Subject Coordinator - Mrs A Jarvis

Hello and welcome to Religion and World Views at Mablethorpe Primary Academy! I am so pleased to be the subject leader for this exciting area of the curriculum, which gives us a wonderful opportunity to explore belief systems and cultures from around the globe.  

We are moving towards the term ‘Religion and World Views’ rather than ‘Religious Education’ in our academy to reflect the fact that this subject includes learning about a wide range of belief systems, including those that are not at all religious. Everybody has a world view and they are all important! 

Our RWV topics run on a two-year rolling program and you can see our subject overviews below to find out what is coming up this year and next. We have topics focused on Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism as well as more general themes such as pilgrimage and what it means to be ‘good’. We often compare these religious world views with how non-religious people might view things, with a particular emphasis on humanism. 

Religion and Worldviews gives our children opportunities to learn about, reflect and celebrate all the diverse worldviews and cultures which make up modern Britain and the wider world. We hope that by helping children to understand these different viewpoints and, crucially, seeing how much we have in common as well as our differences, we will give them valuable tools to better understand the different people that they will meet as they journey through life. 

 

Subject Intent Statements:

Religious Education

To develop knowledge and empathy towards the beliefs and cultures of global citizens and appreciate what they believe about God and the world around them.

Religious education for our children

Learning about different world views and cultures opens up a new world to me.

Mablethorpe Primary Academy follows the Lincolnshire Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education 2018-2023

1.0 Legal Requirements

The teaching of RE follows the locally agreed syllabus (AS), determined by the Local
Authority (LA). The AS must be consistent with Section 375(3) of the Education Act
1996, School Standards and Framework Act, 1998, Schedule 19 which states that it
must ‘reflect that the religious traditions of Great Britain are in the main Christian,
whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions
represented in Great Britain.
RE should be provided for all registered pupils except for those withdrawn at the
request of parents/carers.

1.1 Right of Withdrawal  - Parents/Carers
Parents/carers may withdraw their children from all or part of the RE curriculum.
They do not have to provide a reason for this and the school will comply with the
request. It has a responsibility to supervise any pupils who are withdrawn from RE
but is not required to provide additional teaching or incur extra costs. If
parents/carers wish their child to receive an alternative programme of RE it is their
responsibility to arrange this.  

To support planning,  Mablethorpe Primary Academy asks that; If you do wish to withdraw your child from all or part of our Religious Education Curriculum please forward a letter to The Principal and alternative arrangements will be made for your child for the duration of the RE lesson.

Please click on the links below for further information on the RE curriculum.