Religious Education
At Monks Coppenhall Academy, Religious Education has an important role in developing children’s knowledge and understanding of religious and non-religious worldviews, beliefs, practices and traditions, in today’s society.
The school follows the 2022 – 2027 agreed syllabus from Cheshire East – ‘Engaging Encounters, Reasoned Responses, Connecting Communities’. This syllabus contributes dynamically to children and young people’s education by provoking challenging questions about meaning and purpose in life, beliefs about God, ultimate reality, issues of life and death and issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human.
Every pupil has a statutory entitlement to Religious Education as it makes a distinctive contribution to a broad and balanced curriculum. Pupils are given the opportunity to explore the role and significance of religion in society and the important beliefs and values that shape the world today.
Religious Education helps pupils understand the religious experience of others and the ways in which it gives a sense of purpose and meaning in their lives. Pupils are introduced to a variety of world faiths and are encouraged to respect the beliefs of others through a knowledge and enquiry-based approach to learning. During all key stages, a secular or non-religious worldview will be taught as appropriate. Plurality and diversity of religious and non-religious groups is reflected in all units of work, and wherever possible, learning is centred in the context of ‘real lived experience’.
Six broad themes are used to create enquiry questions that thread through and connect content from Early Years to Year Six. These golden threads are:
God the world and self
What do people believe about God, the world and the self?
Authority
Who/what do people follow? Why? How do people interact with sources of authority?
Personal Belief
How do my personal beliefs affect the way life is lived?
Marking life’s journey
How does my worldview affect how I mark life’s journey?
Religious/Non-religious Worldview in the wider world
How does my worldview relate to the wider world?
Belonging
What does it mean to belong to a Religious/Non-religious community?