Religious & Sex Education
RE is taught in accordance with the Milton Keynes Locally Agreed Syllabus (2017-2022). In Early Years, children develop knowledge and understanding, and appropriate vocabulary about, where they belong within their family and the wider community, different religions and the different ways of expressing and celebrating faiths. They also develop the following attitudes and skills: a sense of curiosity, interest and enjoyment in discovery, empathy and open-mindedness, commenting and asking questions, expressing feelings and preferences. The focus in Key Stage 1 is on Christianity (Year 1) and Judaism (Year 2), but referring to other faiths where appropriate, particularly if there are members of other faiths in the class and our community.
Parents have a right to withdraw their child from all or part of the RE curriculum. However we would like to stress that RE lessons are focused on learning about different faiths and cultures with the aim of developing understanding and tolerance towards one another within the diverse world in which we live. It is important that children grow up respecting that we have the freedom to choose what we want to believe in and how faith impacts on the way people live their lives. Learning about a range of faiths will help to promote a culture of harmony and togetherness through shared understanding and knowledge.