RE at Brookfield Park Primary School through our pupils' eyes:

“RE is where we learn about what different people believe and why it is special to them.” - F, Year 1

“RE helps us learn about special stories, places, celebrations and people.” - M, Year 2

“RE is where we learn about different religions, beliefs, values and ways of life.” - D, Year 6

“RE teaches us to understand and respect people who may believe different things.” - L, Year 3

Statement of Intent

• To provide children with an understanding of how RE impacts on us everyday
• To give children a broad range of experiences appropriate to any child of that age group
• To encourage deeper thought and reflection on what it means to be human
• To understand what Religious Education means
• To foster tolerance and understanding of all faiths

Lancashire Agreed Syllabus Aims 2021

Studying religious and non-religious world-views is essential if pupils are to be well-prepared for life in our increasingly diverse society. They need to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to make sense of the complex world in which they live so that they can ‘respect religious and cultural differences and contribute to a cohesive and compassionate society’. (RE Review 2013) A study of Religious Education enables pupils to take their place within a diverse multi-religious and multi-secular society. Religious Education asks challenging questions about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life, beliefs about God, the self and the nature of reality, issues of right and wrong, and what it means to be human. Pupils learn to weigh up the value of wisdom from different sources, to develop and express insights in response, and to agree or disagree respectfully. Pupils learn to articulate clearly and coherently their personal beliefs, ideas, values and experiences so that they can hold balanced and well-informed conversations about religions and world-views whilst respecting the views of others. Religious education does not seek to urge religious beliefs in pupils by promoting one religion over another. Instead, ‘it affords pupils both the opportunity to see the religious and non-religions in the world, and the opportunity to make sense of their own place in that world.’ (Ofsted Research Review Series: ReligiousEducation, May 2021).