UPPER KEY STAGE 2

Cycle A 2020/21

Autumn 1
Magnificent Me

Autumn 2
Out of This world

Spring1
Wild Things

Spring 2
Enchanted Woodlands

Summer 2
Castles,Queens, Dragons, Knights

Summer 2
Future Me

UPPER KEY STAGE 2

Cycle A 2020/21

Autumn 1
Superheroes

Autumn 2
Land Ahoy

Spring 1
Carnival do Rio

Spring 2
London

Summer 2
Frozen Planet

Summer 2
Homer is Where the Heart Is

 

Key Stage 1 (Y1 & Y2)

  Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Cycle A

2020/2021

Me Out of This World Wild Things Enchanted Woodlands Castles, Queens, Dragons and Knights Future Me

Cycle B

2021/2022

Superheroes Land Ahoy Carnival Do Rio London Frozen Planet Land AhoyHome is Where the Heart Is

Religious Education Curriculum Statement

Queens Road Academy

At Queens Road Academy we believe that RE has an important part to play in promoting the spiritual, moral, social, cultural and intellectual development of our pupils and in helping them to gain a greater understanding of themselves and a more sympathetic awareness of the needs of others. This enables pupils to be better equipped to cope with the responsibilities and experiences of adult life. To promote the ideas of our school vision we believe that education in RE should be a child centred, exciting journey. Children will learn to understand the world and their place in it, know that all members of the school community show respect and tolerance for others and develop a better cultural awareness. Children will have the opportunity to reflect and develop their spiritual awareness. Thinking skills will be developed through child­led philosophical discussions and reflection opportunities.

Legal Requirements

At Queens Road Academy, RE is taught within the Barnsley agreed syllabus for Religious Education.  RE must be provided for all registered pupils, but parents have the right to withdraw their children from RE lessons. The Educational Reform Act (1988) states that ‘RE must reflect the fact that religious traditions in Great Britain are in the main Christian whilst taking account of the teaching and practices of other principal religions represented in the country’. The Barnsley Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education meets the above requirements.

RE at Queens Road Academy

The school’s starting points are the two Attainment Targets in the agreed syllabus:

  1. To develop knowledge and understanding of different religions – Learning About Religion
  2. To explore and respond to human experience – Learning From Religion

At Queens Road Academy, we aim to help pupils to acquire and develop their knowledge and understanding of Christianity and the other principal religions represented in Great Britain: Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.

Christianity

At Christmas and Easter, all classes from FS2- Y6 explore why these festivals are special to Christians. We have taken a developmental approach to planning this curriculum, to ensure that pupils build upon their previous learning each year and explore the festivals from different aspects.

Other Religions

Key stage 1 will study Hinduism.

Lower Key Stage 2 will study Islam

Upper Key Stage 2 will study Buddhism.

These religions will be explored through key questions as set out in the locally agreed syllabus. (See long term plan for details.)

In addition to taught sessions, Queens Road Academy recognises religious festivals as they happen, through assemblies. (Further details of this can be found on the assembly overview.)

Christmas Curriculum

Unit: Christianity Year 2: Celebrations

Learn: About what they celebrate and how they celebrate.

Learn: To recount the Christmas story.

Learn: How Christians celebrate Christmas.

Learn: How Christmas is celebrated by Christians around the world.

Reflect: Upon personal experiences of celebrations.

 

Reflect: Upon why Christians celebrate Christmas.

Easter Curriculum

Unit: Christianity Year 2: Why do Christians Celebrate Easter?

Learn: The Easter story and re-tell it in different ways.

Learn: To explore the painting The Last Supper and consider how the people in the painting may have been feeling.

Learn: To contrast feelings of sadness at the crucifixion with those of happiness at the resurrection.

Reflect: Upon times when their emotions have felt conflicted.

Reflect: Upon feelings associated with the Easter story.

 

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