RE Curriculum
The Religious Education Directory (RED), titled To Know You More Clearly, is a required guide for Catholic schools in England and Wales. Created by the Catholic Education Service, it offers a high-qual
The Religious Education Directory:
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The Religious Education Directory is delivered through the scheme of ‘Lighti
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The curriculum is divided into 6 branches which all year groups study throughout the year. The content aligns with the Church’s Liturgical year.
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The Religious Education Directory helps Catholic primary schools teach children about Jesus and Catholic beliefs, while also encouraging them to think critically, put thei
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The ‘knowledge lenses’ clearly outline what pupils should kn
ow by the end of each age-phase. Content is divided into six lenses: four for Catholicism (Hear, Believ e, Celebrate, Live) and two for other religions and worldviews (Dialogue, Encounter). -
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e ‘ways of knowing’ which are present throughout the curriculum; understanding, discerning, and responding. Ways of knowing set out the skills that pupils should be developing as they progress through their curriculum journey. -
Religious Education has 10% curriculum time, as per the requirements of the Diocesan Dire
ctives.
RE-Curriculum (ID 1151)
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Branch 1 Half Term 1
Branch 1 Half Term 1
The heavens are telling the glory of God’ (Ps 19:1).
In this branch, pupils will encounter the God who creates and calls a people. They will explore revelation of the Christian belief that all that is comes from God, the Creation accounts in Genesis, and scientific explanations of the process of Creation. They will explore the call of God and his covenantal relationship with his people first through Abraham and Moses, then through the narrative of the Old Testament.
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Branch 2 Half Term 2
Branch 2 Half Term 2
‘In many and various ways, God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets’ (Heb 1:1).
The prophets speak of God reaching to his people, calling them back into a relationship with him. In this branch, pupils will explore the Christian understanding of the teaching of the prophets as they point to the fulfilment of God’s promise in a messiah, Jesus Christ. They will explore the expectant waiting for the Messiah through the Advent season and how this speaks to Christians today as they wait for Christ. Pupils will encounter the story of the nativity of Jesus and the mystery of the incarnation.
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Branch 3 Half Term 3
Branch 3 Half Term 3
‘God’s only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known’ (Jn 1:18).
In this branch, pupils will experience the ministry of Jesus, the Word of God. They will learn about the life of Jesus and his revelation of the Kingdom of God through parables, encounters, miracles, and teachings. They will learn about the call of the disciples and the nature of being a follower of Jesus.
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Branch 4 Half Term 4
Branch 4 Half Term 4
‘Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day’ (1 Cor 15:3).
In this branch, pupils will study the season of Lent and its culmination in the events of Holy Week. They will learn about the Paschal Triduum at the heart of the Catholic Church’s Liturgy and life. The title of this branch points both to the liturgical journey from the desert of Lent to the garden of Resurrection, but also to the Paschal journey from darkness to light, barrenness to fruitfulness, death to life.
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Branch 5 Half Term 5
Branch 5 Half Term 5
Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit’ (Mt 28:19).
In this branch, pupils will study the events that flowed from the Resurrection and Ascension in the coming of the Holy Spirit and the work of the apostles and early Church. They will also learn about the Catholic Church today as the apostolic Church and how its liturgy and structures flow from the
early Church.
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Branch 6 Half Term 6
Branch 6 Half Term 6
‘For “In him we live and move and have our being”’ (Acts 17:28).
In this branch, pupils will learn how Christians work together with people of different religious convictions and all people of goodwill towards the common good, respecting the dignity of all humanity. They will also encounter other pathways of belief drawing on the teaching of the Church about intercultural dialogue.