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Intent:
RE teaching at Purley C of E Primary School aims to give pupils from EYFS through to Year 6 a coherent picture of Christian worldviews and a range of other worldviews in line with both the Oxford Diocese Board of Education and the Pan Berkshire Syllabus. It will take children on a journey through a range of concepts driven by three core strands: Beliefs and Questions, Community and Identity; and Reality and Truth.
Beliefs and Questions will focus on theology, looking at the core beliefs and diverse interpretations of text, symbols and teachings of the chosen religions and worldviews.
Community and Identity will focus on Human and Social Science and using data and other sources to examine practices and human expressions of religious and non-religious beliefs.
Reality and Truth will focus on philosophy and ethics, looking at how people decide what is true and reliable drawing on the worldviews covered in the other units. It is in these units that pupils will have the opportunity to explore the wider concept of what a worldview is and how people reach these ideas.
The aim is to develop curiosity in pupils and equip them for future learning about, as well as enabling them to make sense of, the complex world of religious and non-religious worldviews.
Implementation:
We use resources from the Oxford Diocese Board of Education (ODBE) in conjunction with the Pan Berkshire Syllabus to plan and teach each unit. As a Church of England School, concepts explored in the worldviews units will link with Christian teachings; and a majority of the units taught are based on Christianity whilst covering other religions including Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Islam.
Impact:
Children will know more and be able to give an age-appropriate, coherent account of Christianity and the other religious and non-religious worldviews covered. They will be able to ask questions, use a range of sources and skills to explore the traditions taught and have developed curiosity about how and why people think and act. They will know that there is more to learn about religious and non-religious worldviews and have developed the skills to research further. Pupils will understand that there are different ways of interpreting texts, and that different people reach different conclusions about what is true, good, right, and wrong.
