Haslam Park Primary School

 RE at Haslam Park

RE subject lead- Mrs J Haslam  BSc (Hons) Biogical Sciences/PGCE

Intent:

We are a very diverse and multicultural school, and it is very important that our teaching of RE at Haslam Park Primary School reflects our school community and the experiences of our children and their families. The twin cornerstones of tolerance and respect underpin all our teaching in RE.

We follow the Bolton Agreed Syllabus for RE 2020. The syllabus engages and challenges all our pupils (particularly disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND) by studying religious and non-religious beliefs, understanding how these can impact on daily life and then making connections between these beliefs and non- beliefs. By following the syllabus, we are enabling our children to challenge the ideas studied alongside their own thinking and so deepen their understanding the wider world alongside their religious literacy.

Implementation:

The order of our units and the faiths we teach explicitly, have been carefully considered. Our curriculum is a spiral one, based on spaced learning, which allows children to encounter core concepts through each key stage and so deepen their understanding and religious knowledge. Individual religions are studied before comparisons can be made, again promoting religious literacy and understanding.

We use ‘Understanding Christianity’ to deliver our Christianity units and from this the children develop a knowledge of key biblical concepts which sit within the wider Bible story. For our units on Islam, Hinduism and Judaism we use the Bolton Agreed Syllabus support materials. Educational visits  and visitors are incorporated into the delivery of units when appropriate.

At the start of each teaching unit, we use a diagnostic tool to assess the understanding of the children, and this ensures our teaching is specifically tailored to the needs of each cohort. We also use knowledge organisers to support the learning of key facts and vocabulary for each unit. RE is taught for an hour a week but we enhance our learning by having 3 whole school Enrichment Days throughout the school year, one each for Diwali, Christmas and Eid.

Impact

The use of the diagnostic tool alongside the delivery of the units allows our children to experience all the desired outcomes of the syllabus. The units include key building blocks linked to core concepts which are revisited throughout both key stages to promote the deepening of religious knowledge. The knowledge organisers are used to assess understanding at the end of each unit.

By the time pupils leave our school we want them to be able to show respect, tolerance and understanding of themselves and others around them. The impact of our syllabus will be evidenced by all teachers and children enjoying the experience and of teaching and learning RE and  our pupils understanding how it can help them in their future.

RE Curriculum

We follow Bolton's SACRE syllabus, which can be found below. Within this, we use the designated schemes of work for our non-Christian units.

We use the scheme "Understanding Christianity" to support our delivery of Christian units as recommended in Bolton's SACRE syllabus. The scheme can be viewed below.

RE Curriculum 2022/2023

Knowledge Organisers

We use knowledge organisers to help support the children in their learning. A knowledge organiser is a documemt that contains the key outcomes for the unit across the 3 strands of study: "Making Sense of Belief/Text", "Understanding the Impact" and "Making Connections".

Most knowledge organisers will include the conceptual building blocks the children are covering within a unit along with key vocabulary.

Please see an example of a knowledge organiser below.

Please use the link below to view other knowledge organisers.

https://www.haslam-park.bolton.sch.uk/curriculum/knowledge-organisers-1/religious-education

Below is a model of how we structure RE lessons at Haslam Park Primary School

School Year 2022 - 2023

 Autumn Term

 Year 2 produced some excellent work retelling the Nativity Story. Have a look below at their brilliant work.

Year 3 began the year by looking at the story of Adam and Eve. They used the frieze panels from the Big Story to look at Creation.

Year 3 then moved on to looking at family life and festivals in the Jewish religion . They looked at the festival of Pesach and how this remembers the Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt.As part of their work, they used conscience alleys to think about the role of Moses and the Pharoah in this story.

They also looked at model Torahs, in order to understand how important they are to Jewish people.

As part of their learning about Hinduism, year 4 went to visit the Shree Swaminarayan Temple. They had an amazing time!

Diwali Enrichment Day

As a whole school we celebrated the Hindu festival by having a whole school Enrichment day. The activities included: a Diwali dance workshop. looking at the story of Rama and Sita, making diya lamps, making sweets and creating a whole school rangoli. Have a look below at some of the amazing work we produced.

Christmas Celebration Day

 As a whole school we celebrated theChristian  festival by having a whole school Enrichment day. The activities included: a carol concert and nativity. looking at advent and the nativity  story as well as comparing Luke’s and Matthew's versions of this event..Have a look below at some of the amazing work we produced. 

Have a look at the amazing Christingles made by year 2!

Spring Term

 Our year 1 children have been to visit Deane Church as part of their learning about God and what Christians believe. They were welcomed by Reverend Terry Clark and explored the church for signs of belief. Year 1 had a fantastic time, have a look at their visit below.

Summer Term

Eid Celebration Day

 As a whole school we celebrated the Islamic festival of Eid by baking special Eid food, making Eid decorations, designing our own Mehndi patterns, singing Eid songs, writing Eid poems, writing diary entries and making Eid cards. We even had an after school food festival for our school families! Have a look below at some of the amazing things we did.

School Year 2021 - 2022

Autumn Term

Year 1 have spent time thinking about Creation and how God would want us to lookafter the world he created. Have a look at the amazing work produced by our year 1 children.

In year 2, they have been looking at how the stories of Muhammad (PBUH) help Muslims live their lives. They have used roleplay to investigate the meaning behind the stories.

Year 4 began the year by thinking about what Hindus think God is like. As part of their learning journey, they interviewed Mrs Rabadia about her faith.

They then went on to look at God and the Trinity. Have a look at some of their work below.

In years 5 and 6, they have been learning all about Hinduism and the key beliefs of the religion. One particular focus was thnking about the unit question - "Why do Hindus want to be good?" Below is some of their fantastic work, including Moksha snakes and ladders games the children created.

Diwali Day

 As part of our Enrichment provision, we had a whole school celebration day, learning all about the Hindu festival of Diwali.

Have a look at some of the amazing things we did!

Making Diva lamps-

Retelling the story of Rama and Sita-

We also made Rangoli patterns through school and put them together to make a whole school Rangoli.

We also created firework pictures and a fabulous display!

One class even learnt how to do a Diwali dance! How fantastic!

Spring Term

Year 1 have been looking at Jewish artefacts and thinking about what they might be used for. They had a great time being RE detectives.

Year 4 have been loooking at what does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today. Below is some of their fantastic learning.

In years 5 and 6, they have been thinking about Creation & Science – Conflict or Complimentary? This has involved a lot of discussion and thinking about their own thoughts on how our world was made and what they believe.

For their end of unit task the children had to present their own ideas about whether the theories of Science and Creation are conflicting or complementary. Have a look at their amazing work below.