Curriculum Intent

At Whitestone Infant School, the aim of Religious Education (RE) is to engage pupils in systematic enquiry into significant events, people and their world views through thinking about a range of questions. This will allow them to develop the understanding and skills needed to appreciate and appraise varied responses to these questions, as well as develop responses of their own. RE encourages pupils to learn from different religions, beliefs, values and traditions, while exploring their own beliefs and questions of meaning. It challenges pupils to reflect on, consider, analyse, interpret and evaluate issues of truth, belief, faith and ethics and to communicate their responses.

Our Vision

Religious Education must be provided for all registered pupils in full-time education except those withdrawn at their parents’ request. This includes pupils in Reception classes (but not those in nursery classes). Parents have the right to withdraw their child from RE on the grounds that they wish to provide their own religious education. This will be the parent’s responsibility. However, we will talk to the parents to ensure they understand the aims and value of RE.

RE is taught in a variety of ways, learning both about and from religion. When children are learning RE, they will be taught about a number of different religions so that they understand different people’s beliefs and cultures.

All children at Whitestone have the opportunity to visit the local church, and perform to parents and carers at different times of the year. People from the church visit the school for assemblies.   We invite visitors with a range of religious or World views to school. 

At Whitestone we follow the new 2024-2029 Coventry and Warwickshire agreed syllabus and use the Jigsaw scheme to support this coverage.  Please see the long-term plan and more information about our curriculum below.

Visiting Holy Trinity Church.  The children learn all about the features of a Church and what happens in a Church.  Reverend Alison even played the organ for us.  Then Year One children performed their Harvest Festival songs.  Year Two go at Christmas and perform their Christmas songs.