According to the R.E. Council, ‘the ability to understand the faith or belief of individuals and communities and how these may shape their culture or behaviour, is an invaluable asset for children in modern day Britain.’ At Waterside in line with Stoke Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education, R.E. lessons will provoke challenging questions about meaning and purpose in life, beliefs about God, ultimate reality, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human. We will encourage pupils to learn about religious and non-religious worldviews in order to discover, explore and consider different answers to these questions. They will learn to interpret, analyse, evaluate and critically respond to the claims that religious and non-religious worldviews make. Pupils will learn to express their insights and to agree or disagree respectfully.
Parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all, or part of the school's Religious Education (RE) curriculum. If you wish to withdraw your child from RE, please email Mrs Willis, headteacher, outlining which elements of the RE curriculum you wish for your child to be withdrawn from.
RE Lead: Mrs Morray