R.E.
As a Church school, RE is a core part of our curriculum. We block our RE learning at the beginning or end of a half term to allow children to become immersed in the concept they are learning, and have a shared experience with other children in the school.
While the study of Christianity is fundamental to us, we believe that exposing our children to other world religions and learning about key beliefs and concepts of, and through, these religions, is crucial to their development as global citizens. When learning about other world religions, we always include a visit to a place of worship and welcome a visitor, at least once a year, to complement our learning and understanding.
We have close, strong links with St. Mary’s church (it’s just next door to us!) and each class leads at least one church service in the school year. We have church services for Harvest Festival, Christingle, Christmas, Ash Wednesday, Easter, Pentecost, and for our Year 6 leavers in the summer. Classes can also visit St. Mary's at almost any time, to enhance their learning.
At St Mary's, we use a combination of Living Difference and Understanding Christianity to plan our curriculum. We have a 2-year long term plan to enable us to 'dig deeper' into certain concepts.
This year (2021-22) we are working through Cycle A.
RE Long Term Plan – St Mary’s Bentworth – Cycle A
Understanding Christianity Living Difference Concept Planning in folder
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Oak Yr1 | Creation F1 Why is the word ‘God’ so important to Christians? God - B | Incarnation F2 Why do Christians perform nativity plays at Christmas? Celebration – A Visitor/Zoom | Sikhism Specialness – A Special Books (Guru Granth Sahib) | Salvation F3 Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden? Symbol - B | Judaism Specialness – A Special Places (Synagogue) Visit | Friendship – A Jesus’ Friend Zacchaeus |
Ash Yr2/3 | Sikhism Remembering – A Guru Nanak | Incarnation 1.3 Why does Christmas matter to Christians? Prophesy - B | Judaism Freedom – C Passover Visitor/Zoom | Salvation 1.5 Why does Easter matter to Christians? Sad to Happy – A
| God 1.1 What do Christians believe God is like? God – B Visit | Creation 1.2 Who made the world? Creation - A |
Lime Yr4/5 | Hinduism Devotion – B Hindu Worship Visit | Imagery – B Angels | God 2a.3 What is the Trinity? Holy - B | Salvation 2a.5 Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’? Sacrifice - B | Creation and Fall 2a.1 What do Christians learn from the Creation story? Sorry - A | Islam Umma – C Five Pillars of Islam Visitor/Zoom |
Elder Yr6 | Hinduism Protection – B Raksha Bandan Visit | Incarnation 2b.4 Was Jesus the Messiah? Transform - B | Kingdom of God 2b.8 What kind of king is Jesus? King - C | Salvation 2b.6 What did Jesus do to save human beings? Resurrection - C |
SATS | Islam Umma – C Five Pillars of Islam Visitor/Zoom |
RE Long Term Plan – St Mary’s Bentworth – Cycle B
Understanding Christianity Living Difference Concept Planning in folder
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Oak Yr1 | Creation F1 Why is the word ‘God’ so important to Christians? God - B | Incarnation F2 Why do Christians perform nativity plays at Christmas? Celebration – A Visitor/Zoom | Sikhism Specialness – A Special Books (Guru Granth Sahib) | Salvation F3 Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden? Symbol - B | Judaism Specialness – A Special Places (Synagogue) Visit | Friendship – A Jesus’ Friend Zacchaeus |
Ash Yr2/3 | Gospel 1.4 What is the good news that Jesus brings? Friendship - A | Judaism Symbol – B Hannukah Visitor/Zoom | Changes – A People Jesus Met
| Salvation 1.5 Why does Easter matter to Christians? Dig Deeper Sad to Happy – A
| Sikhism Precious – A Baptism and Sikh naming ceremony Visit | Creation 1.2 Who made the world? Dig Deeper Creation - A |
Lime Yr4/5 | People of God 2a.2 What is it like to follow God? Obedience - B | Incarnation 2a.3 What is the Trinity? Trinity - C | Hinduism Good and Evil – B Holi Visitor/Zoom | Gospel 2a.4 What kind of world did Jesus want? Disciple - B | Kingdom of God 2a.6 When Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost? How to live - A | Islam Symbol – B Baptism and Wudu Visit |
Elder Yr6 | Creation and Fall 2b.2 Creation and Science: conflicting or complementary? Origins – B Visitor/Zoom | Interpretation - B Birth Narratives | Hinduism God – B Avatar | People of God 2b.3 How can following God bring freedom and justice? Justice - B |
SATS | Islam Umma – C Five Pillars of Islam Visit |
You can find Living Difference, the agreed RE syllabus for Hampshire here;
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/hias/curriculumsupport/living-difference.htm
Find out more about Understanding Christianity here;
Our lead Governor for RE was Canon Ed Pruen until his retirement in January 2021.
2020-2021
