Our children are encouraged to understand the basis of belief of different faiths so that they can live side by side in a multi-faith society with mutual understanding and respect. Parents / carers may withdraw children from Religious Education and collective worship, if they wish.

The daily acts of worship (assemblies) aims to:

• Give expression to the values and concerns of the community.
• Celebrate the contribution of individuals or groups to the life of our school.
• Recognise the celebration of festivals in various religious traditions in our community.

Why do we learn about the Worlds Religions?
We asked some of the children their views on this. Here are their ideas:

• We learn about Religious Education because we need to learn about the people who live with us in the world. If we do not learn about different cultures we might say something that harms someone.
• We need to learn about religions so all the cultures can be respectful to each other, and get along in the future.
• In Religious Education we learn about acceptance and patience.
• We should be respectful and have full tolerance towards religions that are different to our own.
• We learn about Religious Education so we know not to treat people differently. Even though we are all different we should be treated the same.
• If we learn about Religious Education then we will know about any festivals and special events in other religions.
• We learn about religious Education because we need to know how to respect other people’s personal beliefs.

Year 6 recently looked at the question: How do people behave?
They looked at the ‘rules’ they thought all people should follow in life. They then applied these rules to a religion of their choice. They produced Power Point presentations with the information. Some examples are included here.

Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation.