RE

Vision for RE

Together, with the love and joy of God, we will discover, develop & maximise our unique potential.

The Father has loved us so much! He loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. – 1 John 3:1 – ICB

How does the teaching of Religious Education underpin the Christian vision of the school?

The value of love is at the heart of both the Christian faith and our vision here at NJK. God’s love for all people inspires us to give love in abundance. We value and care for ourselves, others and the world around us as God's creation; demonstrating our values of friendship, compassion, forgiveness and respect. We believe this is of the highest importance when teaching RE to enable pupils to explore their differences with tolerance and mutual respect. RE in this school contributes to the outworking of our vision by ensuring that as a school we create safe learning environments in which the children feel able to express their opinions and view without judgement. As a school we ensure that children and adults feel as though they can talk about Christianity and other world religions in the way that Jesus taught us all to love one another. Our school vision is integral to everything we do at NJK. We want to discover and maximise each child’s unique potential. We aim to deliver a joyful and inspiring curriculum and school experience where every child feels loved, valued and cherished.

Our RE curriculum specifically contributes to our distinctively Christian character and provides children with the opportunity to explore our Christian values and flourish as citizens in a pluralistic and global community.

NJK's RE Curriculum Intent:

Through our Religious Education curriculum we aim to :

• engage pupils in enquiring into and exploring questions arising from the study of religion and belief, so as to promote their personal, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

• provide learners with knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other principal religious traditions and beliefs represented in Great Britain.

• develop their understanding of the ways in which beliefs influence people in their behaviour, practices and outlook.

• enable learners to apply the insights of the principal religious traditions to their own search for identity and significance.

• enable learners to become aware of their own beliefs and values and to have a positive attitude to the search for meaning and purpose in life.

• encourage learners to develop a positive attitude towards other people who hold religious beliefs different from their own.

What does RE look like at NJK? 

Inter Faith week November 2022

This year, for Inter Faith week we focused on how different faiths use 'texts' / 'special books' to guide people in their everyday life. We invited people of faith to come into our school and share with us their faith and their special books. We welcomed visitors from the Jewish, Muslim and Christian faith.

We registered our school event on the Inter Faith week activities map and we were the only school in the whole of Worcestershire to be holding an event! 

Inter Faith Week - Inter Faith Week

 https://www.interfaithweek.org/events/interfaith-week-5449

In Key Stage One the pupils learnt about the Creation story and how Jewish people celebrate Shabbat every week to remember God's day of Rest. 

In Key Stage Two the pupils learnt that the stories in the Old Testament in the Bible are the same as the Jewish Bible, also called 'The Tanakh.' The pupils learnt why Jewish people have a Mezuza on their door post and the special prayer inside - the Sh'ma. The pupils enjoyed looking at both the Hebrew and English writing of this prayer. 

Mrs Connaghan uses the Qur'an like a road map to help her live a good life as a Muslim.

She shared some important information with us about the Qur'an......