At Rowley Park, we aim to deliver a high quality RE so our pupils will be better equipped for our ever-changing world and have an understanding of different religions, cultures, traditions and beliefs. We aim to develop our people spiritually, morally, socially and culturally.
Through our RE curriculum and school values, we aspire to develop children’s sense of meaning and purpose while cultivating an environment of respect which will help to bring about social cohesion.
We follow the Sandwell Agreed Syllabus. We chose to follow this program of learning as it provides a brilliant mix of academic learning about religions as well as an awareness of the values that religions hold. The effect this will have is that the children will have a better idea of a religion’s core beliefs and practices.
The Sandwell Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education
The following religions are covered over the course of your child’s time at Rowley Park: Christianity, Sikhism, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism.
In each year group a new religion is introduced. This is to prevent overload and to make sure that the core beliefs of each religion are distinctive. Units build upon one another and depth is achieved by pupils being able to make connections within and across religions as well as understanding the impact of beliefs in action.
Over the course of a year, each year group will have some units that focus particularly on an aspect of one religion and some units that draw on pupil’s prior learning by pulling together several different faiths in overarching topics like festivals, prayer or holy places.