Treasure the Moments that RE brings to the Curriculum
Our RE curriculum, enhanced by the Understanding Christianity resource and RE Today, is designed using carefully selected units from the Chester Diocesan syllabus to reflect our vision and values. Its organisation, along with the pedagogy of RE ensures a balance between three disciplines of Theology, Philosophy and Human/Social Sciences and provides our pupils authentic encounters with living faith.
In encountering religion and belief through the use of big questions, Pupils enquire into the nature of religion; its key beliefs and teachings, practices, it’s impact upon the lives of believers and communities, and the varying ways in which these are expressed. Pupils learn to understand, reflect upon and respond to important questions, and as a result they learn to communicate their knowledge and understanding using a specialist vocabulary through the language of enquiry - which drives our standards in RE. There are clear learning outcomes for all units of work, based on the end of phase outcomes as set out in the RE syllabus.
Providing Wisdom
At the heart of RE in this school is the teaching of diverse religion that enables learners to acquire a thorough knowledge and understanding of religion and world views studied via key theological concepts and recognition of shared values. It provides opportunity for enquiry, questioning, and meaningful conversations; enabling Pupils to flourish - seeing how religion shapes the world and how they themselves engage with it.
We recognise the impact that RE can have upon the open hearts and minds of learners, ultimately equipping them to become confident and compassionate adults.
RE is taught as a discrete subject but may also be referenced in a cross curricular context where possible to provide relevance, context and breadth of learning.
We also enrich RE through planned RE days or weeks, and invite a range of visitors to support the teaching of RE and it’s learning experience, and whenever possible, there will be planned visits to places of worship.
Parents have a legal right in accordance with the Education act 1996 to withdraw their children from Religious Education lessons, but as RE is central to the life and identity of Marton, we would ask parents to discuss with the Head teacher any reasons they might have for doing this.
The Kingdom of God
Each year our pupils progressively learn about the Kingdom of God. Early on our pupils learn about the parable of the mustard seed and how this is lived.
Y6 have been practising how we can articulate this within our writing and we’re so proud of the results.
We would love to celebrate Ayla's contribution to the topic. One of many beautiful responses that explain how and why we see the Kingdom of God active in our lives through the Global Church.
Y3 and Y4 went to Manchester Jewish Museum to find out more about Judaism.
It was a busy and fun morning, packed with different experiences to support their knowledge of Synagogue and Sabbath in the Jewish faith.
Y6 went to Cheadle Mosque. Arshid and team were so welcoming and had arranged some lovely experiences for the children. We had a fabulous morning and learned a lot to support our growing knowledge of Islam.
Reception had an amazing time at Liverpool Cathedral. They took part in the ‘Cruz the Caterpillar’ workshop. They used a caterpillar passport to collect stickers from 6 activities that taught them just how special they each are to God.
We were so proud of all children for their effort in the morning of activities and it was just lovely to see them travel back through the tunnel to show that Gods love had transformed them into a butterfly!
What a great day!
Y1 and Y2 enjoyed a visit to Liverpool Cathedral where they took part in looking at the fantastic faces in and around the beautiful building and the stained glass windows of the Cathedral.
Y5 Global Christianity workshop at Liverpool Cathedral.
What an amazing day Y5 had at Liverpool Cathedral!
We loved experiencing the Cathedral, our guided tour and a moment of reflection for Ukraine.
Judaism with Ann Angel!
We were so pleased to welcome back Ann Angel to lead a whole school assembly about Judaism.
Y1-Y6 Judaism workshops followed, with the opportunity to taste some Jewish food - what a treat!
We were delighted to hear that Ann felt the warm welcome of our school family too!
The Big Story through Key Christian Theological Concepts...
