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Aims of Religious Education

The RE curriculum taught at St Mary’s should enable the children to receive the Church of England’s Statement of Entitlement (2019), which outlines that RE in Church schools aims for children to:

know about and understand Christianity as a diverse global living faith through the exploration of core beliefs using an approach that critically engages with biblical text.
gain knowledge and understanding of a range of religions and worldviews appreciating diversity, continuity and change within the religions and worldviews being studied.
engage with challenging questions of meaning and purpose raised by human existence and experience.
recognise the concept of religion and its continuing influence on Britain’s cultural heritage and in the lives of individuals and societies in different times, cultures and places.
explore their own religious, spiritual and philosophical ways of living, believing and thinking