Dundonald Primary School

Religious Education - Teaching & Learning

Curriculum Intent

At Dundonald Primary School we deliver a high-quality RE education, helping children to explore and learn about different faiths and beliefs. Pupils understand, accept, respect and celebrate diversity. The RE curriculum teaches mutual respect and tolerance in a multi-faith, multicultural classroom. 

Pupils are encouraged to ask questions about the world and to reflect on their own beliefs, values and experiences. As a UNICEF Rights Respecting School we promore respect, inclusion and open-mindedness towards others with different faiths, values and practices. Teaching British values ensures that children are aware of their rights and responsibilities as UK citizens. Our curriculum is designed to encourage creativity, imagination, enquiry, debate, discussion and independence. 

Curriculum Implementation

RE is an important part of the curriculum at Dundonald Primary School. As a UNICEF Rights Respecting School, we teach children to value and respect the religious beliefs of others. Lessons aim to help children develop positive attitudes towards other people, respecting their right to hold different beliefs to their own, and towards living in a religious diverse and inclusive society.

Our curriculum at Dundonald implements the learning outcomes of the Merton Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education (SACRE).  

Our aim is that the children are prepared to become caring, open minded members of a multi-cultural society and to develop their understanding of the world, emotionally and intellectually. Our practical approach allows children to handle religious artefacts, and to build empathetic relationships within the local community, through organising visits to places of worship, and inviting speakers into school.

We welcome parents/carers to share their experiences of faith with the children.

Places of worship that have been visited in the past include but is not limited to Baitul Futuh Mosque (Morden), Buddhapadipa Temple, Wimbledon Mosque.