Long Term Plan for Religious Education
At Esh C.E. Primary School, in Class 2 (Y1/Y2), Class 3 (Y3/Y4) and Class 4 (Y5/Y6), we plan on a two year cycle using Understanding Christianity (2016) and the Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Document (2024). Reception children are part of an EYFS class with Nursery children. RE for children in Reception is planned on a one year cycle with children in Nursery, where RE is non-compulsory, accessing early RE through enhancements in continuous provision.
RE at Esh C.E. Primary School reflects key religious and non-religious world views and is built on the understanding that everyone has a world view and everyone’s world view is different.
Each cycle of the year is carefully planned to teach Christianity approximately 50% of the time and the remaining percentage made up of Hindu Dharma, Islam, Judaism, Sikhi, Humanism and Thematic Units in accordance with the Church of England Statement of Entitlement (2019) as shown below.
It reflects the view that Christianity and other Religious World Views that we teach are diverse and living world faiths.
We are beginning to plan in a way known as ‘Multi-Disciplinary RE’ or ‘Ways of Knowing’. We use Livvy the Social Scientist, Theo the Theologian and Sophie the Philosopher to ask questions from different angles. When looking from the point of view of a Social Scientist, this could take many forms such as a case study, a survey or some data. The children look at how people live out their world view before discovering the why. There are example questions displayed in each classroom, from a Theological, Sociological and Philosophical point of view, that children can use as a model in RE Lessons.
Please look at our Long Term Plan below.