RE and Worship

 

Intent:

At Whittingham C of E Primary School, it is our intention to recognise the importance of the teachings of Christianity  in every aspect of daily life. We give the teaching and learning of RE the prominence it requires.
Implementation:

We will structure the lessons so that prior knowledge, revision of facts and key knowledge are built upon.

We will ensure that revision and introduction of key vocabulary and skills is built into each lesson.

We will ensure that children have the opportunity to apply these skills and language during the lesson.

Impact:

We want the children to develop an understanding of the teachings of Christianity and other World Faiths so that they begin to understand and celebrate similarities and differences and become positive members of the wider world.

As the children develop their vocabulary these will be displayed throughout the school/classroom for children to refer to during the lesson.

We will measure the impact of their learning through key questioning, child led assessment and summative assessment.

We follow the Northumberland Agreed Syllabus
In Early Years the RE focus for the first Spring half term has been all about God and the last few weeks we have learned about the creation story. We have recapped this and thought about what we are most thankful to God for. We made thank you cards. Some of us were thankful for the moon and stars or sun and moon, or the animals and some of us were thankful for everything!
Reverend Rich, Angela and Ed come into school each week to deliver our Tuesday Daily Act of Worship following the Open the Book resource.
KS2 had an excellent trip to both the Newcastle Hindu Temple and Newcastle Cathedral on the 29th February 2024. They learnt a lot about the features of both buildings and how they were used in their respective faiths as well as the actions and acts that took place in each place of worship. Thanks to Mrs Thomsen and Mrs Lewis for organising and running the trip as well as a big thank you to Mrs Woods and Mrs Craig for supporting with the trip too.
The Good Samaritan
 
This week, Class 1 had a lovely visit from Reverend Rich. He talked to us about the story of The Good Samaritan, and we created some frieze frames to recreate the story. We had a really good discussion about how this linked to our school values of showing respect, resilience and responsibility.