Religious Education

At Shaw Wood we follow the Doncaster Agreed Syllabus for RE. Following the agreed syllabus means that in “RE makes a positive contribution to pupils’ learning, knowledge and skills. This will contribute to pupils’ readiness to participate in life in modern, diverse Britain and in today’s world. The intent of the curriculum is that as they grow and develop they can make informed choices about how they want to live their lives, whilst also understanding more about the beliefs of other people they meet.

Every child has a statutory entitlement to RE. This entitlement is for all children regardless of their faith or belief. Living in and growing up in the world of the twenty-first century will challenge all young people. It will raise questions of spirituality and identity as well as questions of morality, such as poverty, discrimination and the use of limited resources; as well as raising ethical questions about human reproduction, racial and religious prejudice and the role of politics in everyday life. RE contributes dynamically to children and young people’s education in schools, provoking challenging questions about human life, beliefs, communities and ideas. In RE pupils learn from religions and world views about different ways of life in local, national and global contexts. They discover, explore and consider many different answers to questions about human identity, meaning and value. They learn to weigh up for themselves the value of wisdom from different communities, to disagree respectfully, to be reasonable in their responses to religions and worldviews and to respond by expressing insights into their own and others’ lives. They think rigorously, creatively, imaginatively and respectfully about their ideas in relation to religions and worldviews.”

Doncaster Agreed Syllabus

RE is taught weekly, as a discrete lesson. It is important in our school because it contributes to the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our children.  

We use 'Discovery R.E' to implement our R.E curriculum.