“Following the example of Jesus, together we learn, love and respect one another to be the best we can be"

St Michael & St John’s Roman is a Catholic Primary School where every person is helped to do their best and to succeed in a place of love, peace and safety, following the teachings of Jesus. Religious Education is at the heart of our school, it is the core of the core, and is more than a National Curriculum subject; it is at the centre of what we do, say and believe. 

Our school values are central to school life, and they are linked to Scripture:

          Aspirations            Philippians 4:13
                 Love                       1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Respect                  Luke 6:13
 Courage                 Joshua 1:9
       Unity                       Galatians 3:28

RE in Action

The Right to Withdraw from Religious Education and/or Collective Worship:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/re-and-collective-worship-in-academies-and-free-schools/religious-education-re-and-collective-worship-in-academies-and-free-schools

Curriculum Scheme

We follow Lighting the Path RE scheme.

Lighting the Path is used as the primary scheme/resource to deliver the RED in our school. It provides structured lesson plans, assessment foci, scripture, tradition, belief, live faith application, and supports progression.

Jesus is at the ‘heart of the programme’ and also at the heart of all we do in school.

Branches

Units/branches in RED are organised in a sequence (“branches” or other structural divisions used in Lighting the Path) which build progressively across Early Years through Year 6. We adopt this sequence to ensure coherence and cumulative skill/knowledge development. The themes are:

• Creation and Covenant
• Prophecy and Promise
• Galilee to Jerusalem
• Desert to Garden
• To the Ends of the Earth
• Dialogue and Encounter
   

Dialogue and Encounter World faiths are included in the branch.

Knowledge Lenses
 The knowledge lenses represent the focus of study for pupils, outlining what they are expected to know by the end of each age phase (5 7, 7 9, and 9 11). There are six knowledge lenses:

• Hear
• Believe
• Celebrate
• Live
• Dialogue
• Encounter

Ways of Knowing
The ways of knowing describe the skills pupils develop as they progress through the RE curriculum. The three ways of knowing are:

• Understand
• Discern
• Respond
   

Lessons are designed to help pupils understand Catholic teaching, discern its meaning, and respond thoughtfully in their own lives.

RE 2024-2025

Catholic Social Teaching

Catholic Social Teaching (CST) offers a way of thinking, being, and seeing the world. It provides a vision for a just society in which the dignity of all people is recognised, and those who are vulnerable are cared for. It consists  of Catholic social thought and principles which can be used to reflect on and guide how we relate to one another in our local and global communities.  The CARITAS in Action programme is used to teach CST, along with other learning opportunities and resources.

Worship in action

Mass at St Michael & St John's RC Church