Religious Education (RE)

Principal aim of RE at Queens Park

At Queen’s Park our RE curriculum provides pupils with the opportunity to explore big life questions that people from different religions and worldviews consider. Through this exploration, pupils learn about diverse beliefs, values, and practices held and are given opportunity to reflect on their own ideas and ways of living. 

The RE scheme of work at Queen’s Park is based on the Brighton and Hove Agreed Syllabus 2025. KS1 will be taught RE for 45 minutes per week and in KS2 children will be taught RE for one hour per week. RE in reception primarily falls into the Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Understanding the World areas of learning within EYFS and is taught across the year. Religious education should not seek to indoctrinate or to persuade pupils to take up any one belief. We have a diverse demographic with children from many different backgrounds, cultures and faiths. We have adapted our RE curriculum to provide opportunities for children to learn about world religions and gives space for them to reflect on their own beliefs and values. The curriculum is structured around the principal aim outlined above and the following three strands.

Believing - To know about and understand a wide range of religious and non-religious worldviews

Expressing - To express ideas and insights about the nature, significance and impact of the religious and non-religious worldviews.

Living - To gain and deploy the skills needed to engage seriously with religious and non-religious worldviews.

Implementation

Through an enquiry approach, children at Queen’s Park will meet a variety of religions as they travel through the school. We feel it is important that children learn about many religions as they live in a vibrant multi-cultural, multi faith city. The Brighton and Hove syllabus matches our needs, as it outlines that child will be taught Christianity for half of the time and the other religions studied should reflect the school and the wider community. We have therefore planned the curriculum so that within each year group Christianity is taught with at least one additional world religion, and world views are discussed throughout.

In year 1, Children are taught Christianity.

In year 2, Children are taught about Christianity and Islam.

In year 3, Children learn about Christianity and Islam

In year 4, Children learn about Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism

In year 5, Children learn about Christianity and Judaism.

In year 6, Children learn about Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism and world views such as Humanism and Atheism.

Throughout the whole school many religious festivals are marked by various events and activities. 

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