Religious Education

At St Mary's, we have introduced the new Religious Education Directory and its programme 'To know You More Clearly' to Nursery, Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3.

Programme Overview- Branches and Lenses

There are six branches in ‘To know You More Clearly’ – one per half term. The branches are:

1.  Creation and Covenant

2.  Prophecy and Promise

3.  From Galilee to Jerusalem

4.  From Desert to Garden

5.  To the Ends of the Earth

6.  Dialogue and Encounter

Each branch follows:

·  Hear

·  Believe

·  Celebrate

·  Live

At the end of each branch and lenses the children will:

·  Understand

·  Discern

·  Respond

 

In Years 4, 5 and 6, we presently follow the Come and See programme of Religious Education, as recommended by the Archdiocese of Liverpool.

Come and See is an invitation to exploration and promise of life for everyone. It offers the opportunity to search, to explore, to discover, and to respond; this is part of what it is to be human. The programme aims to raise questions and provide materials for children to reflect on their own experience. For all children, Come and See raises questions of meaning and purpose and enables children to think critically, providing materials for reflecting on their own experience.

The proramme helps children to explore the beliefs and values and the way of life of the Catholic traditions, and of other faith traditions, developing good attitudes and dispositions so that children are instilled with a 'love of learning' and a desire to go on learning.

Children are offered a sense of self-worth through experience of belonging to the caring community of St Mary's.

For more information about our RE curriculum, please feel free to contact Mrs Grange at the Infant school or Miss McCormack at the Junior school.