R.E. lessons at Cotmanhay Junior School involve learning about our multi-ethnic and multi-faith society. Children are encouraged to ask questions to deepen their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.  R.E. involves exploring different world religions and the reasons why people believe.

Pupils investigate a number of religions including: Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism and Islam.  Children are also exposed to non-religious world views, which include Humanism. Our children investigate religious and non-religious views using the R.E. Syllabus for Derbyshire and Derby City.  They focus on the following areas:

• Believing – Religious beliefs, teaching, sources; questions about meaning, purpose and truth
• Expressing – Religious and spiritual forms of expression; questions about identify and diversity
• Living – Religious practises and ways of living; questions about values and commitments

Pupils are encouraged to demonstrate their understanding of the religions they study, through answering four small enquiry questions relating to a particular religion. Answering these four questions then enables children to answer the final, main question for that R.E topic.

 To improve the children’s cultural capital, we foster links with a local religious group who visit school and perform stories in assemblies.