To fulfil the aims of the Religious Education Curriculum Directory, Religious Education (RE)  is primarily taught through RED curriculum.  These aims include:

1. To engage in a systematic study of the mystery of God, of the life and teaching of Jesus Christ, the teachings of the Church, the central beliefs that Catholics hold, the basis for them and the relationship between faith and life;

2. To enable pupils continually to deepen their religious and theological understanding and be able to communicate this effectively;

3. To present an authentic vision of the Church’s moral and social teaching to provide pupils with a sure guide for living and the tools to critically engage with contemporary culture and society;

4. To give pupils an understanding of the religions and worldviews present in the world today and the skills to engage in respectful and fruitful dialogue with those whose worldviews differ from their own;

5. To develop the critical faculties of pupils so to bring clarity to the relationship between faith and life, and between faith and culture;

6. To stimulate pupils’ imagination and provoke a desire for personal meaning as revealed in the truth of the Catholic faith;

7. To enable pupils to relate the knowledge gained through religious education to their understanding of other subjects in the curriculum.

At St Mary's The RED curriculum is organised as follows:

Reception - EYFS

Year 1 - Year 1

Year 2 - Year 2

Year 3 - Year 3

Year 4 - Year 4

Year 5 - Year 4

Year 6 - Year 4

More information can be found by clicking on the To know you more clearly Religious Education Directory