St George's Catholic Primary School
Faith, Family, Education, Excellence
Come and See RE
Religious Education – Come and See RE
Come and see is a programme of study for the Catholic teaching of Religious Education from Early years up to year 6. The aim of the programme is to explore the religious dimension of the questions about life. Children are given opportunities to make links between their own lives and religious themes while recognising ways they can live like Jesus.
Come and See provides a platform for children to ask questions and wonder about and respond to different religious concepts. It will help them to explore the beliefs, values and way of the Catholic tradition and, where appropriate, other faith traditions. The programme enhances their spiritual awareness through thought-provoking ‘Big Questions’ where they are able to decide how they will take their new knowledge from a topic into the wider world.
The Teaching and Learning of Religious Education at St George's
Religious Education equates to 10% of the weekly timetable, with lessons being spread across the week. During this time, children will engage in a range of activities based on their current theme. Each lesson begins and ends with prayer and reflection time to ensure their learning has been embedded and children can take something away with them. At St George’s, we encourage cross-curricular links within RE lessons, particularly with the exploration of art. Therefore, children are able to discuss famous religious art as well as creating their own portrayal of a piece of scripture or a key message. Within the lessons, children are able to engage with their own beliefs as well as teach them about self-worth by belonging to a caring community whilst making them aware of the demands of a religious commitment to everyday life.
Themes and topics across the school
The Church
Autumn Term: Domestic Church (Family) Family
Spring Term: Local Church (Parish & Diocese) Community
Summer Term: Universal Church (Worldwide Community) World
Sacraments
Autumn Term: Baptism, Confirmation, Ordination Belonging
Spring Term: Eucharist Relating
Summer Term: Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick Inter-relating
Christian Living
Autumn Term: Advent, Christmas, Loving
Spring Term: Lent, Easter, Giving
Summer Term: Pentecost, Serving
Autumn Term
| Theme and Topic | EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
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Domestic Church Family |
Myself God knows and loves each one. Why am I so precious? |
Families God's love and care for every family. Why do we have a family, and who is my family? |
Beginnings God at every beginning. Who made the world and everything in it? |
Homes God's dream for every family. What makes a house a home? |
People The family of God in Scripture. Where do I come from? |
Ourselves Created in the image and likeness of God. Who am I? |
Loving God Who never stops loving? Do you have to earn love? |
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Baptism / Confirmation Belonging |
Welcome Baptism: a welcome to God's family. Why is welcome important? |
Belonging Baptism is an invitation to belong to God's family. What does it mean to belong? |
Signs and Symbols Signs and Symbols in Baptism. Are signs and symbols important? |
Promises Promises made at Baptism Why make promises? |
Called Confirmation: a call to witness. What does it mean to be called and choosing? |
Life Choices Marriage commitment and Service. Is commitment important? |
Vocation and commitment The vocation of priesthood and religious life. What is commitment in life? |
| Judaism | Hanukkah | Abraham & Moses | Shabbat | The synagogue | The Torah | Pesach | Yom Kippur |
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Advent / Christmas Loving |
Birthday Looking forward to Jesus' Birthday Why do we celebrate birthdays? |
Waiting Advent is a time to look forward to Christmas. Is waiting difficult? |
Preparations Advent preparing to celebrate Christmas. Do we need to prepare? |
Visitors Advent: waiting for the coming of Jesus. Are visitors always welcome? |
Gift God's gift of love and friendship in Jesus. What's so special about gifts? |
Hope Advent: waiting in joyful hope for Jesus, the promised one. What does it mean to live in hope? |
Expectations Jesus was born to show God to the world. Should we have expectations in life? |
Spring Term
| Theme and Topic | EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Local Church Community |
Celebrating People celebrating in church What and why do people celebrate? |
Special People People in the parish family. What makes a person special? |
Books The books used in church Why do we need books? |
Journeys Christian family's journey with Jesus. Is life a journey? |
Community Life in the local community: ministries in the parish What makes 'community'? |
Mission Continuing Jesus' mission in the diocese [ecumenism] Do we all have a mission in life? |
Sources The Bible, the special book of the church Are books enriching? |
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Eucharist Relating |
Gathering The parish family gather to celebrate the Eucharist. Why do people gather together? |
Meals Mass; Jesus' special meal What makes some meals special? |
Thanksgiving Mass is a special time for saying thank you to God for everything, especially Jesus. Why should we be grateful people? |
Listening and Sharing Jesus gives himself to us in a special way. What's so important about listening and sharing |
Giving and Receiving Living in communion What's more important – giving or receiving? |
Memorial Sacrifice The Eucharist, the living memorial of Jesus' sacrifice Why do we need memories?
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Unity The Eucharist enables people to live in communion. Why are we happiest when we are united? |
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Lent / Easter Giving |
Growing Looking forward to Easter. How and why do things grow? |
Change Lent a time for change. How and why do things change? |
Opportunities Lent; an opportunity to start anew in order to celebrate Jesus' new life How does each day offer opportunities for good? |
Giving all Lent a time to remember Jesus' total giving What makes some people give everything to other people? |
Self-Discipline Celebrating growth to new life. Is self-discipline important in life? |
Sacrifice Lent is a time for aligning with the sacrifice already made by Jesus. Why do we need to make sacrifices? |
Death & New Life Celebrating Jesus' Death and Resurrection Can any good come out of loss and death? |
Summer Term
| Theme and Topic | EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
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Pentecost Serving |
Good News Passing on the good news of Jesus What is good news? |
Holidays & Holydays Pentecost; the feast of the Holy Spirit Do we need holidays and holydays? |
Spread The Word Pentecost a time to spread the good news Why should we spread good news? |
Energy Gifts of the Holy Spirit What's the use of energy?! |
New Life To hear and live the Easter message What's so important about new life? |
Transformation Celebration of the spirits transforming power How can energy transform? |
Witnesses The Holy Spirit enables people to become witnesses. What do I want to witness in my life? |
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Islam |
Prayer mats | Muhammad | Prayer at home | The mosque | The Qur'an | Ramadan & Pilgrimage | Guidance for Muslims |
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Reconciliation Inter-relating |
Friends Friends of Jesus Is it good to have friends? |
Being Sorry God helps us to choose the Sacrament of reconciliation. Why should we be sorry? |
Rules Reasons for rules in Christian families Do we need rules? |
Choices The importance of examination of conscience What helps me choose well? |
Building Bridges Admitting wrong, being reconciled with God and each other Sacrament of reconciliation Why are bridge-builders important? |
Freedom & responsibility Commandments enable Christians to be free and responsible How do rules bring freedom? |
Healing Sacrament of the sick Who needs healing? |
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Universal Church World |
Our World God's wonderful world What makes our world so wonderful? |
Neighbours Neighbours share God's World Who is my neighbour? |
Treasures God's treasure in the world Is the world a treasure? |
Special Places Holy places for Jesus & the Christian What makes a place special? |
God's People Different saints show people what God is like Why do some people do extraordinary things? |
Stewardship The church is called to the stewardship of creation. Can I be a steward of creation? |
Common Good Work of the common worldwide family How can we work together to build a just and fair world? |