What am I going to learn in RE?

Year 1 – Caring for Others 

This unit will teach your child how they can be kind to each other and look after one another. Children will learn about kindness and the importance of caring for others, by exploring the values of different religions. This includes reading stories from different faiths and learning about religious festivals and practices. In the final lesson of the unit, children will begin to explore a story from different perspectives. 

Year 2 - Beginnings and Endings 

This term, year 2 children will explore how beginnings and endings are marked in special ways in different religions and their own lives. They will explore religious rituals for the beginning of a child’s life and a believer’s journey of faith, as well as finding out how Sikhs celebrate the end of one year and beginning of a new year. Children will also explore the Christian story of Easter and make links with the idea of new life. To end the unit, children will apply what they have learnt about religious beliefs and practices by designing their own ceremony to mark a beginning or ending in their own life. 

Year 3 - Islam 

This term's Islam unit will teach the class about the key aspects of the Muslim faith. They will work creatively to enhance their learning experience. They will find out where Islam originated, about special places linked to Islam and about key festivals in Muslim life. The children will also learn about symbols in Islam, the Muslim holy book and the main beliefs held by Muslims. 

Year 4 - Pilgrimages 

Children will learn about what a pilgrimage is for both secular and religious people. They will then focus on the six main world religions and identify the role of pilgrimage in that religion. This will include finding out about specific pilgrimages, such as the Hajj, when and where the pilgrimages take place, and what takes place during the pilgrimage.​ 

Year 5 - Peace 

This term's unit will look at each religion’s view of peace and take children on a journey through different acts of achieving and creating peace. The children will compare and contrast the concept of peace across religions, look at symbolic people of peace and well known symbols of peace before creating their own.

 

Year 6 - Justice and Freedom 

Children will read a range of stories, from different world religions, examining the concepts of justice and freedom. They will learn how key figures in history, such as Martin Luther King, were informed and influenced by their own religious beliefs. They will examine the impact of different religious and non-religious ideas about the formation of the Non-Violent Protest and Human Rights Movements. They will conclude the unit by consolidating their understanding of freedom and justice by examining which, if either, is more important, using their learning in this unit to debate this question.