Religious Education

RE

At Gossey Lane, we teach RE through the Jigsaw RE scheme. Jigsaw RE is a comprehensive detailed lesson planning resource for Religious Education written by teachers for teachers. The Jigsaw RE scheme teaches about world religions, in a progressive way, to open our children's eyes and develop them as global citizens living in a multi-cultural society. The protected characteristics and British values also link closely, allowing us to teach about equality, diversity and inclusion through RE.

Progression in the Religious Education curriculum:

In Early Years the children spend time exploring all the major religions through celebration topics.  

Key Stage 1 builds upon this teaching as the children look in more depth at what Christians believe - the children take time to ask ‘Big Questions’ and make connections across religions. The children also learn about Judaism in Year One and are introduced to Islam in Year Two.

Key Stage Two builds upon the learning of Christianity, Sikhism, Judaism and Islam with the addition of Hinduism in Year Three and Buddhism in Year 5. The children are encouraged to think critically and ask questions of a religion as each half term focuses on a ‘Big Question’.

These religious topics have been chosen specifically from the ‘Jigsaw RE’ scheme to support and make links with our knowledge rich curriculum. See our curriculum map below: 

Our enquiry approach makes RE exciting and engaging for both teachers and children alike. We apply a range of Oracy skills to help the children learn more effectively. This is achieved by the use of sentence stems to support children in providing quality in depth answers to enquiry questions. 

Christianity is taught in every year group, with Christmas and Easter given fresh treatment every year, developing children’s learning in a progressive way. Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism are included and there is flexibility as to which religions the school chooses to teach when. To view which religions are taught when, see below: 

Christianity IslamJudaismSikhiSanatana Dharma (Hinduism)Buddhism

Assessment of learning is straightforward using the colour-coded assessment process with activities, descriptors and exemplification.

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