Religious Education
Subject Leader - Mrs Catharine Young
Link Governor - Mr Patrick Weaver
Curriculum Intent
Through our RE teaching at St. John's, we aim to:
- To create a non-judgemental environment where children can explore and develop the concept of, and their relationship with, God.
- To form and develop an independent mind in relation to moral and social issues.
- To encourage self-reliance, self-discipline and self-respect.
- To have respect of ways of life, opinions and ideas different from one’s own, including other cultures and religions.
- To relate all the above to the Catholic ethos of the school, home and Parish community.
Religious Education Curriculum
It is the policy of Bishop Bosco of the Diocese of Clifton that the whole curriculum is designed to enable pupils to grow in every way to Christian maturity. We use Diocesan planning to support the delivery of the curriculum.
The overall aim of our work is to lead each child to form a strong relationship with God through the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ. For more detail on this, see our RE policy in the policy section of the website.
The new Religious Education Directory (RED) will be fully in place by September 2025. We started the new curriculum in September 2023 and will following the implementation plan below:
September 2023 - EYFS and Year 3 and 4 (Year 3)
September 2024 - Years 1 and 2 (Year 1) and Year 3 and 4 (Year 4)
September 2025 - Years 1 and 2 (Year 2) Year 5 and 6 (Year 5 TBC)
The curriculum is on a two year rolling programme in line with other core subjects at the school.
The new RED can be found in full here.
Relationships and Sex Education
The program we use for Relationship and Sex Education Programme is a scheme approved by the Diocese called Life to the Full by Ten:Ten .
You can read our RSE Policy in the policy section of the website.
Curriculum Implementation
As with all subjects, we work on a two year rolling programme, which ensures children cover all areas of the RE Curriculum across each phase. This is informed by the Diocese's advice and planning for the new RED and the previous Diocese planning for mixed year groups.
Our Year 5/6 RE Curriculum incorporates Other Faith teaching on a termly basis, as well as Diocesan initiatives each year (or as they are rolled out). In EYFS to Year 4 other faiths are explored in 'Dialogue and Encounter' in Term 6.
Camino Partnership
We work closely with the Camino Partnership in all areas of RE and Catholic Life.
Find out more about it here
Knowledge Planners
Knowledge planners by age group can be found below. In RE, we teach a rolling 2-year programme with specially designed outcomes for each year group.
Please note that not every module each term has a knowledge planner.
| Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 | Term 4 | Term 5 | Term 6 |
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Vision and Mission Creation Sikhism Prayers, Saints and Feasts |
Prayers, Saints and Feasts Hinduism Advent CAFOD Week Catholic Social Teaching
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Christmas Revelations |
Lent Judaism Holy Week |
Easter Islam Mary & The Rosary Week |
Pentecost and Mission Sacraments |
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Year 5 Revelations | Year 5 Lent | Year 5 Easter | |
| Year 6 Creation | Year 6 Revelations | Year 6 Lent | Year 6 Easter | ||
| New RED - Creation & Covenant | New RED - Prophecy & Promise | New RED - Galilee to Jerusalem | New RED - Desert to Garden | New RED - To the Ends of the Earth | New RED - Dialoogue & Encouter |
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