Intent
The Religious Education curriculum at Oakfield equips our pupils with a wide knowledge and deep understanding across a range of religions and beliefs. Pupils find out about the beliefs, values, practices and ways of life in different religions and they are encouraged to ask significant and reflective questions related to the nature, truth and value of religion. Pupils reflect on their own beliefs, values and experiences and develop tolerance and respect for others. The Religious Education curriculum follows the Tameside Agreed Syllabus and Discovery RE scheme.
Threshold concepts
Understand beliefs and teachings
This concept involves understanding the key teachings of various religions.
Understand practices and lifestyles
This concept involves understanding the day to day lives and practices of various religions.
Understand how beliefs are conveyed
This concept involves understanding how books, scriptures, readings and other important means of communication are used to convey beliefs.
Reflect
This concept involves an appreciation of how religion plays an important role in the lives of some people.
Understand values
This concept involves an appreciation of how many people place values as an important aspect of their lives
Key religions
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Autumn Spring Summer
Nursery Religion: Christianity
Theme: Special people
Key Question: What makes people special?
Theme: Christmas
Key Question: What is Christmas?
Reception Religion: Christianity
Theme: Special people
Key Question: What makes people special?
Theme: Christmas
Key Question: What is Christmas?
Year 1 Religion: Christianity
Theme: Creation Story
Key Question: Does God want Christians to look after the world?
Theme: Christmas Story
Key Question: What gift might Christians in my town have given Jesus if he had been born in my town, rather than Bethlehem?
Year 2 Religion: Christianity
Theme: What did Jesus teach?
Key Question: Is it possible to be kind to everyone all of the time?
Theme: Christmas – Jesus as gift from God
Key Question: Why do Christians believe God gave Jesus to the World?
Year 3 Religion: Hinduism
Theme: Diwali
Key Question: Would celebrating Diwali at home and in the community bring a feeling of belonging to a Hindu child?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Christmas
Key Question: Has Christmas lost its true meaning?
Religion: Judaism
Theme: Celebrations
Key Question: How do people celebrate?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Easter
Key Question: What is Easter?
Religion: Islam
Theme: Celebrations
Key Question: How do people celebrate?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Easter
Key Question: What is Easter?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Jesus as a friend
Key Question: Was it always easy for Jesus to show friendship?
Theme: Easter – Palm Sunday
Key Question: Why was Jesus welcomed like a king or celebrity by the crowds on Palm Sunday?
Religion: Islam
Theme: Prayer at home
Key Question: Does praying at regular intervals every day help a Muslim in his / her everyday life?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Easter – resurrection
Key Question: How important is it to Christians that Jesus came back to life after his crucifixion?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Jesus’ Miracles
Key Question: Could Jesus really heal people? Were these miracles or is there some other explanation?
Theme: Easter – Forgiveness
Key Question: What is ‘good’ about Good Friday?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Story time
Key Question: What can we learn from stories?
Religion: Judaism
Theme: special places
Key Question: What makes places special?
Religion: Islam
Theme: Story time
Key Question: What can we learn from stories?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: special places
Key Question: What makes places special?
Religion: Judaism
Key question: Is Shabbat important to Jewish children?
Theme: Chanukah
Key Question: Does celebrating Chanukah make Jewish children feel close to God?
Religion: Islam
Theme: Community and Belonging
Key Question: Does going to the Mosque give Muslims a sense of belonging?
Theme: Hajj
Key Question: Does completing Hajj make a person a better Muslim?
Religion: Hinduism
Theme: Hindu Beliefs
Key Question: How can Brahman be everywhere and in everything?
Theme: Pilgrimage to the River Ganges
Key Question: Would visiting the River Ganges feel special to a non-Hindu?
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Year 4 Religion: Judaism
Theme: Beliefs and Practices
Key Question: How special is the relationship Jews have with God?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Christmas
Key Question: What is the most significant part of the nativity story for Christmas today?
Year 5 Religion: Hinduism
Theme: Prayer and Worship
Key Question: What is the best way for a Hindu to show commitment to God?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Christmas
Key Question: Is the Christmas story true?
Year 6 Religion: Islam
Theme: Beliefs and Practices
Key Question: What is the best way for a Muslim to show commitment to God?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Christmas
Key Question: How significant is it that Mary was Jesus’ mother?
Religion: Judaism
Theme: Passover
Key Question: How important is it for Jewish people to do what God asks them to do?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Easter
Key Question: Is forgiveness always possible for Christians?
Religion: Judaism
Theme: Rites of Passage and good works
Key Question: What is the best way for a Jew to show commitment to God?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Prayer and worship
Key Question: Do people need to go to church to show they are Christians?
Religion: Hinduism
Theme: Hindu Beliefs
Key Question: How can Brahman be everywhere and in everything?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Easter
Key Question: Did God intend Jesus to be crucified?
Religion: Hinduism
Theme: Beliefs and moral values
Key Question: Do beliefs in Karma, Samsara and Moksha help
Hindus lead good lives?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Beliefs and Practices
Key Question: What is the best way for a Christian to show commitment to God?
Religion: Christianity
Theme: Beliefs and Meaning
Key Question: Is anything ever eternal?
Theme: Easter
Key Question: Is Christianity still a strong religion 2000 years after Jesus was on Earth?
Religion: Islam
Theme: Beliefs and moral values
Key Question: Does belief in Akhirah (life after death) help Muslims lead good lives?
Lesson and task design
Links to prior learning and retrieval practice
Engagement
Investigation
Evaluation
Expression and reflection
The Nature of Thinking
The Nature of Thinking supports our task design within different year groups
Year 1, 3 and 5 focus on the basic Years 2, 4 and 6 progress to advancing and deepening
Basic Advancing Deepening
Name
Describe Follow instructions or methods
Complete Recall
Observe Use
Match Report
Measure List
Illustrate Label
Recognise Tell Repeat Arrange
Define
Memorise
Calculate Recite
Draw recall
Apply skills to solve problems
Explain methods
Classify
Infer
Categorise Identify patterns
Organise Modify Predict Interpret Summarise
Estimate Compare Use Experiment
Demonstrate
Practise
Show Arrange
Point out Graph
Separate
Solve non-routine problems
Appraise Explain concepts
Hypothesise
Investigate Cite evidence
Design
Create Prove Judge
Recommend
Justify
Generalise
Propose Discover Arrange
Rate
Evaluate Revise
Conclude
Formulate Construct Develop Connect
Prioritise