Religious Education

As a Church of England School, our Christian ethos is at the heart of every aspect of school life at Austrey and Newton Regis C.E. Primary.  Our RE curriculum enables pupils to develop an awareness of the spiritual and moral dimensions of life experiences, identify questions and issues which they raise and respond in a variety of ways to them.

Children will learn to value and develop knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other principle religions represented in Great Britain. They are given time to reflect on their own experiences, beliefs and values and develop personal responses to questions.

Children will develop an understanding of commitment to a religious tradition and develop confident viewpoints, whilst engaging in open and honest enquiry, respecting others’ beliefs which may be different in a religiously diverse society.

CYCLE A	Reception	Year 1/2	Year 3/4	Year 5/6
Autumn 1	F1 Why is the word God so important to Christians?	1.1 What do Christians believe God is like?	2a.1 What do Christians learn from the creation story?	2b.5 What would Jesus do?
Autumn 2	F2 Why do Christians perform nativity plays at Christmas?	1.3 Why does Christmas matter to Christians?	2a.3 What is the trinity?	2b.4  Was Jesus the Messiah?
Spring 1	F1 How can people show they belong together?	Judaism Layover Unit	Sikhi Layover Unit	Islam Layover Unit
Spring 2	F3 Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden?	1.4 What is the Good News Jesus brings?	2a.5 Why do Christians call the day Jesus dies Good Friday?	2b.6 What did Jesus do to save human beings?
Summer 1	F2 Who are the people in scared stories and why might they still be important today?	K13 How do people with similar religions and worldviews share and celebrate their beliefs?	L2.3 What can religion and worldviews tell us about conflict. peace, forgiveness and reconciliation and is that important? (Local links Fenny Drayton)	U2.3 Do religions change or stay the same?
Summer 2	F3 How do people know how to treat each other?	K13 How do people with similar religions and worldviews share and celebrate their beliefs?	L2.3 What can religion and worldviews tell us about conflict. peace, forgiveness and reconciliation and is that important? (Local links Fenny Drayton)	U2.3 Do religions change or stay the same?

CYCLE B	Reception	Year 1/2	Year 3/4	Year 5/6
Autumn 1	F1 Why is the word God so important to Christians?	K1.2 Where do people turn for guidance in life?	L2.5 What or who is ‘God’ and how is the divine understood in theistic worldviews?	U2.7 What do organised worldviews have to tell us abut what truth is and where it might be found?
Autumn 2	F2 Why do Christians perform nativity plays at Christmas?	K1.2 Where do people turn for guidance in life?	L2.5 What or who is ‘God’ and how is the divine understood in theistic worldviews?	U2.7 What do organised worldviews have to tell us abut what truth is and where it might be found?
Spring 1	F1 How can people show they belong together?	1.2 Who made the world?	2a.4 What kind of world did Jesus want?	2b.2 Creation and science: Conflicting or complementary?
Spring 2	F3 Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden?	1.5 Why does Easter matter to Christians?	2a.6 When Jesus left what was the impact of Pentecost?	2b.7 What difference does the resurrection make to Christians?
Summer 1	F2 Who are the people in scared stories and why might they still be important today?	K1.5 What is most important to different people?	L2.6 Do you have to be part of a faith community to express an organised worldview?	U2.5 How do beliefs and ideas about land shape the way human beings live?
Summer 2	F3 How do people know how to treat each other?	K1.5 What is most important to different people?	L2.6 Do you have to be part of a faith community to express an organised worldview?	U2.5 How do beliefs and ideas about land shape the way human beings live?