Religion & World Views

At King's Ford Academy, we use Norfolk Sacre Primary’s Religon and worldviews scheme of work, which enables pupils to meet the government guidance, which states that RE must reflect that ‘the religious traditions in Great Britain are, in the main, Christian while taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain’. Our scheme has been designed to fulfill the aims of A Curriculum framework for Religious Education in England.

Intent

At King’s Ford Academy, our Religion and World Views curriculum, written in line with the Norfolk SACRE agreed syllabus, aims to develop pupils’ knowledge, understanding and respect for a range of religions, beliefs and non-religious world views. The curriculum is designed to support pupils in exploring big questions about meaning, purpose and identity, while encouraging curiosity, critical thinking and reflective dialogue. Through a carefully sequenced programme of study, pupils build substantive knowledge of key religious concepts, practices and traditions, alongside the ability to compare, interpret and evaluate different viewpoints. Our curriculum promotes mutual respect, tolerance and understanding, preparing pupils to live as thoughtful, informed and compassionate members of a diverse society, while supporting their personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

Our children work through a series of 'big questions as they move through Key stage two. These cover areas of theology, philosophy, human and social sciences and are taught in sequences of Engage, Explore and enquire, Evaluate, and Express. The questions that the children experience are below.

Year 3	Year 4	Year 5	Year 6
How do people express commitment to a religion/ worldview in different ways? Hindu or Jewish/Sikh/ Christian	Where do religious beliefs come from? Christian	Is believing in God reasonable? Multi/Humanist	How and why does religion bring peace and conflict? Multi
What is the Trinity? Christian	What do we mean by truth? Is seeing believing? Multi, including Sikh views on God as truth	How has belief in _____ impacted on music and art through history? Christian/Muslim	How do _______ explain the suffering in the world? Buddhist
What is philosophy? How do people make moral decisions? Christian/Humanist	How do/have religious groups contribute to society and culture? Hindu/Christian	What can we learn about the world/knowledge/ meaning of life from the great philosophers? Buddhist/Christian	What does it mean to be human? Is being happy the greatest purpose in life? Humanist/Christian
What do _____ believe about God? Muslim	Why is there so much diversity of belief within _____? Christian Includes some theological aspects	What difference does the resurrection make to Christians? Christian	Creation or science: conflicting or complementary? Christian/Humanist
What difference does being a _____ make to daily life? Muslim	What does sacrifice mean? Multi/Humanist	How do ____ make sense of the world? Hindu	How do Sikhs interact with culture and society? Sikh

You have the right to withdraw your child/children from part or all of the religion and world curriculum.