Religious Education
Subject Leader: Mrs Rachel Adams
At Martin Frobisher Infant School we follow the Wakefield Agreed Syllabus for RE. The syllabus explains the value and purposes of RE for all pupils, and specifies for teachers what shall be taught in each year group. It provides a coherent framework for setting high standards of learning in RE, and enabling pupils to reach their full potential in the subject.
Parents have the right to withdraw their child from RE lessons and acts of worship. If you would like to withdraw your child please speak to Mrs Carter or your child's class teacher.
Our RE Intent
We aim to deliver a high-quality Religious Education which will help pupils gain coherent knowledge and deep understanding of a range of religions and world views. It should inspire pupils’ curiosity to find out and know more about different religions and cultures. Teaching should equip pupils to provoke challenging questions about meaning and purpose, beliefs about God, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human. Religious Education helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives locally, nationally and globally, the diversity of societies and the relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity.
Here are our Key Vocabulary Progression Pyramids for RE
Pupil Voice
Lower Foundation - "Harvest festival - cutting the corn and then it comes out of the back."
Upper Foundation Rainbowfish - "Diwali - it's a celebration as well, we made diva lamps"
Upper Foundation Rainbowfish - "Diwali - Fireworks, there was a bad guy who was trying to hurt someone, we made diva lamps with candles"
Key Stage 1 Jellyfish - "Christians, Jesus is a Christian. Christians go to church and sing songs, they might make a speech. We celebrated Harvest Festival at church, we took food for people"
Key Stage 1 Turtles - "Christians, a Christian can be any person, they go to church, lots of celebrations. We brought food and fruits in to give to people who don't have as much as us, we celebrated Harvest Festival"
Key Stage 1 Dolphins - "Christians, a Christian is a person that celebrates Christmas. They go to church, they pray and sing songs. They celebrate Christmas, Easter and Harvest Festival. Fruits are harvested by the farmers for us to eat, we give to people who haven't got much to eat".
Reception
"this is where Jewish people go" (Synagogue)
"Because Jesus died on Friday, he came back to life on Easter Sunday to spread the love of God"
"I celebrate Christmas and Easter so I am really special"
"Jesus was the nicest person, they didn't like him for being kind"
Why do we celebrate Easter?
"because God's love is spread everywhere".
