--- title: "Religious Education" url: "https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/curriculum/curriculum-statements/religious-education" school: "Harefield Primary School" --- # 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 | RE Progression map 78 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/harefield-primary-school-2/files/documents/progression-map-of-re-concepts-across-the-whole-school.316696398.pdf) Harefield Primary School Collective Worship Policy 194 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/harefield-primary-school-2/files/documents/Harefield-Primary-School-Collective-Worship-Policy.350817148.pdf) A Parent's Right To Withdarw or Partially Withdraw Their Child From RE 25 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/harefield-primary-school-2/files/documents/A-Parents-Right-To-Withdarw-or-Partially-Withdraw-Their-Child-From-RE.384988398.pdf) The agreed syllabus for Southampton 5.33 MB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/harefield-primary-school-2/files/documents/living-difference-iv-the-agreed-syllabus-for-southampton-november-2021.316696398.pdf) ![Harefield Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/harefield-primary-school-2/images/logo/logo-white.png) ### Harefield Primary School Yeovil Chase Bitterne Southampton SO18 5NZ 023 8046 3240 ### Quick Links - [Hamwic Education Trust](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/our-school/hamwic-education-trust) - [Ivy School Dog](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/our-school/ivy-our-school-dog) - [Admissions](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/key-information/admissions) - [Ofsted Report](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/key-information/ofsted) - [School Policies](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/key-information/policies) ### Useful Links - [Term Dates](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/parents/term-dates) - [Online Payments](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/parents/online-payments) - [Pupil Voice](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/children/pupil-voice) - [Online Safety](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/children/online-safety) - [Wellbeing](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/children/wellbeing) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/) - [X](https://x.com/) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/) © Copyright 2026 Harefield Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://harefieldprimaryschool.net/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)