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Religious Education
The East Sussex Syllabus for Religious Education
Religious Education Intent
Religious Education has a significant role for the development of pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. It promotes respect and open-mindedness towards others with different faiths and beliefs and encourages pupils to develop their sense of identity and belonging through self-awareness and reflection.
The principle aim of RE is to engage pupils in an enquiry approach where they can develop an understanding and appreciation for the expression of beliefs, cultural practices and influence of principle religions and worldviews in the local, national and wider global community.
Progression in Religious Education
Nursery Religious Education
Reception Religious Education
Show sensitivity to their own and others’ needs.
Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society
Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class.
Listen to religious stories from a variety of cultures. Identify similarities and differences.
Learn about religious practices through books for example weddings.
Show sensitivity to needs and feelings of others.
Talk about people familiar to them including those with a faith and those who are different to them.
Develop own values and talk about own experiences.
Year 1 Religious Education
Year 2 Religious Education
Learning About Religion
Recall features of religious, spiritual and moral stories and other forms of religious expression
Recognise and name features of religions and beliefs
Learning From Religion
Identify what they find interesting and puzzling in life
Recognise symbols and other forms of religious expression
Recount outlines of some religious stories
Recognise features of religious life and practice
Identify what is of value and concern to themselves, in religious material studied
Identify aspects of own experience and feelings, in religious material studied
Identify things they find interesting or puzzling, in religious materials studied
Identify what is of value and concern to themselves, in religious material studied
Learning About Religion
Retell religious, spiritual and moral stories
Identify how religion and belief is expressed in different ways
Identify similarities and differences in features of religions and beliefs
Learning From Religion
Recognise that some questions about life are difficult to answer
Ask questions about their own and others’ feelings and experiences
Identify possible meanings for symbols and other forms of religious expression
Retell religious stories and identify some religious beliefs and teachings
Identify some religious practices, and know that some are characteristic of more than one religion
Suggest meanings in religious symbols, language and stories
Respond sensitively to the experiences and feelings of others, including those with a faith
Realise that some questions that cause people to wonder are difficult to answer
Respond sensitively to the values and concerns of others, including those with a faith, in relation to matters of right and wrong
Year 3 Religious Education
Year 4 Religious Education
Learning About Religion
Make links between beliefs, stories and practices
Identify the impacts of beliefs and practices on people’s lives
Identify similarities and differences between religions and beliefs
Learning From Religion
Investigate and connect features of religions and beliefs
Ask significant questions about religions and beliefs
Describe and suggest meanings for symbols and other forms of religious expression
Describe some religious beliefs and teachings of religions studied, and their importance
Describe how some features of religions studied are used or exemplified in festivals and practices
Make links between religious symbols, language and stories and the beliefs or ideas that underlie them
Compare aspects of their own experiences and those of others, identifying what influences their lives
Compare their own and other people's ideas about questions that are difficult to answer
Make links between values and commitments, including religious ones, and their own attitudes or behaviour
Learning About Religion
Comment on connections between questions, beliefs, values and practices
Describe the impact of beliefs and practices on individuals, groups and communities
Describe similarities and differences within and between religions and beliefs
Learning From Religion
Gather, select, and organise ideas about religion and belief
Suggest answers to some questions raised by the study of religions and beliefs
Suggest meanings for a range of forms of religious expression, using appropriate vocabulary
Describe the key beliefs and teachings of the religions studied, connecting them accurately with other features of the religions making some comparisons between religions
Show understanding of the ways of belonging to religions and what these involve
Show, using technical terminology, how religious beliefs, ideas and feelings can be expressed in a variety of forms, giving meanings for some symbols, stories and language
Ask questions about the significant experiences of key figures from religions studied and suggest answers from own and others' experiences, including believers
Ask questions about puzzling aspects of life and experiences and suggest answers, making reference to the teaching of religions studied
Ask questions about matters of right and wrong and suggest answers that show understanding of moral and religious issues
Year 5 Religious Education
Year 6 Religious Education
Learning About Religion
Explain connections between questions, beliefs, values and practices in different belief systems
Recognise and explain the impact of beliefs and ultimate questions on individuals and communities
Explain how and why differences in belief are expressed
Learning From Religion
Suggest lines of enquiry to address questions raised by the study of religions and beliefs
Suggest answers to questions raised by the study of religions and beliefs, using relevant sources and evidence
Recognise and explain diversity within religious expression, using appropriate concepts
Explain how some beliefs and teachings are shared by different religions and how they make a difference to the lives of individuals and communities
Explain how selected features of religious life and practice make a difference to the lives of individuals and communities
Explain how some forms of religious expression are used differently by individuals and communities
Make informed responses to questions of identity and experience in the light of their learning
Make informed responses to questions of meaning and purpose in the light of their learning
Make informed responses to people's values and commitments (including religious ones) in the light of their learning
Learning About Religion
Use religious and philosophical terminology and concepts to explain religions, beliefs and value systems
Explain some of the challenges offered by the variety of religions and beliefs in the contemporary world
Explain the reasons for, and effects of, diversity within and between religions, beliefs and cultures
Learning From Religion
Identify the influences on, and distinguish between, different viewpoints within religions and beliefs
Interpret religions and beliefs from different perspectives
Interpret the significance and impact of different forms of religious and spiritual expression
Make comparisons between the key beliefs, teachings and practices of the Christian faith and other faiths studied, using a wide range of appropriate language and vocabulary
Explain in detail the significance of Christian practices, and those of other faiths studied, to the lives of individuals and communities
Compare the different ways in which people of faith communities express their faith
Discuss and express their views on some fundamental questions of identity, meaning, purpose and morality related to Christianity and other faiths
Express their views on some fundamental questions of identity, meaning, purpose and morality related to Christianity and other faiths
Make informed responses to people's values and commitments (including religious ones) in the light of their learning They will use different techniques to reflect deeply