Religious Education (RE)

Intent

Passion for RE

Students who study Religious Education at Standish Community High School will leave with a passion for exploring, discussing and challenging interpretations of religious ideals .The theologians from Standish will be edgy and controversial by refining their thoughts in a gritty and dynamic environment. Classroom debate and argument will be built around interactive teaching over our five year journey together. Religious enquiry across the 5-year learning journey will equip students with the empathy skills and the confidence to challenge current worldviews. With discussion-based learning, students will achieve successfully at the end of KS4 in public examinations, opening the door to wider opportunities in an ever changing world.

Personal Development

Students will become critical thinkers in the tasks and problems that they are set, driven by real life situations filled with controversy, conflict and control. Controversial topics such as abortion, capital punishment and war will challenge students’ moral compass and provide them with an explicit awareness of the importance of tolerance, mutual respect and diversity in society. The drive to make students feel outstanding will be complimented by the provision of experiential learning through meditation and the use of artefacts to bring the curriculum to life. Through spiritual, moral, social and cultural education in RE, students will be able to see their role in a diverse British society and have the confidence to make the right choices for their future.

Broad and Deep Knowledge

Standish theologians will be challenged to develop and be critical of their own thinking. They will have a broad and balanced understanding of British laws, current affairs and controversial topics that will equip them with the confidence and ability to express well-grounded opinions. Acquisition of knowledge will be crucial for students to be able to explore, imagine and discover new ideas that are different to their own and develop the resilience needed to argue and counter-argue a philosophical position. Deeper questions will challenge ideals on terrorism, British laws and on euthanasia. How religion is depicted in the media will also challenge students to reflect on the power of TV and emerging technologies.

Skills for the Future

The skills developed by Standish students will create confident individuals who are able develop their own personal viewpoints. These skills will enable our theologians to become fully functioning members of society in a diverse community in which they hold no stereotypes or prejudices. They will know that their opinion is valued and through transferable skills such as empathy and interpretation, which are embedded in the five-year learning journey, they will be able to weigh up different attitudes and world-views and decipher the right one for them.

Religious Education (RE)

Religious Education at Standish Community High School is delivered by a team of enthusiastic and dedicated professionals, who realise the importance of this subject in enhancing students’ lives, and developing a wide range of transferable skills. We aim to encourage students to be reflective, thoughtful learners, who are appreciative of diversity, and at all times aim to enhance their spiritual, moral, social and cultural experience. Religious Education is taught to all year groups for one hour each week, and students are provided with the opportunity to complete a GCSE qualification in Religious Studies.

_{In the UK, parents have the right to withdraw their children from all or parts of the RE curriculum. This is on the grounds that they wish to provide their own RE. This provision will be the parents’ responsibility. This right of withdrawal exists for all pupils in all types of school, including schools with and without a religious designation.}

Curriculum Map

Learning Journey

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