Religious Education and Worldviews

Subject Leaders: Mr Hollands & Mrs Worrall

As a Church of England Trust, we teach an awareness that is greater than the immediate and an appreciation of the awe and wonder of God’s love. We value the beauty and diversity of creation and all humanity, whilst courageously and prayerfully addressing big questions and small details.  We develop spirituality which inspires us to work with our communities to live life in all its fullness, reflect God's love and support our mission of 'life - transforming - learning.'

Religious Education is given high priority within our school and forms part of our core curriculum. It is considered an invaluable academic subject which gives children and young people an understanding of how beliefs and values affect their lives and the lives of others. Children are given many opportunities for individual reflection and encouraged to ask deep and meaningful questions.

The curriculum explores Christianity in depth, as a living religion at the heart of our community and relates to the values, attitudes, relationships and aspirations that we promote within the wider school community. However, children also develop a clear understanding of the beliefs, practices and traditions of other principal religions and world views including Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Sikhism. We aim that Children from all faiths, and none, enjoy engaging, inspiring and academically rigorous, Religious Education lessons which relate to real life experiences. It is not the aim of our RE curriculum to encourage pupils to become committed Christians and we strongly believe that nurturing children's development of their own personal faith, whichever religion they follow, is an important part of Religious Education.

We are following the recommended Scheme of Work provided by the Diocese of Rochester details of which can be found below.

If you would like to know more about RE please read the RE Policy on our Policies Page.

During the Academic Year 2024-2025, Aquinas schools are moving to adopt the Rochester Diocese Plans for RE. This change has led to a small number of units changing which will be reflected in the documents on this page being updated gradually during the year.

 Spiritual Development Policy

Policies

Long Term Plans

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5 

Year 6 

SEND

Teachers are well skilled at adapting teaching to meet the diverse range of needs in each class. Daily planning considers individual pupil’s needs and requirements, and adaptive teaching is used where appropriate.

A range of adaptations are considered to promote equality of access and ensure that all pupils can experience success and challenge in their learning. Grouping arrangements are organised flexibly with opportunities for both ability and mixed setting to maximise learning opportunities for all.

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