Teaching RE

"Come and See"

We are a Catholic school and this is shown in all that we do. Although Religious Education is timetabled as a subject, in its broadest sense, it actually permeates through not only the whole curriculum but informs and guides us in all that we do in school. There are daily Religious Education lessons and times for Collective Worship and prayer and the school follows the Archdiocesan syllabus for Religious Education – 'Come and See'. Mass is celebrated with the whole school at different times of the year. The weekly assemblies, in part led by the staff and in part by the children, provide further opportunity to re-emphasise the Christian values we seek to promote.

As a school, we seek to put into practice our Christian values, notably in a strong work ethic and high demands on the individual so that our Christian ethos is something that runs throughout the whole life of the school. It finds expression not only in our support for local and national charities, and our increasingly strong links with the local community, but also in the ideal of always striving to make maximum use of any talents which we have been given.

In order to ensure that our children are equipped to grow up and work in a multi-faith and multi-cultural society, we ensure that we give due to emphasis to the 'Other Faiths' topic in the RE scheme, as guided by the Liverpool Archdiocese. Therefore, the children will usually study an RE topic on 'Judaism' each year, as well as one on 'Islam'. Through assemblies and other activities, the children will also learn about other faiths, cultures and celebrations e.g. Chinese New Year, Diwali etc.

Please click the documents below for information about the teaching of RE in our school: