Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

 - Martin Luther King Jr.  

The aim of teaching RE at Parkhill Infants’ School is to engage pupils in a magical and memorable way to curiously explore and respond to challenging questions raised by religion and worldviews with kindness and respect. RE at our school supports children to can develop the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to meaningfully appreciate and appraise varied responses to challenging questions, including their own with pride and resilience.

At Parkhill Infants' School, we use the local authority-agreed syllabus as the basis of our Religious Education teaching. The syllabus reflects the diversity of the local area in which we live and plays an important part in supporting Redbridge's tradition of respect and understanding within and between its different communities. 

The children will have the opportunity to begin to know about and have a developing respect for their own cultures and beliefs and those of other people, through stories, role play and celebrations.       

We teach about the Christian and Islamic faith but do not limit our children’s learning to these religions. The school community has a range of different cultures and faiths and we welcome opportunities to learn about these from the children.

We celebrate many festivals and special days from various faiths and cultures, including Diwali, Christmas, Eid, Chinese New Year and Easter.

Children learn RE through handling religious artefacts, assemblies, through trips to local places of worship and through engaging with religious leaders. 

Every child has the right to think and believe what they want and to practise their religion, as long as they are not stopping other people from enjoying their rights.

Governments must respect the rights of parents to give their children information about this right.

 

- Article 14, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 

 

Useful Online Resources for exploring faith in the UK - KS1