RE
Our goal for RE education is for children to gain an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the basis and impact of the world’s major religions, beliefs and worldviews, by:
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Engaging with the questions that religions and worldviews address;
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Appreciating and appraising what different people believe; and
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Developing their own ideas and responses, based on a strong sense of morality and an understanding of human rights.
Our school follows the local Islington Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education.
Children in the Early Years encounter religions and worldviews through special people, stories, celebrations, and an appreciation of the world in which they live. Children are introduced to subject specific words and use all their senses to explore beliefs, practices and forms of expression. They ask questions and reflect on their own feelings and experiences.
Children in Years 1 - 6 progressively develop their knowledge and understanding of religions and worldviews, recognising their local, national and global contexts, using subject specific vocabulary. We encourage children to be curious and to ask increasingly challenging questions about religion, belief, values and human life.
By the end of Year 6, children are able to express their own ideas in response to the knowledge and experiences they gain, giving reasons to support their ideas and views and making direct links and connections to British Values and the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child.
Assemblies, visiting religious speakers and trips to a range of places of worship, enhance and afford deeper understanding of children’s knowledge. Our reflective approach to learning encourages open and honest enquiry, an awareness of prejudice alongside a growing self-awareness, and an increasing understanding and respect for the rights of others to hold different beliefs.
For questions about the provision of Humanities at William Tyndale, please contact the subject leaders, Daisy Hawker (History and Geography), Dan Burns (Relgious Education), via [email protected]