Religious Education at Sacred Heart!

Welcome to our Religious Education (RE) curriculum page. Here you can find information about how we teach RE across our school and how we support children to develop their understanding of religion and belief.

Our RE curriculum follows the Sandwell SACRE Agreed Syllabus 2024–2029. Through a carefully sequenced programme of learning, children explore a range of religious and non-religious worldviews, developing knowledge and understanding of the beliefs, practices and ways of life of different communities.

What do children learn in RE?

Our RE curriculum is built around three interconnected areas of learning:

• Making sense of beliefs – children develop knowledge and understanding of religious and non-religious beliefs, teachings, stories, symbols and concepts.
• Understanding the impact – children explore how beliefs influence the ways people live, worship, celebrate, make decisions and participate in their families and communities.
• Making connections – children compare and connect ideas across different religions and beliefs, think critically about what they have learned and reflect on the questions raised.

These three areas are woven together throughout our teaching, giving children opportunities to build knowledge, make connections and understand how beliefs are lived out in the world around them.

Our Approach to RE

We want children to develop a secure and meaningful understanding of religion and belief. Our lessons therefore focus on building knowledge over time, revisiting important ideas and giving children opportunities to use what they have learned.

Children encounter a range of religious and non-religious worldviews, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Humanism. Where appropriate, we also explore the diversity that exists within religious traditions, recognising that individuals and communities may express and practise their beliefs in different ways.

Our curriculum also reflects the local community in which our children live. Children have opportunities to learn about religion as it is lived in Britain today, including examples from our local area.