• At Beeston Primary School, we aim to develop an ability to maintain dialogue, so that pupils can participate positively in our society with its diverse religions and views.Our intent is to:
  • Investigate the beliefs and practices of religions and other world views;
  • Investigate how religions and other world views address questions of meaning, purpose and value;
  • Investigate how religions and other world views influence morality, identity and diversity;
  • Encourage meaningful, relevant, engaging enquiry;
  • Offer the study of religious and non-religious approaches to life;
  • Equip pupils with the necessary skills to explore personal questions.
  • Offer pupils a safe space to ask and answer ‘big questions’.

At Beeston Primary our RE teaching is based on the agreed Leeds Syllabus. This syllabus requires our teachers to focus on world faiths; Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism.

RE teaching is driven by our whole school drivers;

• Our Place in Our World
• Aspiring Entrepreneurs
• Inquisitive Investigators
• Happy and Healthy Living

We implement our RE teaching by:

• Ensuring units of work are planned around a central ‘big’ questions, relating to the subject content of the Leeds Syllabus
• Encouraging our children to engage with key questions in a meaningful and relevant manner.
• Planning lessons with opportunities for debate and discussion
• Planning engaging lessons which make use of a wide range of literature and real life experiences
• Implementing high quality first teaching
• Organising assemblies to recognise and celebrate religious festivals
• Celebrating diversity through the recognition of world events
• Organising trips and visits to enhance and enrich learning opportunities

• Have a thorough understanding of different religions, beliefs, values and traditions.
• Understand how religions can influence morality and identity
• Confidently participate in discussion about world religions and religious festivals
• Explore their own beliefs and meanings, and make informed decisions
• Be respectful and tolerant of other’s beliefs
• Interact and participate, in a positive way, in our diverse community
• Understand the importance of thinking of others, through participating in charitable giving
• Develop high expectations of their own growth mind set and approaches to learning
• Know that they are valued, and their voice is important to our school community

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Parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of Religious Education lessons. If parents and carers would like to do this, please make an appointment with your child’s class teacher.