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RE Curriculum Coverage Whole School

Year Group Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

1 Myself Getting to know each

other; appreciating that we have differences;

knowing about our own identity; being part of a family; sharing emotions and opinions; expressing ourselves in different

ways.

Celebrations Birthday celebrations;

harvest festivals in different faiths; history

of Bonfire night; understanding the

significance of Guru Nanak’s birthday to Sikhs;

understanding the significance of Hanukkah to Jews; discovering what

Christmas means to Christians.

Stories Understanding something

about Islamic, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh

and Secular beliefs through stories.

Special People Identify the roles special

people play in our lives; knowing about the Queen’s role in society; looking at

the example sporting heroes give us; looking at the life of Jesus and his teachings, healing, death

and resurrection.

Belonging Appreciating what it means

to belong to a family; exploring the

responsibility of being part of a school; thinking about being part of the

bigger picture; Identifying the groups we and others

belong to and why; considering the bigger

picture of our country and the world and the

responsibility these people play.

Beliefs Learning more about Christianity, Islam,

Hinduism, Sikhism; what are we sure about and

what do we believe.

2 Myself Recognising important

people and events in our lives; Understanding feelings; giving good

wishes; looking at messages given in the Bible

and in the Qur’an; Understanding fairness

and co-operation; Recognising anger and

learning how to deal with it.

Celebrations Understanding the reasons for celebrations; Looking at the message behind

Remembrance Day; Learning about the festival

of Id, Sukkot, Divali, Advent and Christingle.

Stories Identifying the morals in fables; Hearing a Bible story; Hearing a Muslim story; Hearing the story

of Ganesh; Learning about the story behind Baisakhi;

Writing stories with morals.

Leaders and Teachers

Identifying leaders we know; Hearing the story of

Exodus; Learning what happened in the Easter

story; Learning why Muhammad is a role model;

Finding out about Guru Nanak; Exploring similar

guidance given across the faiths.

Belonging Identifying groups we belong to; Looking at

Christian, Sikh, Muslim and Hindu worship; Looking at

what is important to people who do not follow a

faith.

Beliefs Hearing a Jewish creation story; Learning more about

the importance of the Bible to Christians;

Understanding the belief system in Hinduism;

Discovering more about Sikh worship and the Sikh

holy book; Discovering more about Islam and the

Muslim holy book.

3

Religion and the Individual

Growing Up; Birth Ceremonies

What does a baby need? What is sin?; Christian

Baptism; Muslim and Sikh


Living Right; Right and Wrong

Doing the right thing; Making choices; A good

influence; Wong Choices;

Religion in the family and community

Believing; Christianity

The birth of Jesus; A gift from God; Lost in

Jerusalem; Jesus’s


Belonging; Christianity

Miracles; Parables; Visiting a church; Story of Easter.

Religion and the World

Right and Respect; Creation

Making something new; Seven days of Creation;

Sources of life; Influence of Eastern world;


Responsibility; Caring for the Environment

Exploring the environment and attitudes towards it; Small Creatures; Trees


birth ceremonies; Making comparisons.

David and Goliath; Inner Strength;

Baptism; The temptation of Jesus; Jesus’ Disciples

Scientific explanations. and Water.

4 Religion and the Individual

Growing Up; Becoming and Adult

Belonging to a group; Confirmation and believer’s baptism; Bar Mitzvah; The Amrit Ceremony; Taking responsibility; Initiation

Ceremonies.


Living Right; Inspirational People Heroes and Heroines; Anne

Frank; Mahatma Ghandi; Oscar Romero; Mother

Teresa; How we can make a difference


Believing; Judaism; Sikhism

Life of Abram and Moses; The Exodus; The Ten Commandments; The

Sabbath; The Synagogue; The early life of Guru Nanak; Guru Nanak’s

travels and visiting heaven; After Guru Nanak.


Belonging; Judaism; Sikhism

Prayer; Rosh Hashanah; Yom Kippur; Food; The

Khalsa; Guru Granth Sahib; The Gudwara; Festivals.


Rights and Respect; War and

Suffering Why are there wars? Why

is there suffering? Christmas Day Truce.


Responsibility; Neighbours

Who is my neighbour? When I needed a

neighbour? Whose neighbour are you? Living

together in a diverse world.

5 Religion and the individual

Living Right; Life’s Big Questions

Is there a God? Communication;

Stewardship; Rules for life – a Hindu and Buddhist

story.

Religion and the individual

Growing Up; Marriage

Relationships; Love; Christian, Jewish and Sikh

weddings; Arranged marriages; when

relationships o wrong.

Religion in the family and the community

Believing; Christianity; Islam

Christmas story; The calling of Matthew; The Beatitudes; The Lord’s

Prayer; The church; Miracles; The parables.


Belonging; Christianity; Islam

The final prophet of Islam; The Bilal mystery; The five pillars of Islam;

Islamic prayer; The Qur’an; A mosque; Hajj; What is zakah? Fasting

and feasting; Should Ahmed go to war? Learning

from Islam.


Rights and Respect; Justice Who can bring Justice? Forgiveness; Prayers for

justice; Fair Trade; Parables.


Responsibility; Poverty and Wealth Bible teachings; Charities;

Honesty; The cost of living.

6 Religion and the individual

Living Right; Morals Jonah’s dilemma; Actions

and beliefs; Religious dress; Moral choices;

Solving dilemmas.

Religion and the individual

Growing Up; What happens when we

die? Body and soul;

Reincarnation; Judgement; The Christian funeral; The

Adhan.


Believing; Hinduism; Islam

A supreme power; Trimurti; Scriptures; Gods

and Goddesses; Living things; Worship.


Belonging; Hinduism Worship; Dharma and

Karma; Important times through history; Pilgrimage; Divali.


Rights and Respect; Race and

Diversity Discrimination; Racism;

Rosa Parks; Martin Luther King.


Responsibility; Beliefs

What is belief? Comparing beliefs; Christian beliefs; How do beliefs change our

lives? Sharing beliefs.


RE Skills Ladder

Key Stage 1

• Pupils can talk about their experience of the world around them and in particular what is of value and concern to themselves and to others.

• Pupils use some religious words and phrases to recognise and name features of religious life and practice valued by believers.

• They can recall religious stories and recognise symbols and other verbal and visual forms of religious expression which have meaning for believers.

• Pupils talk about their own experiences and feelings, what they find interesting, puzzling or of value. • Pupils ask important questions about values, commitments and beliefs, making links between their

own and others' responses, attitudes and behaviour. • Pupils use a developing religious vocabulary to describe some key features of religions, recognising

similarities and differences. They make links between beliefs, practices and sources, including religious stories and sacred texts.

Lower Key Stage 2

• Pupils can recognise that some questions cause people to wonder and are difficult to answer. They are able to share ideas about right and wrong.

• Pupils use religious words and phrases to identify some features of religion and its importance for some people. They begin to show awareness of similarities in religions, including key questions raised by believers.

• Pupils retell religious stories and suggest meanings for religious actions and symbols. They identify how religion is expressed in different ways.

• Pupils ask, and respond sensitively to, questions about their own and others' experiences and feelings. In relation to matters of right and wrong, they can identify their own values and those of others.

• They begin to identify the impact religion has on believers' lives. They describe some forms of religious expression.

• Pupils identify what influences their values and choices, making links between aspects of their own and others' experiences.


Upper Key Stage 2

• Pupils raise, and suggest answers to, questions of identity, belonging, meaning, purpose, truth, values and commitments, recognising the implications and consequences of making moral choices.

• Pupils use a developing religious vocabulary to describe and show understanding of sources, practices, beliefs, ideas, feelings and experiences.

• They make links between them, and describe some similarities and differences both within and between religions.

• They describe the impact of religion on people's lives. They explore and explain meanings for a range of forms of religious expression.

• They apply their ideas about identity and commitment to their own and other people's lives. They describe what inspires and influences themselves and others, especially their commitments, values and choices.

• Pupils ask, and suggest answers to, questions of identity, belonging, meaning, purpose and truth, values and commitments, relating them to their own and others' lives and making clear connections between personal viewpoints and action.

• Pupils use an increasingly wide religious vocabulary to explain the impact of beliefs on individuals and communities.

• They explain why people belong to religions. They demonstrate that similarities and differences illustrate distinctive beliefs within and between religions and suggest possible reasons for this.

• They explain how religious sources are used to provide answers to ultimate questions and ethical issues, recognising diversity in forms of religious, spiritual and moral expression, within and between religions.

• They explain what inspires and influences them, expressing their own and others' views on the challenges of commitment. They identify the consequences for themselves and for others of holding particular beliefs and values.

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