Religious Education is at the core of our curriculum and we believe that children learn best when teaching is delivered in a creative, inspiring and engaging way.

Our pupils enjoy exploring their spirituality and deepening their understanding of their faith through art, music, drama and dance. They are keen to take a lead in developing their own learning journey and sharing their faith with others.

In our school we follow the ‘Come and See’ Catholic Primary Religious Education Programme.

‘Come and See’ offers the opportunity for children to search, to explore, to discover and to respond; this is part of what it is to be human.

Children

Come and See the wonder of all that is within them and beyond them

God

Offers the invitation to Come and See

Teachers

Facilitate the opportunity for children to Come and See

Come and See is developed through three themes based on the documents of the Second Vatican Council, which are explored in each year group, each time at a greater depth. They are ‘Church’, ‘Sacrament’, and ‘Christian Living’.

Each term there are basic questions and beliefs that are explored through three kinds of themes:

Community of Faith – Church

Celebration in ritual – Sacraments

Way of Life – Christian Living.

The right of withdrawal from Religious Education and/or Collective Worship

Parents of pupils  are permitted, by law, to request that their child is withdrawn from receiving all or part of religious education and/or collective worship given at the school and any such request shall stand until such time that a parent’s request is withdrawn.

What happens to the pupil if he/she is withdrawn from Religious Education and/or Collective Worship?

If pupils are withdrawn from religious education and/or collective worship, schools have a duty to supervise them, though not to provide additional teaching or to incur extra costs.

Depending on the resources available to the school, the withdrawn pupil may be moved to another venue within the school, for example, the library, or perhaps in a very small school with limited resources, the pupil may remain in the RE classroom but will not participate in the RE lesson.  If the pupil is moved to another area within the school, they must be supervised.

As with most things, we would always advise parents to discuss this with the school in advance of any request being made  so that all of the implications can be discussed in detail

It is important to bear in mind that the parental right to withdraw a child from RE was intended by Parliament to be a ‘conscience clause’ and not to be used as a general opt-out clause.

Please click onto Termly Parent’s Newsletter to access important dates for this term and a summary of learning for the current term.