In our school we follow the Kent Agreed Syllabus 2018 for RE. As a church school, we follow Understanding Christianity as well as the associated World Faith units provided by the Diocese and RE Today (who wrote the Understanding Christianity curriculum). Details of the different units and which year groups do them at any particular time are below.
The law states that all pupils must be taught Religious Education and that there should be an act of collective worship each day in schools. This law applies to all schools whether an academy or state maintained. The recommended time for teaching RE is 5% of teaching time during the year (which equates 50 minutes in KS1; and 1 hour and 10 minutes in KS2). The time for collective worship is separate from and in addition to this.
Kent Agreed Syllabus (2018) incorporating Understanding Christianity
Black = Understanding Christianity
Red = RE Today units of work Blue = Diocesan units of work Green = other
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Reception |
CREATION Why is the word ‘God’ so important to Christians?
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INCARNATION Why do Christians perform Nativity plays at Christmas?
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Which stories are special and why? (New Testament) |
SALVATION Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden?
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Which stories are special and why? (Old Testament) |
Which stories are special and why? (world faiths) with support from RE Today unit |
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Year 1 |
GOD What do Christians believe that God is like? |
INCARNATION Why does Christmas matter to Christians? CORE LEARNING
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GOSPEL What is the good news that Jesus brings? CORE LEARNING |
SALVATION Why does Easter matter to Christians? CORE LEARNING
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JUDAISM Who is Jewish and what do they believe? |
JUDAISM Who is Jewish and what do they believe? |
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Year 2 |
CREATION Who made the world? |
INCARNATION Why does Christmas matter to Christians? DIGGING DEEPER |
GOSPEL What is the good news that Jesus brings? DIGGING DEEPER
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SALVATION Why does Easter matter to Christians? DIGGING DEEPER
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ISLAM Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? |
ISLAM Who is a Muslim and what do they believe? OR SCHOOL DESIGNED UNIT:A FAITH FOUND WITHIN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNIITY |
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Year 3 |
PEOPLE OF GOD What is it like to follow God?
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SIKHISM What is important for Sikh people?
CHRISTMAS theme 2 lessons |
INCARNATION What is the Trinity? CORE LEARNING
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SALVATION Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’? CORE LEARNING |
KINGDOM OF GOD When Jesus left, what was the impact of Pentecost?
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SIKHISM How do Sikh people worship and celebrate? |
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Year 4 |
CREATION What do Christians learn from the Creation story?
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INCARNATION What is the Trinity? DIGGING DEEPER
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GOSPEL What kind of a world did Jesus want?
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SALVATION Why do Christians call the day Jesus died ‘Good Friday’? DIGGING DEEPER
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HINDUISM What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? |
Why do some people think that life is a journey and what significant experiences mark this? |
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Year 5 |
GOD What does it mean if God is loving and holy? |
INCARNATION Was Jesus the Messiah? CORE LEARNING
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PEOPLE OF GOD How can following God bring freedom and justice?
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SALVATION What did Jesus do to save human beings?
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JUDAISM What does it mean to be Jewish in Britain today?
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ISLAM What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today?
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Year 6 |
CREATION Creation and science: conflicting or complementary? in the wider context of ‘Big Questions’
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GOSPEL What would Jesus do?
CHRISTMAS theme 2 lessons
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ISLAM What does it mean to be a Muslim in Britain today? |
SALVATION What difference does the resurrection make for Christians?
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Is it better to express your beliefs in arts and architecture or in charity and generosity?
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KINGDOM OF GOD What kind of king is Jesus?
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