Faith Analysis

To grow pupils, who through the lens of critical thinking, coherent questioning, analysis of texts and experiences are equipped to have respectful and informed worldview of religions and beliefs, drawing on opportunities provided by their learning to express sophisticated knowledge and develop independent oracy skills.

Rangoli Patterns for Diwali - EYFS

This picture celebrates pupils in early years enjoying their outdoor learning by drawing rangoli patterns on the playground outside their classroom as part of their lessons in RE. The pupils have been learning about seasons and the changes that occur during autumn. They have been examining the changing of colours in leaves outside their classroom and have drawn inspiration from their learning about colours to design their rangoli patterns. The pupils, in this picture are using their favourite colour of leaves in autumn to create patterns in celebration of the Hindu Diwali festival.

Christianity and Giving - KS1

This picture celebrates a pupils idea of a gift for Jesus. Pupils had to give reasons why they think the gift will be suitable and why Jesus will be happy when he gets it.  This is helping pupils to begin to understand the perception of  Christians perception of Jesus as a gift of God to the world..

Abraham and God’s Relationship - Year 4

This picture celebrates Year 4’s learning about the history of Judaism. In this study, the pupils raised questions about the origin of the relationship God had with Abraham. They were also  curious about the relationship between Jews and God, mapping the genealogy of the Jews from  the time of Abraham. The pupils  focused  their enquiry on the first time God spoke to Abraham, asking him to leave his father’s house and move to an unknown land.  This was the first recording of God’s contact with Abraham, and what is considered to be the beginning of their relationship.

The Role of Mary, the Mother - Year 6

This pictures celebrates the school approach to the teaching of RE.  It exemplifies the mapping out of the areas to be studied  and features the overarching question which frames the learning journey.  In KS2 (year 6) the pupils have been exploring the significance of the choice of Mary as the one to bring Jesus into the world. Their overarching question is:  How significant is it that Mary was Jesus’ mother?.  The pupils went further to break the overarching question down to other sub-questions which would guide their study: could someone else have been Jesus’ mother? Why Mary?  Why was Mary appropriate for the role?.