St Mark's CE Primary School

As a Voluntarily Aided Church of England school, St Mark’s places a great emphasis on the importance of RE as contributing to the development of the whole person.

Ambition:

At St Mark’s CE Primary School, we aim to provide pupils and their families a high quality religious education curriculum that is rich and varied, enabling learner to aquire thorough knowledge and understanding of Christianity, other faiths and world views

Implementation:

Through the East Sussex Agreed Syllabus and Understanding Christianity,  the use of an enquiry approach engages with significant theological concepts and the pupils’ understanding of the world as part of their religious literacy.

Impact:

Children leave St Mark’s:

• with an ability to respond to, Christianity, other principal world religions, other religious traditions and world views;
• understanding and respecting different religions, beliefs, values and traditions, through exploring issues within and between faiths;
• understanding the influence of faith and belief on individuals, societies, communities and cultures;
• with the skills of enquiry and response through the use of religious vocabulary, questioning and empathy;
• with the skills of reflection, expression, application, analysis and evaluation of beliefs, values and practices, and the communication of personal responses to these.

• having considered challenging questions of the 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.
• having learnt about religious and ethical teaching, enabling them to make reasoned and informed responses to religious, moral and social issues;
• with a developed sense of identity and belonging, preparing them for life as citizens in a plural, global society;
• having developed respect for and sensitivity to others, in particular those whose faiths and beliefs are different from their own.