Religious Education
RE CURRICULUM Principle Aim: The principle aim of RE is to engage pupils in systematic enquiry into significant human questions which religion and worldviews address, so that they can develop the understanding and skills needed to appreciate and appraise ion and varied responses to these questions, as well as develop responses of their own.
The threefold aim of RE elaborate the principal aim:
- Know about and understand a range of religious and worldviews
- Express ideas and insights about the nature, significance an d impact of religions and worldviews
- Gain and deploy the skills needed to engage seriously with religions and worldviews.
These themes span and spiral across KS3 and KS4, they are linked to the Derbyshire Locally Agreed Syllabus.
Breadth and balance is achieved by ensuring the following three strands are addressed across the key stage:
A. Believing (religious beliefs, teachings, sources; questions about meaning, purpose and truth)
B. Expressing (religious and spiritual forms of expression; questions about identity and diversity)
C. Living (religious practices and ways of living; questions about values and commitments attached PDF in here.