terms of assessment, the RE curriculum requires schools to assess children against the end of phase statements. Children are assessed as meeting or not meeting the expected outcomes. The language of ‘working at greater depth’ in not used in the assessment of the RE curriculum. 

 

The Catholic Education Service has produced guidance on the parental right to withdraw a child from RE and Collective Worship. This can be found here.