Religious Education

Curriculum Intent: Religious Education

“The outcome of excellent religious education is religiously literate and engaged young people who have the knowledge, understanding and skills-appropriate to their age and capacity- to reflect spiritually, and think ethically and theologically, and who are aware of the demands of religious commitment if everyday life. “

Religious Education Curriculum Directory for Catholic Schools 2012

Implementation

At St. Joseph’s we follow Come and See curriculum where the following strategies and aims underpin the effective delivery of religious education in our school.

Religious education will be taught discretely and developmentally. It will include the deepening of knowledge, and understanding of key theological ideas and their application to
Ample opportunities will be offered for children to apply and use their knowledge and skills in cross-curricular studies to deepen their understanding of religious truths and think
Engagement with their own and others’ beliefs and values will help to develop good attitudes and dispositions so that children are instilled with a love of learning and a desire to go on learning.
Engagement with difficult questions of meaning and purpose which everyone has to face will enable them to think critically about their own questions of meaning and purpose.
Offer the children a sense of self worth through their experience of belonging to a caring community and an awareness of the demands of religious commitment in everyday life.

Please see the Come and See Overview 24-25

Inspirational Figure

Aspirations For The Future

Pupils develop an understanding of how subjects and specific skills are linked to future jobs.
Here are some of the jobs you could aspire to do in the future as a Religious Scholar: