Welcome to Faith and Philosophy (RE) at Wallace Fields Junior School
Religious Education is known as Faith and Philosophy at our school. This embodies a more child-friendly name for the subject. The rebranding was carried out in response to pupil voice and in consultation with the children to adopt a more dynamic approach to the teaching of RE. The ‘Faith’ part of the name refers to the different religions children learn about and the ‘Philosophy’ part of the name suggests how children reflect on their own personal values and beliefs or non-beliefs during and after learning. We strongly believe that our way of teaching the subject is inclusive and does not ‘sell’ any particular faith or religion to children. We do not teach any religion or non-religion as fact, but as knowledge of different faiths and understanding of the people who follow them (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Buddhism). However, we acknowledge the right of parents to withdraw their children from the learning of Faith and Philosophy (RE) or parts of it. We wish to foster in all our pupils a deeper understanding of our diverse and ever-changing society. We teach Faith and Philosophy as a core subject as part of a basic curriculum and uphold every child’s right to learn it as outlined in the Education Reform Act 1988. We aim to teach RE as a means of enriching our pupils’ cultural experiences and to raise future global citizens who have a demonstrable understanding of some of the faiths and beliefs that exist in the world. We wish to create an atmosphere of acceptance where children from all backgrounds, religious and non-religious, feel valued and share a sense of belonging with each other as human beings.
Below are the concepts explored in each year group but please bear in mind that this is just the learning, not the reflections and values explored through each lesson.
Faith and Philosophy progression map
Please see below a video about Faith and Philosophy Why we teach it? What we teach? How we teach it?
https://screenrec.com/share/4HFhuqTroe
