At St John Fisher RC Primary School, it is our mission to nurture and develop the whole child so that each unique child of God grows in confidence, self-esteem, and is equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to reach their full potential.

Religious Education (RE) is at the heart of all we do—truly the “core of the core curriculum.” It plays a central role in the spiritual, moral, academic, and personal formation of every pupil, supporting our mission to help children discern the meaning and purpose of their lives within the light of faith.

Through our RE curriculum, rooted in the Religious Education Curriculum Directory, we aim to:

• Present the Catholic faith in a way that is comprehensive, engaging, and relevant to children’s lives
• Enable pupils to deepen their religious and theological understanding and express their faith with confidence
• Teach the Church’s moral and social teachings authentically, helping pupils to reflect on and respond to contemporary issues with a Christian worldview
• Foster respect and understanding of other faiths and religious traditions
• Encourage children to connect their faith to their daily lives and to other areas of the curriculum
• Inspire personal reflection, spiritual growth, and a deepening of faith and understanding
• Support pupils in exploring the relationship between faith and culture, and between faith and life itself

Our intention is for all pupils to become religiously literate and spiritually engaged. They will use their knowledge, understanding, and skills to think ethically and theologically, to reflect deeply, and to act with compassion and integrity.

We aim for children to develop notable independence in their learning—able to think critically and creatively, draw their own conclusions, and apply what they have learned to their own lives. Our pupils are encouraged to be curious, reflective, and joyful learners who embrace the challenge of learning and seek meaning in all that they do.

Through Religious Education at St John Fisher, we prepare children not only to succeed academically but also to grow in faith, wisdom, and love—ready to live out their vocation as thoughtful, active, and compassionate citizens in today’s world.

Our RE Subject Leader is Mrs D Hunt.

The Come and See programme has been developed to respond to the needs of children today in their faith journey, to enable them to grow in their religious literacy and understanding in a way that is coherent with current educational principles. It is designed to support teachers in their delivery of religious education. It integrates the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Catholic Levels of Attainment and the new Religious Education Curriculum Directory..

Come and See offers the opportunity to search, to explore, to discover, and to respond; this is part of what it is to be human.

Children Come and See the wonder of all that is within them and beyond them. God offers the invitation to Come and See. Teachers facilitate the opportunity for children to Come and See.

At St John Fisher, we teach our Catholic faith through the Come and See Catholic Religious Education Programme.

At the heart of the programme is the mystery of God’s self-revelation of love through Jesus Christ. Come and See gives the pupils the opportunity to explore the mystery of faith through Scripture and our Religious Tradition.

Central to the programme are these three questions:

• Where do I come from? Life – Creation
• Who am I? Dignity – Incarnation
• Why am I here? Purpose – Redemption

Come and See helps our pupils to explore the beliefs, values and way of life that our Catholic faith asks of us.

It supports the faith experience of all children because it starts with their real life experience and leads them to reflect upon the meaning of church, sacraments and the person Jesus in their lives.

Pupils are encouraged to develop their faith by regular prayer in class, Celebration of the Word, celebration of Masses and other religious and liturgical celebrations throughout the year. They are also encouraged to reflect upon social and moral issues, which affect our immediate and global communities.

We believe that the aim of religious education is to contribute to the development of the children as individuals and valued members of society. Our principal task is to help children to know, understand and appreciate the spiritual and religious dimension of life as expressed in the Catholic faith tradition and important aspects of other traditions.

We endeavour to do this by giving pupils opportunities to develop spiritually, morally, intellectually, emotionally and physically, towards their full and unique potential, in the sight of God.

This can be identified in all our work in school but most of all in the relationships which exist within the school. We value others for themselves, not only for what they have or what they can do for us. We value relationships as fundamental to the development and fulfilment of ourselves and others and to the good of the community. This can be seen in policies such as Behaviour, equal opportunities, SEN and inclusion. It can also be seen in the work done in R.E, health education and assemblies.

Our school has an embedded culture of welcome which means that the  school celebrates the presence of those from various cultures and belief traditions. Examples include a British Values display and Welcome display in the school hall, Year 6 Diversity Share and Shine assembly,
World Faith projects and timetabled activities during Multi-Faith week. Children are provided with opportunities to reflect and consider ‘Big Questions’ about RE and about meaning and purpose.

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RE Curriculum Map

At St John Fisher, we teach pupils to have a mutual respect and an understanding of the various faiths
and beliefs.
Autumn Homework projects encourage children in KS2 to research various aspects of other world faiths:
Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam
Areas of Research are as follows:
Year Three ‘Places of Worship’
Year Four ‘Holy Books’
Year Five ‘Beliefs and Festivals’
Year Six ‘Values’
In Year 4, children gain knowledge and understanding about aspects of Judaism through the Come
and See programme. All children will learn aspects of Islam during one week in the summer term.