Religious Education

Mission Statement

“Love, Learn, Believe, Achieve”

in the spirit of Jesus.

At St. Paul and St. Timothy’s Catholic Infant School we celebrate the individual differences and gifts that God has blessed each and every one of us with.

“The mission of schools … is to develop an understanding of all that is true, good and beautiful.”

“An inclusive education finds a place for all.”

“Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life.” (Pope Francis)

We believe each new day brings the opportunity to express our love for God and one another. We provide a supportive, yet challenging, learning environment where each individual is able to develop their abilities and gifts. Our school is a place where children and adults can express their belief in God; develop belief in themselves and others. We believe everyone in our school community can achieve, whatever their ability. Each achievement is as unique as each individual and all are celebrated. We aspire to equip all in our school community to proclaim the Good News and “live life to the full”.

Religious Education

At St. Paul and St. Timothy’s Catholic Infant School, we pride ourselves on the quality of teaching and the purposeful learning accessible to all our pupils during our Religious Education lessons. Religious Education plays a central and vital part of our curriculum and essentially, is at the heart of our teaching.

Religious Education Curriculum Statement

We follow the Religious Education Programme (RED) recommended by the Archdiocese of Liverpool, ‘To Know You More Clearly’, which is based on six branches taught in depth, with scripture at the heart of each lesson. It is an engaging, inspiring and motivating programme which challenges our pupils. The programme was developed to respond to the needs of children today and encourage them to explore the mystery of faith through Scripture and Tradition.

Throughout the school, each of the six branches have the same name to ensure children are able to make links to their prior learning as well as identify the different themes threaded throughout the school. The six branches are as follows:

– Creation and Covenant
-Prophecy and Promise
-Galilee to Jerusalem
-Desert to Garden
-To the Ends of the Earth
-Dialogue and Encounter

The structural elements of ‘To Know You More Clearly’ are split into three sections:

Understand, Discern and Respond enabling pupils to achieve a variety of aims and skills, which enables different ‘Ways of Knowing’ (exploring what they will see/ hear to help their understanding, how they will discover more, and what they can do now).

During lessons, we follow Hear, Believe, Celebrate and Live lenses enabling children to access and celebrate the curriculum in a variety of ways and ensuring it is at the heart of learning.

Throughout their school journey, pupils have the opportunity to explore different faiths and religions as part of this curriculum.

RED Scripture Grid

Curriculum Overview

RED Curriculum Overview

Assessment

Religious Education is at the heart of everything we do here at St. Paul and St. Timothy’s. Therefore, it is crucial we ensure consistent high standards in this subject and have a clear assessment tool as we do with our other core subjects Maths and Literacy.

We assess pupils through formative and summative assessments. Formative assessments take place daily and can be done in a range of ways such as questioning, discussions, while you wait (recapping prior learning) and self/ peer assessment. Summative assessments take place once a term and is assessed against the Archdiocese standards for each year group.