Religious Education
Intent
Our intention for RE teaching across Beacon View is that the children are given the skills to enable them to interpret human behaviour and the causes for this through a focus on different concepts including respect, specialness, belonging, celebration, identity, remembrance and love. These concepts are explored through the cycle of:
- Communicate (where the children explain their thoughts and feelings about the concept)
- Apply (where the children think about how the concept affects their own life)
- Enquire (where the children find out what the concept means to others)
- Contextualise (where the children find out what religious people understand by the concept or idea and how this impacts their lives)
- Evaluate (where the children look at why the concept or idea is important to religious people and consider how important it is to them.)
Through this process, the children will develop a better understanding of themselves and their own beliefs and values. They will be able to understand and appreciate some of the different beliefs and practices of 4 of the main religions in the World, identifying and celebrating the similarities and differences within these.
Whole School Overview
Religious Education is taught in each year group across Beacon View. To identify what aspects of religious studies to teach, we follow the agreed Hampshire syllabus Living Difference IV. To find out more information about this syllabus, you can follow the link below.
Living Difference IV
Parents have the right to withdraw their children from Religious Education lessons on grounds of their faith. Please speak to your child’s class teacher if this is something you wish to consider.
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EYFS
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Year 1
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Year 4
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Year 5
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Year 6
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Autumn 1
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Concept: Celebrating (birth)
Focus: Jesus’ birth
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Concept: Celebration
Focus: Harvest
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Concept: God
Focus: Ideas about God
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Concept: Neighbour
Focus: The Good Samaritan
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Concept: Ritual
Focus: Sukkot
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Concept: Belonging
Focus: Belonging in Islam
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Concept: Rites of Passage
Focus: The journey of life
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Autumn 2
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Concept: Journey’s End
Focus: Nativity
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Concept: Light as a symbol
Focus: Divali and Advent
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Concept: Angels
Focus: Angels
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Concept: Symbol
Focus: Hannukah
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Concept: Faith
Focus: Annunciation
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Concept: Warning
Focus: The Christmas story – The Magi
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Spring 1
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Concept: Precious
Focus: Water
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Concept: Remembering
Focus: Holi
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Concept: Persuasion
Focus: Following Jesus
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Concept: Freedom
Focus: Passover and Moses
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Concept: Identity
Focus: Purim
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Concept: Stewardship
Focus: Creation
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Concept: Power
Focus: God’s Power
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Spring 2
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Concept: Change
Focus: People Jesus met
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Concept: Happy and Sad
Focus: Easter
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Concept: Welcoming
Focus: Palm Sunday
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Concept: Ceremony
Focus: Death ceremonies
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Concept: Symbol
Focus: The cross
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Concept: Laws
Focus: Easter – Jesus the law breaker
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Concept: Resurrection
Focus: The Empty Cross
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Summer 1
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Concept: Remembering (Someone special)
Focus: Krishna’s birthday
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Concept: Special
Focus: Special Clothes
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Concept: Authority
Focus: Key events in the life of Jesus
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Concept: Symbol
Focus: Trees as a symbol
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Concept: Courage
Focus: Old testament stories
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Concept: Sacrifice
Focus: Eid-ul-Adha
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Concept: A Good Life
Focus: Humanism
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Summer 2
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Concept: Looking Forward
Focus: Transition
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Concept: Special
Focus: Special Food
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Concept: Creation
Focus: Creation Stories
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Concept: Temptation
Focus: Making Choices
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Concept: Divine
Focus: Miracle stories
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Concept: Message
Focus: Jesus, his teachings and his message
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Concept: Justice
Focus: Stories of justice
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