{"id":13861,"date":"2024-10-05T03:34:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T03:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/?page_id=13861"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:02:11","slug":"religious-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/?page_id=13861","title":{"rendered":"Religious Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-669513ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1da03c2a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-444d5ee8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><br>The school follows the Blackburn Diocesan Syllabus&nbsp;\u2018Questful RE 2022\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><br>Throughout this syllabus, pupils will be introduced to and given opportunity to explore the big ideas of Christianity. These are eight core concepts at the heart of Christianity that together tell God\u2019s big story. The eight core concepts are expressed in the Bible and lived out by Christian people each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-large-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\"><br>Our aims are to enable children to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Have a sense of curiosity and excitement about the world and to encourage them to search for truth, meaning and purpose in life; and to have an opportunity to develop their own beliefs, values and attitudes in the beginning of their search for a faith by which to live. We aim to support this by providing a secure, caring and nurturing environment in the context of a Christian Community\/Church School.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Have a knowledge and understanding of Christianity as a living faith and become aware of the place and significance of Christianity, and other religions, in the contemporary world<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Have an understanding of, and respect for, other major world faiths<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">See creation and the natural world as part of God\u2019s revelation of himself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Explore the nature of religious symbolism and language<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Explore and go some way towards finding their own answers to \u201clife questions\u201d such as origin, suffering, evil, death, etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Develop appropriate attitudes, and an appropriate body of knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9fe8ed88 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-container-content-0733e5d0\"><br>We will aim at all times to value children\u2019s own beliefs (which may be other than Christian)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Organisation of RE within the school<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">To take into account our mixed age classes, the Year 1\/ 2, Year 3\/ 4 and Year 5\/ 6 classes follow a two-year rolling programme, whilst the reception pupils follow a single year programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-custom-hot-button-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/178.79.154.16\/nextcloud\/index.php\/s\/w5AS5WLfeswidCT\" style=\"border-radius:36px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RE DOCUMENTS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ASJ_PS_2024_06-150-of-159-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13526\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ASJ_PS_2024_06-150-of-159-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ASJ_PS_2024_06-150-of-159-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ASJ_PS_2024_06-150-of-159-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ASJ_PS_2024_06-150-of-159-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.altham-school.lancsngfl.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ASJ_PS_2024_06-150-of-159-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The school follows the Blackburn Diocesan Syllabus&nbsp;\u2018Questful RE 2022\u2019 Throughout this syllabus, pupils will be introduced to and given opportunity to explore the big ideas of Christianity. 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