At Sledmere and Wetwang Federation our intent is that our Religious Education curriculum:

• Develop a deep understanding of the theology underpinning religious beliefs and the ways in which these beliefs are lived out in reality.
• Are reflective, seeing varying world views and values through their own eyes.? 
• Develop critical thinking skills and higher order questioning when considering meaning, purpose and truth. 
• Are open minded, accepting and wondrous about world-wide beliefs, further instilling these values in others and our community. 

We implement this through:

• RE is taught through 'RE Journey Days' every half term, which fully immerses the children in learning about a particular religion or concept.
• 'RE weeks' where we focus on a different world religion in depth.
• The East Riding Agreed Syllabus and Understanding Christianity to plan in common themes which the whole school can learn about.
• The children's learning being real and meaningful by inviting visitors from various beliefs and trips to experience different religions and places of worship
• Our enquiry based learning, RE lessons provide opportunities to answer 'Big Questions' about meaning, purpose and truth. Through nurture and relationships, children feel empowered to debate, discuss and answer these.
• RE books that are high quality and show a range of evidence. Teachers have the highest expectations and children are proud of their work.

The impact is: 

• Our pupils can see how theology links to our daily lives.
• Our pupils are deep thinkers.
• Our pupils appreciate that other people may have differing perspectives.
• Learning about people from different backgrounds and environments is viewed as central to their school life and pupils can explain clearly that they don’t just view courageous advocacy as fundraising but cited projects they were involved in which involved other ways of effecting change. 
• Thoughtfully planned religious education (RE) lessons engage pupils in comparing challenging current issues.
• RE also provides significant opportunities for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development.