Lyndon Green Infant School
RE
INTENT
The Religious Education in our schools' curriculum engages, inspires, challenges and encourages pupils, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to answer challenging questions and develop sound understanding of the numerous religious and non-religious worldviews, traditions, beliefs and practices that are followed in our multi-cultural society. We provide a curriculum that is inclusive for all children enabling each individual to be respected and understood following the Birmingham Agreed Syllabus.
Our curriculum will:
- Promote children’s engagement in learning through enquiry-led approaches that develop skills, dispositions and attitudes to learning.
- Equip children for their futures in a rapidly changing world recognising the importance of dialogue and understanding between different groups.
- Value, celebrate and build on children’s religious and cultural heritage.
- Promote mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
- Help children develop an understanding of the different faiths and none; participate in the celebration of different religious events in understanding and accepting differences.
- Ensure an understanding of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act and how, through diversity, they can be celebrated.
- Develop compassion for others.
We ensure our children have visited 3 places of worship during their time with us; Reception visit Yardley Baptist church, Y1 visit our local mosque and Y2 visit the Guru Nanak gurdwara.
**RE is provided for all pupils, and is inclusive and broad minded. Parents do have the right to withdraw pupils from RE: if you wish to do this, make an appointment with the Head teacher. **