By following Durham County Council’s Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education, pupils will build religious literacy by:
- developing knowledge and understanding of religious and non-religious worldviews
- becoming increasingly able to respond to religious and non-religious worldviews in an informed and insightful way
- reflecting on their own ideas and the ideas of others.
In the Agreed Syllabus there are three elements of Religious Education and these cover the aims above:
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Critical Thinking
- Personal Reflection
In KS1, Christianity and Buddhism are taught, along with a unit on Humanist beliefs
In KS2, Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism are taught.
These religions are taught through the following four concepts, which are one way in which a religion can be defined. Each concept conveys a fundamental idea for understanding what religion is and how religion works.
- Belief
- Authority
- Expressions of Belief
- Impact of Belief
Children will:
- develop & increase their knowledge & understanding of religions, beliefs & cultures in their own locality, Britain and globally.
- develop positive attitudes of respect towards people who hold views and beliefs different from their own, and towards living in a society of diverse religions and beliefs.
- develop their knowledge & understanding of religion & culture.
- develop their capacity to engage with ‘big questions’ about the world.
- develop their own sense of identity & understand what is important to them.
- know & use religious vocabulary to develop rich knowledge & progression in thinking.
- be equipped with the vocabulary needed to ask meaningful questions that extend their own understanding of a subject.
We encourage visitors from and visits to local places of worship and the use of imagery and artefacts to bring this subject alive for pupils. Pupils visit a range of local and regional places of worship in support of their learning.
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