At Roselands, we believe that it is important for all our pupils to learn about religion, so that they can understand the world around them. The aim of Religious Education in our school is to help children explore what people believe and what difference this makes to how individuals lead their lives. We want  pupils to gain the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to handle questions raised by religion and belief so that they can reflect on their own ideas and ways of living. We encourage children to develop the ability to make reasoned and informed judgements about religious and moral issues and enhance their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.

Taking a Worldviews approach provides opportunities for all pupils to see themselves reflected in the curriculum, but also to be taken beyond their own experiences. It teaches pupils about diversity within and between beliefs, cultures and worldviews from across the world, and seeks to teach the skills and knowledge to hold respectful and informed conversations about religion and belief.  

Our curriculum aims to encourage our children to become religiously literate through creativity, imagination, enquiry, debate and discussion. At Roselands we encourage the children to become theologians to explore beliefs, philosophers to think deeply about issues and social scientists to recognise how beliefs affect the way people live their lives. Our Curriculum  is planned, using United Curriculum RE and Worldviews Planning Units which are designed around three key vertical themes:

•Sacrifice

Giving something up for the benefit of someone else is a recurring concept across religious & non-religious worldviews and takes many different forms. What motivates human action and what are the societal and personal consequences?

•Knowledge & Meaning

One of the unique qualities of human intelligence through time has been our quest for knowledge and meaning. How have religion and belief impacted on humanity’s search for “Truth”? How do beliefs impact human behaviour? What is it reasonable to believe?

•Human Context

Human beings exist in, and are influenced by, their place in time and their geographical, political and social context (Person, Time & Place). Everyone is different, so how have our diversities been influenced by our personal context? What influences a personal worldview?

Religious Education at Roselands is taught each half term with children revisiting different religions regularly, so that children can revisit skills and knowledge to achieve depth in their learning.  Planning identifies the key knowledge and skills of each theme to ensure that knowledge and skills build progressively.