RELIGION & WORLDVIEWS

Long Term Plan: Single Age Year Groups:

Long Term Plan: Mixed Age Year Groups:

Structuring the Religion & Worldviews Curriculum:

A Worldviews approach provides opportunities for all pupils to see themselves reflected in the curriculum, but also to be taken beyond their own experiences. The Religion & Worldviews curriculum teaches pupils about diversity within and between beliefs, cultures and worldviews from across the world, and seeks to teach the skills and knowledge to hold respectful and informed conversations about religion and belief; to be religiously literate.

A conscious inclusion of vocabulary and substantive content that recognises the need to decolonise teaching materials in a meaningful and accessible way.

Substantive knowledge:

Coherent and sequenced substantive knowledge of religion and worldviews represented in Britain and the wider world, selected to build pupils’ understanding through three vertical concepts. These vertical concepts build a thematic narrative and provide context across diverse worldviews, as well as using small steps to help pupils gain a deep understanding of complex, abstract ideas:

Sacrifice:

Giving something up for the benefit of someone else is a recurring concept across religious & non-religious worldviews and takes many different forms. What motivates human action and what are the societal and personal consequences?

Knowledge & Meaning:

One of the unique qualities of human intelligence through time has been our quest for knowledge and meaning. How have religion and belief impacted on humanity’s search for “Truth”? How do beliefs impact human behaviour? What is it reasonable to believe?

Human Context:

Human beings exist in, and are influenced by, their place in time and their geographical, political and social context (Person, Time & Place). Everyone is different, so how have our diversities been influenced by our personal context? What influences a personal worldview?

Disciplinary Knowledge:

A scholarly approach to the core disciplinary knowledge of theology, philosophy and social sciences, developing pupils’ ability to hold the types of conversation and to apply the methods and processes of theologians, philosophers and social scientists.

Parental Right to Withdraw from Religious Education

At Dormanstown Primary Academy, we offer Religious Education (RE) as part of a broad and balanced curriculum for all our pupils. However, we recognise that some parents/carers may prefer to withdraw their child from part or all of the RE programme.

What this means

• Under UK law, School Standards and Framework Act 1998, parents/carers have the right to request that their child is excused from attending RE lessons — either wholly or in part.
• You are not obliged to give any reason for this request.
• If you choose to withdraw your child, the school will supervise them during the RE lesson. However, we are not required to provide alternative RE teaching or to incur additional cost.

How to request withdrawal

If you wish to withdraw your child from RE (fully or partially), please contact the Headteacher in writing — clearly stating your child’s name, class, and whether the withdrawal applies to all RE lessons or specific parts only. We are happy to meet with you to discuss the curriculum content and to answer any questions you may have.

Once your request is accepted, the child will be excused from the relevant RE lessons and appropriate supervision will be arranged.