Rattlesden Church of England Primary Academy
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Our History
    • Meet The Staff
    • Governors
    • Ofsted
    • Road Safety
    • SIAMS
    • School Performance
    • Affiliations
    • Friends Of Rattlesden School
    • Forest School
    • Outdoor Learning
  • Key Info
    • COVID-19 Key Information
    • Academy Scheme of Delegation
    • Admissions
    • Attendance
    • Anti-Bullying Statement
    • British Values
    • Collective Worship
    • Curriculum
    • Overview of topics
    • E-Safety
    • Equality
    • Policies
    • GDPR
    • Pupil Premium
    • Safeguarding
    • SEND
    • Sports Premium
  • Subjects
    • Art
    • Design and Technology
    • Geography
    • History
    • ICT and Computing
    • Literacy >
      • Reading
    • Mathematics
    • Phonics
    • Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
    • Music
    • Physical Education >
      • Swimming
    • PSHE
    • Religious Education
    • Science
  • Parents
    • Wraparound Care >
      • Breakfast Club
      • After School Club
    • Clubs & Activities
    • Wellbeing
    • Emergency School Closure
    • ParentView
    • School Meals
    • Free School Meals
    • School Payment System
    • School Uniform
    • Term Dates
    • The School Day
    • Thurston Community College
    • Useful Forms
  • Our Classes
    • Willow (Years EYFS & 1) >
      • Willow Home Learning Gallery
      • New Intake
    • Willow Home Learning
    • Maple (Years 1 & 2) >
      • The Maple Gallery
    • Maple Home Learning >
      • Year 1 Home Learning
      • Year 2 Home Learning
    • Oak (Years 3 & 4)
    • Oak Class Home Learning Gallery
    • Oak Home Learning
    • Cedar (Years 4 & 5)
    • Cedar Home Learning
    • Beech (Year 6)
    • Beech Home Learning
  • News & Events
    • Letters to Parents
    • Job Vacancies
    • Gallery
    • Holy Week
    • Sporting Events and Teams
  • Contact Us
  • New Page
  • Religious Education

Religious Education

Rattlesden Primary School is a Church of England School. Our Mission Statement and School Values underpin everything that we do. We are an inclusive school, where everyone has a valuable contribution to make to our school community – we recognise that for many of our families faith is important, whilst others may have none.​
Intent

At Rattlesden Primary Academy, we believe RE has an important role in children’s moral, social, cultural and spiritual growth.  RE promotes open-mindedness and tolerance, as well as an understanding of ourselves and other people.  We aim to engage children’s appreciation and understanding of the beliefs and practices of people everywhere, from our local community to those in the wider, global community.  Our principles are to learn ABOUT religion and belief and to learn FROM religion and belief.

​Implementation

As a Church of England school, RE permeates our school ethos.  We have very close contact with the local clergy, Reverend Tiffer and his wife Amy are a big part of our school life.  Our children visit St Nicholas Church frequently, both to worship and also as part of their RE curriculum.
We have school themes, eg Friendship, Generosity, Compassion, which are used each half-term and develop children’s understanding in Collective Worship. 
To teach RE, we use the Emmanuel Scheme of Work in all classes.  This is detailed and comprehensive, giving teachers clear breadth and depth, which children build on year by year.  As a Christian school, the majority of the units are Christian, but we also explore other faiths, including Judaism, Islam and Humanism.  We may ask visitors (in person or virtual) to help us teach units, to enhance children’s understanding.  We ensure RE lessons are fun and exciting and meet the needs of all learners.  This may include cooking, creative activities, role-play and outdoor learning.  We sometimes plan in whole-school/Key-Stage days, organised and delivered by outside organisations, eg Kagera Day. 

Impact
​

By the end of each key stage, we expect pupils to know, understand and apply skills related to learning about religion and belief, and learning from religion and belief.
Staff assess children using the learning grids from the Emmanuel scheme in Key Stages 1 and 2, and in Early Years using Development Matters statements.  We also carry out learning walks, book scrutinies and pupil perception questionnaires as part of our RE assessment.

​Priorities for Religious Education 2021-2022 Action Plan
​
1. Develop cross curricular links to RE thorough use of Inspire Classrooms
2. Ensure progression of skills and vocabulary documents are used by all staff.
3.. Ensure that in post COVID recovery, RE is being taught well across all key stages.

Picture


Our school banner created by children of SNAC club. 

The banner appears in St. Nicholas Church. Rattlesden. We were lucky enough to take part in a special service at Bury St Edmunds cathedral  showing the banner, alongside other schools in the diocese.

Picture
Picture
Our vicar is the Rev. Tiffer Robinson.  Tiffer officiates at school services. Both Tiffer and his wife Amy Robinson regularly visit school, holding collective worship, story telling and services in church.  
Picture
St Nicholas Church, Rattlesden
Picture

EYFS and KS1 Harvest Festival 2020.

Due to Covid19 we were sadly not able to carry out our normal Harvest Festival celebrations at the church. However, EYFS and KS1 bubble had a lovely Harvest Festival that we didn't want parents to miss out on! Please see the video of our Harvest Festival below, we hope you enjoy!

Overview of Emmanuel Project Scheme of Work 

At Rattlesden we follow the Emmanuel project. The syllabus supports the aims and values of the school. The syllabus gives children a balanced approach to religious material. As children progress through school they encounter six different faiths and a non-religious worldview underpinning the heart of faith linking together stories, practices, festivals and ways of life.

Children will learn about religion but also learn from religion. 

Children are encouraged to be curious and acquire knowledge and understanding so that they are informed and respectful of different faiths. 

Children also need to learn from RE so they can be inspired and be able to reflect on their own spirituality, morals, cultural development and growth as a person. 
We consider the academic teaching and learning of religions to be one of the the core subjects within our curriculum and adhere to the National Society’s Statement of Entitlement for RE which can be read below:
emmanuel_project.docx
File Size: 715 kb
File Type: docx
Download File

​Click to read the National Society Statement for RE
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Welcome
    • Our History
    • Meet The Staff
    • Governors
    • Ofsted
    • Road Safety
    • SIAMS
    • School Performance
    • Affiliations
    • Friends Of Rattlesden School
    • Forest School
    • Outdoor Learning
  • Key Info
    • COVID-19 Key Information
    • Academy Scheme of Delegation
    • Admissions
    • Attendance
    • Anti-Bullying Statement
    • British Values
    • Collective Worship
    • Curriculum
    • Overview of topics
    • E-Safety
    • Equality
    • Policies
    • GDPR
    • Pupil Premium
    • Safeguarding
    • SEND
    • Sports Premium
  • Subjects
    • Art
    • Design and Technology
    • Geography
    • History
    • ICT and Computing
    • Literacy >
      • Reading
    • Mathematics
    • Phonics
    • Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
    • Music
    • Physical Education >
      • Swimming
    • PSHE
    • Religious Education
    • Science
  • Parents
    • Wraparound Care >
      • Breakfast Club
      • After School Club
    • Clubs & Activities
    • Wellbeing
    • Emergency School Closure
    • ParentView
    • School Meals
    • Free School Meals
    • School Payment System
    • School Uniform
    • Term Dates
    • The School Day
    • Thurston Community College
    • Useful Forms
  • Our Classes
    • Willow (Years EYFS & 1) >
      • Willow Home Learning Gallery
      • New Intake
    • Willow Home Learning
    • Maple (Years 1 & 2) >
      • The Maple Gallery
    • Maple Home Learning >
      • Year 1 Home Learning
      • Year 2 Home Learning
    • Oak (Years 3 & 4)
    • Oak Class Home Learning Gallery
    • Oak Home Learning
    • Cedar (Years 4 & 5)
    • Cedar Home Learning
    • Beech (Year 6)
    • Beech Home Learning
  • News & Events
    • Letters to Parents
    • Job Vacancies
    • Gallery
    • Holy Week
    • Sporting Events and Teams
  • Contact Us
  • New Page
  • Religious Education