R.E is a core subject at Holy Rood Catholic Primary School.  We follow the Religious Education Directory, To Know You more clearly which comprises 6 branches.  These 6 branches are taught each term in every year group but the focus and content is different thus ensuring continuity and deepening prior knowledge from Reception to Y6. The branches taught are listed below in the correct order

Autumn term: 

• Creation and Covenant - the children will explore the revelation of the belief that all that is comes from God and the call of God and His relationship with His people first through Abraham and Moses.
• Prophecy and Promise - the opportunity to explore the Christian understanding of the prophets as they point to the fulfilment of God's promise in a messiah, Jesus Christ.

Spring term:

• Galilee to Jerusalem - the chance to explore the ministry of Jesus, the Word of God. They will learn about Jesus' life and His revelation of the Kingdom of God through parables, encounters, miracles and teachings.
• Desert to Garden - the study of the season of Lent and the events of Holy Week.

Summer term

• To the ends of the Earth - the study of the events that followed from the Resurrection and Ascension in the coming of the Holy Spirit and the work of the apostles and the early Church.
• Dialogue and Encounter - the study of how Christians work together with people of different religious beliefs and all people of goodwill towards the common good, respecting the dignity of all humanity.
• Life to the Full- this is a recommended RSE programme of study for Catholic schools for Sex and Relationship Education, and has been written as a progressive scheme of work that supports the Religious Education, PSHE and Science curriculum taught within the school.

The Ways of Knowing:

The ways of knowing describe the skills that pupils develop as they progress though the religious education curriculum. 

Knowledge Lenses:

The knowledge lenses indicate what should be known by the end if each age phase. They are referred to as lenses since they are what we are looking at.