Darley Dale Primary School
Greenaway Lane, Hackney, Matlock
Derbyshire DE4 2QB
Headteacher: Simon Gostick
Successful learners, Confident Individuals, Responsible Citizens
Derbyshire Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education
2014 – 2019
Religious education provides rich opportunities for children to learn about things that matter in the lives of many people in the local area and wider world. This
syllabus sets up RE so that pupils study beliefs, teachings and ways of living and so that they can explore a range of responses to questions of identity,
meaning, purpose, values and commitments. In the process they can examine and reflect upon their own ideas and values.
Aims and purpose of RE:
 Promote spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and society
 Prepare pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life
RE enables pupils to:
 Answer thought provoking questions about the purpose of life
 Develop pupils knowledge and understanding of principle religions
 Enhances pupils awareness and understanding of religious beliefs, practices and foems of expression
 Encourages pupils to learn from different religions
 Challenges pupils to reflect on, consider, analyse and interpret information
 Encourages pupils to develop their sense of identity and belonging
 Encourages pupils to flourish individually
 Enables pupils to develop respect for and sensitivity to others
 Promotes discernment and enables pupils to combat prejudice
Telephone: 01629 732226
E-mail: info@darleydale.derbyshire.sch.uk
Website: www.darleydale.derbyshire.sch.uk
Year 1
Who is a Christian/Muslim/ Jewish and
what do they believe?
How and why do we celebrate special
times? (How do we behave?)
Summer 6
Special World:
What is special
about our world
and why?
How and why do we celebrate special
times? (festivals/events)
Year 2
What can we learn What do stories of
from the creation
Jesus tell
stories?
Christians about
how to live?
Who is an
inspiring person
and why?
How do we show
we care for
others?
Year 3
What do different people believe in
God?
In what ways in a
church/mosque/sy
nagogue
important to
believers?
Why is Easter so important to
Christians?
Year 4
Why is the Bible
so important for
Christians today?
Why is the Qur’an
so important to
Muslims?
Year 5
What makes a
leader worth
following?
How do people
express their faith
through the arts?
Why is prayer
important for
religious
believers?
How can we make
our village/ town/
county a more
respectful place?
Year 6
What do religions How and why do
say to us when life Christians follow
gets hard?
Jesus?
Why is the Guru
What is the
Granth Sahib so
purpose and value
important to
of a sacred place?
Sikhs?
How and why do
What can we learn
believers show
from religions
their commitment
about deciding
during the journey what is right or
of life?
wrong?
What can be learnt from the Muslim
way of life?
Reception
Autumn 1
Special People:
Which people are
special and why?
Autumn 2
Special Stories:
What stories are
special and why?
Spring 3
Special Places?
What places are
special and why?
Spring 4
Special Times:
What times are
special and why?
Summer 5
Being Special:
Where do we
belong?
What does it
mean to belong?
What are the deeper meanings of
festivals?
Why is pilgrimage
important to some
religious
believers?
Can religions help
build a fair world?
What do religions teach about the
natural world and why should we care
about it?