Religious Education
Our mission statement, created by children, parents, teachers and governors:
"Full of grace, we grow and learn together."
RE at St Mary's
Our scheme is based on the Religious Education Curriculum Directory for Catholic schools. It contains systematic and rigorous teaching and learning, at least equal to that of other curriculum areas.
Each topic follows the Liturgical Calendar and each lesson has been designed into three sections – ‘Do it’, ‘Twist it’ (with a Critical Thinking question) and ‘Deepen it’ – these sections will challenge the children in different ways and develop cumulative, conceptual understanding using metacognitive techniques.
Each lesson provides an explicit opportunity to engage with and respond to scripture to reveal God to us and ourselves to God. As you can see from our classroom, corridor and scripture displays, the children are supported in remembering what they have learnt through revisiting their learning, using images, key vocabulary, cross-curricular and multi-sensory learning opportunities.
LEARNING ABOUT OTHER FAITHS
We instil in the children at St Mary's how important it is to respect and understand others, regardless of differences in appearance or beliefs. Each year group is designated a different faith and every half term the children learn more about that faith and add this information to their Catholic Life Big Books.
We invite visitors into school to share their faith with us and to help us gain a greater respect and understanding of other religions and traditions.
