Religious Education

At Mitton Manor Primary School, we follow our own Living Waters curriculum which is based on the Gloucestershire Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education. We view Religious Education as a major element in the spiritual, moral and cultural education provision and as a means by which children acquire knowledge and understanding of major world religions, an appreciation of ultimate questions and responses to them, and an opportunity to develop their own believes and values.

The principle aim of Religious Education is to explore what people believe and what difference this makes to how they live, so that pupils can gain the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to handle questions raised by religion and belief, reflecting on their own ideas and ways of living.

(Gloucestershire Agreed Syllabus 2017-2022)

Important Religious Education Documents

We aim through our teaching to encourage pupils to:

• provoke challenging questions about meaning and purpose in life, beliefs about God, ultimate reality, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human.
• learn about religions and beliefs in local, national and global contexts, to discover, explore and consider different answers to these questions.
• learn to weigh up the value of wisdom from different sources, to develop and express their insights in response and to agree or disagree respectfully.
• have systematic knowledge and understanding of a range of religions and beliefs, enabling them to develop their ideas, values and identities.
• develop an aptitude for dialogue so that they can participate positively in our society, with its diverse religions and beliefs.
• gain and deploy the skills needed to understand, interpret and evaluate texts, sources of wisdom and authority and other evidence.
• articulate clearly and coherently their personal beliefs, ideas, values and experiences while respecting the right of others to differ

(Gloucestershire Agreed Syllabus 2017-2022)