Religious Education - Intent, Implementation and Impact 

Intent 

At North Petherton Community Primary School we use Kapow’s Primary Religion and worldviews curriculum. This scheme of work aims to develop deep thinkers who are open-minded about religion and worldviews.  

Our Religion and worldviews curriculum is relevant to pupils, reflecting and preparing them for life in modern Britain.  

Through the scheme, children will: 

• secure a deep understanding of concepts to be able to make connections 

• ask and respond to challenging questions 

•  learn to respect and appreciate worldviews that are different to their own  

• consider their personal preconceptions, responses and views.  

Children will build their conceptual knowledge through studying religions and worldviews locally, nationally and globally in this progressive curriculum, enabling them to make links and connections between worldviews, develop disciplinary skills and build on their understanding of their positionality in relation to their learning.  

By revisiting key ‘big questions’ and building on prior knowledge, pupils will learn about how religion and worldviews are lived experiences across the world, consider the impact of worldviews on society and have opportunities to consider their personal worldviews. 

Kapow Primary’s R&W scheme of work enables pupils to meet the government guidance, which states that RE must reflect that ‘the religious traditions in Great Britain are, in the main, Christian while taking account of the teaching and practices of the other principal religions represented in Great Britain’. The scheme has been designed to fulfil the aims of A Curriculum framework for Religious Education in England. In EYFS, pupils will work towards targeted ‘Understanding the world’ Development matters statements and Early Learning Goals, while covering foundational knowledge that will support them in their further Religion and worldviews learning in Key stage 1. 

Implementation 

The Kapow Primary Religion and worldviews scheme follows the spiral curriculum model, where units and lessons are carefully sequenced so that previous conceptual knowledge is returned to and built upon. 

Each unit includes overarching ‘big questions’ which will be revisited throughout key stage 1, lower key stage 2 and upper key Stage 2, allowing children to apply the breadth and depth of their learning across various concepts. These ‘big questions’ are: 

• Why are we here?  

• Why do worldviews change? 

• What is religion?  

• How can worldviews be expressed?  

• How do worldviews affect our daily lives?  

• How can we live together in harmony if we have different worldviews? 

Lessons are designed to be varied, engaging and hands-on, allowing children to learn and record their thoughts, answers and ideas in various ways. 

Knowledge organisers support pupils in developing conceptual knowledge by summarising the key concepts covered in a unit and linking these to examples covered.  

Throughout the units, children will learn skills to have respectful discussions and respond sensitively to one another. The curriculum emphasises the importance of diverse representations within and across religions and worldviews, focusing on real people’s lived experiences of their beliefs. 

Impact 

The impact of the scheme will be constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities.  

After the implementation of the Kapow Primary Religion and worldviews curriculum, pupils will be equipped with a range of disciplinary skills and knowledge to enable them to succeed in their secondary education. They will be prepared for life in modern Britain, being able to interact with others from different religious and non-religious viewpoints in a respectful, knowledgeable and open-minded way.  

The expected impact of following the Kapow Primary Religion and worldviews scheme of work is that children will: 

 ● Meet the relevant End of Key stage 1 and Key stage 2 requirements from the Curriculum framework for Religious Education for England.  

● Know and understand religious concepts relating to beliefs, practices, community and belonging, and wisdom and guidance.  

● Develop an understanding of the influence of organised and personal worldviews on individuals, communities, countries and globally.  

● Understand some of the ways religions and worldviews are studied (disciplinary knowledge).  

● Develop understanding of their relationship with the content studied, being able to talk about their assumptions and preconceptions (personal knowledge).  

● Build secure vocabulary which allows them to talk confidently and fluently about their learning.  

● Answer questions about worldviews through an enquiry-based approach including investigating, interpreting, evaluating, applying and expressing.  

● Talk about the similarities and differences between their own and others’ beliefs with respect and open mindedness.  

● Understand the lived experiences of religious and non-religious worldviews to be diverse within and between people and communities. 

 ● Develop an understanding of the ways in which personal and organised worldviews may develop and change across time and place. 

Please note that parents and/or carers have the right to withdraw their children from all parts of Religious Education.