Intent 

The National Curriculum states that every school must offer a broad and balanced curriculum which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils which prepares pupils at the school for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. In terms of R.E, at Anthony Bek we believe that children should be given the chance to consider big questions about life, to find out what people believe and how that affects the way they live, in order to make sense of religion and worldviews, reflecting on their own thoughts, ideas and way of living. 

Implementation

At Anthony Bek, we follow the Derbyshire and Derby City Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education.

Parents and Carers have the right to withdraw their child from any/all RE lessons. Please speak to the Headteacher if you wish to discuss this. The R.E syllabus sets a key question for each unit of learning, these are categorised into Believing (religious beliefs, teaching and sources; questions about meaning, purpose or truth), Expressing (Religious and spiritual forms of expression; questions about identity and diversity) and Living (religious practices and ways of living; questions about values and commitments). 

As the children progress through school they discover these aspects of learning, then explore them before connecting together towards the end of their primary education. 

Impact

We usually have a variety of Religious Education experiences.

We have a close link with our local Church - St Michael's Church in Pleasley. As a school, we visit the Church at Christmas and Easter. Many year groups visit the Church as part of the R.E. curriculum. Reverend Karen often visits for assemblies.

Year 2 and Year 5 visit the Derby Open Centre. The children all find this to be a wonderful educational visit.