St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Aspire to be more
Religious Education
To Know You More Clearly - The Religious Education Directory
At St. Anne's Catholic Primary School we follow the 'To Know You More Clearly' Religious Education Directory in line with guidance from the Liverpool Archdiocese. The programme is followed throughout school, from Early Years through to Year 6.
Religious Education at St. Anne’s Catholic Primary:
Intent: We are a Catholic school and we are committed to the Catholic Faith, recognising and valuing every individual as special and unique in the image and likeness of God. Religious Education at St. Anne’s respects and promotes each child’s innate capacity for wonder, awe, reverence and spirituality. Our Religious Education curriculum leads our children to aspire not to have more, but to be more; children are taught about God’s love; they learn about their Christian responsibilities; children are provided with experiences of church, Catholic and Christian traditions, as well as being taught to be respectful and understanding of people and traditions from other faith backgrounds. Through Religious Education our children learn about their unique place within the home, school and parish community. |
Implementation:
As a school we are following the Religious Education Directory To Know You More Clearly, and guidance from the Liverpool Archdiocese.
The school year is divided into 6 Branches of learning:
Autumn Term:
Branch 1: Creation & Covenant - Pupils will encounter the God who creates and calls a people, explore revelation of the Christian belief that all that is comes from God, the Creation accounts in Genesis, and scientific explanations of the process of Creation. They will explore the stories of the Old Testament.
Branch 2: Prophesy & Promise - Pupils will explore the teachings of the prophets as they point to the fulfilment of God’s promise, Jesus Christ. They will explore the expectant waiting of the Advent season and encounter the story of the nativity of Jesus.
Spring Term:
Branch 3: Galilee to Jerusalem - Pupils will experience the ministry and life of Jesus and his revelation of the Kingdom of God through parables,
miracles, and teachings. They will learn about the call to be a follower of Jesus.
Branch 4: Desert to Garden - Pupils will study the season of Lent and the events of Holy Week, the liturgical journey from the desert of Lent to the garden of Resurrection.
Summer Term:
Branch 5: To the Ends of the Earth - Pupils will study the Ascension, the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and the work of the apostles and early Church. They will also learn about the Catholic Church today.
Branch 6: Dialogue & Encounter - Pupils will learn how Christians work together with people of different religions and all people of goodwill towards the common good, respecting the dignity of all humanity.