Religious Education
Our Religious Education curriculum follows a locally agreed syllabus called ‘Living Difference’.
At Harefield, we aim to promote the spiritual wellbeing of every child. We provide our pupils with
the essential skills and knowledge they need to become respectful and tolerant of those with
different faiths and beliefs. This supports our ethos as a Rights Respecting School by enabling our children to respect their, and others, right to think and believe what they want (Articles 12 and 14).
We follow a concept-based curriculum where our pupils will have the opportunity to respond to a variety of concepts that are common to all people, shared by many religions and often distinctive to particular religions.
We follow a cycle of enquiry by which we recognise and value the pupil’s own experiences and views, allowing them
to enquire, contextualize and evaluate concepts. As a school, we will also take into account when teaching the religious backgrounds represented by our children. We also promote the fundamental British value of democracy.
RE Topic Overview
For more information on what your child will be learning in RE, please go to Curriculum/ Yr R to Yr 6 Curriculum Newsletters for the appropriate term.
Year group CONCEPT |
Autumn |
Spring |
Summer |
Assessment step focus |
Autumn 1 – communicate Autumn 2 - apply |
Spring 1 – inquire Spring 2 - contextualise |
Summer 1 – Evaluate Summer 2 – ALL EOY |
Early Years |
Autumn 1 – not taught Autumn 2 – Celebrating Birth |
Spring 1 – Special People Spring 2 - Symbol of new life |
Summer 1 – Precious (water) Summer 2 – Special food |
1 |
Autumn 1 – Celebration Autumn 2 – Candlelight as a symbol |
Spring 1 – Change Spring 2 - Sadness to Happiness |
Summer 1 - God Summer 2 - Belonging |
2 |
Autumn 1 – Special books Autumn 2 - journeys |
Spring 1 – remembering Spring 2 - belief |
Summer 1 – water rituals Summer 2 - authority |
3 |
Autumn 1 – God Autumn 2 - Holy |
Spring 1 – Holi – good and evil Spring 2 - symbol of the cross |
Summer 1 – stories with messages Summer 2 - belonging |
4 |
Autumn 1 – food rituals Autumn 2 - imagery |
Spring 1 – peace Spring 2 - identity (purim) |
Summer 1 – special places Summer 2 - protection |
5 |
Autumn 1 – Ritual - sukkot Autumn 2 - faith |
Spring 1 – wisdom Spring 2 - symbol (Eucharist) |
Summer 1 – Enlightenment (Wesak) Summer 2 – rites of passage |
6 |
Autumn 1 – Justice Autumn 2 - interpretation |
Spring 1 – sacrifice Spring 2 - power |
Summer 1 – Pondering project Summer 2 – Pondering project |