Intent

At Askern Moss Road Infant Academy we follow ‘Jigsaw RE’ for our Religious Education teaching and learning. Following Doncaster’s SACRE, RE. Askern Moss Road Infant Academy provides a broad, balanced and coherent curriculum. It has been designed to offer breadth of content, depth of learning and coherence between concepts, knowledge, skills and content in a safe, open, respectful and inclusive environment. Our RE curriculum allows all learners to explore their own beliefs and explore other world religions to encourage our children the flourish in becoming inclusive and understanding of all faiths and cultures, equipped to life beyond school. 

We ensure that RE offers opportunities for personal reflection and spiritual development, deepening the understanding of the significance of religion in the lives of themselves, others, communally, world-wide and cross-culturally. 

RE offers distinctive opportunities to promote pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development allowing time for reflection, discussion, dialogue and debate. The Jigsaw RE scheme contributes to the British Values agenda. 

Implementation  

Early Years 

The Discovery RE allows the children through a variety of different themes to have the opportunity to explore and compare other major world religions to extend their knowledge and understanding. 

Key Stage One 

The National Curriculum for religions education aims to ensure that all Key Stage One pupils: 

Learn about the place of religion and belief in their local community – recognising diversity and the influence of those religions and worldviews, and exploring questions about the meaning, purpose and value of life. 

Learn about key features of Christianity (selected from key beliefs, teaching and values behind celebrations and commemorations, patterns of worship, places of worship, and stories) exploring their significance for Christians.  

Learn about key features of at least one other religion or non- religious worldview (selected from key beliefs and, in the case of religion, teaching and values behind celebrations and commemorations, patterns of worship, places of worship, and stories) exploring their significance for followers of that religion or worldview.