R.E. Curriculum

Higher Bebington Junior School
R.E. Curriculum

At Higher Bebington Junior School, we follow the Wirral  SACRE (Standing Advisory Councils for RE) Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education and Worldviews. This has just been updated in December 2019. All children have one RE lesson per week.

Each year group will study one aspect of Christianity as well as one of the world’s major religions, Over the course of Key Stage Two, the children will learn about Buddhism, Christianity, Humanism, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism.

Year 3:
Christianity, Sikhism

Year 4:
Christianity, Buddhism

Year 5:
Christianity, Islam

Year 6:
Christianity, Judaism, Humanism

At Higher Bebington Junior School, we recognise that religion and belief, for many people, forms a crucial part of their culture and identity. Our core values at HBJS: challenge, curiosity, creativity, and character are at the heart of how we teach RE. We ensure that children are taught key knowledge, in a creative way, to ensure that they are equipped to talk about RE in a sensitive and respectful way.

We believe that RE contributes to spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development (SMSC) of all children, and that this makes a significant contribution to helping “pupils develop and demonstrate skills and attitudes that will allow them to participate fully in and contribute positively to life in modern Britain,” through practising the skills of tolerance and mutual respect as seen in Fundamental British Values. RE provides us with opportunities to develop pupils learning and understanding of people they will meet, work and live alongside.

Each year, the children will undertake a visit to a place of worship from one of the world religions in the surrounding area.