Religious Education is taught at St Charles, through the ‘Come and See’ programme. ‘Come and See’ is an invitation and a promise of life for everyone. The invitation is open to all. In response to the question ‘Where do you live?’ Jesus invited the disciples to ‘Come and See.’ They went with Jesus and spent the rest of that day with him. ‘Come and See’ offers the opportunity to search, to explore, to discover and to respond; this is part of what it is to be human.
At St Charles, we recognise that all children are at different stages in their journey of faith; for some children RE is catechesis and part of their formation in the faith. Those who receive the invitation to ‘Come and See’ may also offer it to others. In the same invitation, we remember that for some of our children RE will be evangelisation, the first opportunity to hear the good news. We also recognise, where children belong to other faiths or have no faith, that the messages contained within our religious education curriculum offers the opportunity for children to develop a sense of belonging to a caring community and that through self-reflection pupils develop their awareness of commitment and service to others in everyday life.
Religious Education is a core subject of our school curriculum. Teaching and learning in RE makes up 10% of our curriculum time. It is taught rigorously with the same expectations as other core subjects whilst maintaining a creative element and encouraging children to question and reflect.
Each term pupils, study three topics, each lasting approximately four weeks following a common theme across the school. As the children move through school, this theme is developed further, appropriate to the pupils age and stage of learning.
Please see our Curriculum Long Term Map: