Religious Education at Tickhill St. Mary’s C of E Primary and Nursery School

At Tickhill St. Mary’s C of E Primary and Nursery School, we aim to enable pupils to become confident, skilled, and reflective learners. Our Religious Education (RE) curriculum plays a vital role in this, enriching pupils’ enjoyment and understanding of the world and their place within it.

Our Core Values provide the foundation upon which our curriculum is built, and our RE curriculum is firmly underpinned by these values:

Resilient

• We enable pupils to hold balanced, respectful, and informed conversations about religion and belief by encouraging reflection, allowing them to process their own thoughts and beliefs.
• We celebrate different religious festivals to help pupils feel empowered and represented.
• We teach children the value of every individual in a diverse society and the importance of counteracting prejudice and intolerance.

Curious

• We promote a strong understanding of the beliefs, values, practises, and ways of life of a variety of faiths.
• Pupils learn about Christianity as a diverse, global, living faith through exploration of core beliefs, using an approach that critically engages with biblical texts.
• Pupils gain knowledge and understanding of a range of religions and worldviews, appreciating diversity, continuity, and change within the religions and worldviews studied.
• We engage pupils with challenging questions of meaning and purpose raised by human existence and experience.

Active Members of Our Community

• Our Religious Education curriculum is enriched through links with the local faith community and St Mary’s Parish Church, with pupils participating in services and events.

Respectful

• We encourage all children to form positive relationships and to respect people of other faiths or no faith.

Accountable

• Pupils explore their own religious, spiritual, and philosophical ways of living, believing, and thinking.

Beyond the Subject
As a Church of England school, RE is a core part of our curriculum. We believe it is vital for children to be aware of and informed about major world religions as well as non-religious beliefs. This knowledge helps them understand the world around them as they grow. Through RE, children develop a strong religious vocabulary and the confidence to express themselves and investigate important questions about faith.