Intent
Why do we teach this? Why do we teach it in the way we do?
At Edlington Victoria we teach Religious Education fortnightly and we run alongside the Jigsaw Scheme, throughout school we Jigsaw RE scheme which we use
alongside the Doncaster agreed Syllabus for Religious Education. We supplement our Religious Education through hands on experiences, and visitors into school to
help broaden and deepen our pupil’s knowledge of particular faiths and festivals celebrated.
Specific aspects of religion, relationships, morality and the natural world are covered. Though we mainly have Christian based curriculum, other religions and beliefs are
also explored within our curriculum too.
Implementation
What do we teach? What does this look like?
We implement our intent using Jigsaw RE and we organise our learning into terms and each term as a specific religious focus. Through the units, we develop the
knowledge, skills and understanding that we want children to remember and use.Each unit of learning is designed to build upon prior learning, right from the early
years, to ensure better retention of knowledge that can be built upon when thetopic/festival may arise in a later year group. Teachers have access to the online
scheme which breaks down the lessons into parts to enable children to embed and consolidate their learning. Our lessons are broken down into:
Breaking the lessons down into sections helps with the progression of the enquiry question that the children study. They will then feel confident at the end of the unit to
be able to evaluate their own thoughts and feelings around the line of enquiry. Within school, we do have a bank of religious artefacts that can be used to enhance
our curriculum and embed knowledge. As a school we do have regular visits from our local Priest whom we have a greatconnection with, this also allows us to embed those
key festivals within the Christian calendar and helps us with the continuing curriculum that we offer at Edlington Victoria.