At Marfleet Primary Academy, we believe that Religious Education (RE) plays an essential role in fostering a respectful, inclusive, and thoughtful community. Our RE curriculum is designed to encourage students from Nursery to Year 6 to explore and appreciate the diversity of beliefs and worldviews around them, while also nurturing their understanding of their own beliefs, values, and cultural heritage.
RE at Marfleet Primary Academy
Marfleet Primary Academy follows the Hull and East Riding Agreed Syllabus for Religion and Worldviews 2022. This syllabus serves as the statutory framework for RE in the local area, designed to ignite curiosity through an inquiry-led approach.
The BEST principles are the lens through which Marfleet delivers this local syllabus, ensuring it is both rigorous and deeply connected to their pupils’ lives in Hull.
| B – Believing all children can (Inclusion) |
The Agreed Syllabus is designed to be a “progression model”, ensuring all children can succeed by building knowledge in small, manageable steps.
- Low Threshold, High Ceiling: The syllabus begins with universal human experiences in EYFS (Special Places/People) so that every child, regardless of their religious background, can participate immediately.
- SEND Support: Following the syllabus’s specific guidance on inclusion, Marfleet adapts the “Key Content and Vocabulary” to ensure that children with additional needs can access the same core “Big Questions” as their peers.
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| E – Engagement through excellence |
Engagement is driven by a diverse and high-quality curriculum that explores the “excellent” contributions of faiths to world culture.
- Inspiring Figures: In Year 4, children engage with “People Who Inspire Us,” looking at excellence through the lens of lived faith and leadership.
- Vibrant Experiences: The study of “Special Things” in EYFS and “Founders of Faith” in Year 3 provides high-interest focal points that capture children’s imagination.
- Global Perspectives: Excellence is found in the breadth of study, from local community “Worship” in Year 1 to global “Pilgrimages” in Year 5.
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| S – Skills for life |
RE provides essential social and ethical “Skills for Life,” helping children navigate a diverse and multicultural society.
- Sense of Belonging: The Year 1 “Belonging” unit and Year 4 “Communities” unit teach children the life skill of understanding their place within different social and religious groups.
- Ethical Reasoning: In Year 2, units like “Lead Us Not into Temptation” and “Questions, Questions” help children develop the skills to think about right and wrong and handle curiosity with respect.
- Environmental Responsibility: The “What a Wonderful World” (Year 1) and “Our World” (Year 4) topics develop a child’s sense of stewardship and responsibility for the planet.
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| T – Trailblazing thinkers |
The RE curriculum encourages children to be “Thinkers” by exploring deep philosophical questions and global issues.
- Inquiry-Led Learning: Year 2 explicitly focuses on “Questions, Questions,” encouraging children to be trailblazers in their own curiosity rather than passive receivers of information.
- Action and Vision: In Years 5 and 6, the curriculum pushes children to be forward-thinkers through topics like “Faith in Action” and “Hopes & Visions.”
- Advocates for Justice: Year 6 pupils act as trailblazing thinkers by investigating “Justice & Freedom,” challenging them to consider how they can contribute to a fairer world.
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RE Long Term Plan
RE Long Term Plan 25-26
