Pupils have an entitlement to a range of experiences and opportunities that can enrich and broaden their learning in Religious Education. The teaching and learning should be planned to ensure that all children have opportunities to:

• listen to and talk about appropriate stories which engage children;

• directly experience religion – engage with artefacts, visit places of worship (with a focus on experiences and symbols), listen and respond to visitors from faith communities;

• get to know and use religious words accurately e.g. God, Qur’an, synagogue, church, prayer;

• use all five senses – smell (e.g. incense, flowers); taste (e.g. special foods); see and touch (e.g. religious artefacts); hear (e.g. chants/hymns/prayers/bells / religious music and songs);

• make and do – make festive food, role play, dress up, dance, be creative with colour, sound, movement;

• have times of quiet and stillness and think about why being still might be good;

• reflect upon their own experiences, beliefs, ideas or values;

• talk about their own experiences;

use their imagination and curiosity to develop their appreciation and wonder of the world in which they live;

• begin to use ICT to explore religious beliefs and beliefs as practised in the local and wider community.

 

Visits, Visitors and Special Occasions

It is our aim to invite more visitors into school to help promote and reinforce areas of our R.E. curriculum. This will include guests linked to our whole school religious celebrations, visits to local churches to share in their festivals and celebrations such as Easter, Harvest and Christmas. We also aim to ensure that by the end of Year 2, children have had the opportunity to visit a nonChristian place of worship.