RE

Eid ul Fitr Tuesday  9th- Wednesday 10th April 2024

Eid ul Fitr is celebrated by Muslims to mark the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting. The underlying purpose is to thank Allah for the strength he provided for people to endure the Ramadan fast.

To mark the celebration, Muslims will visit the Mosque with their family and pray. Families will join together for a lavish meal to enjoy food after their month of fasting. 

Vaisakhi Saturday 13th April 2024

Vaisakhi is a Sikh festival that celebrates harvest, the Sikh New Year and the founding of the Sikh community. Vaisakhi is also know as the Khalsa and has been celebrated for many years. The tenth Guru; Guru Gobind Singh, decided to use Vaisakhi to establish the Khalsa which means 'pure ones'.

R.E at Water Leys

Our ambition for all pupils in Religious Education at Water Leys is that our children will become ‘RE literate’ and develop their understanding and curiosity about different world religions and beliefs. Children are given the understanding they need to explore their beliefs and opinions whilst accepting that different viewpoints are valid and worthwhile. Our aim is to develop confidence for expression and tolerance of others’ in society.  

At Water Leys Primary School, we teach RE using the 2022-26 Leicestershire Locally Agreed Syllabus. Whilst the units of work we have planned have been designed to teach our children a breadth religions and worldviews, we have provided opportunities to build upon prior learning, leading to a depth of knowledge. We planned our coverage with our local context in mind, ensuring it represents the diversity of our school.   

Our RE curriculum has been carefully sequenced so that the vocabulary and key concepts we want our children to learn develop progressively as children move along their curriculum journey from term to term and from year to year. This enables our pupils to develop an aptitude for dialogue concerning religions, world views and communities. We want to give our pupils the knowledge and understanding they need to express their own ideas, values and identities.  

At Water Leys, teachers plan RE by first considering the ‘WHAT’ we want our pupils to learn by using our Water Leys ‘ROCKS’. We then decide the most appropriate method to teach that curriculum content so that it will be memorable and learning will stick!  

The range of teaching approaches we use in RE will include the use of narrative (stories) to help embed abstract concepts and ideas, first-hand experiences through meeting people from different religions, studying religious objects and learning from religious art work. 

Whole School RE Curriculum Map