Religious Education at Eastling allows us to explore in depth Christianity and the other major Religions represented in Britain, by looking into the beliefs, daily lives and worship of their followers. We take into account the different viewpoints for each, alongside people with non-religious beliefs and use lines of enquiry to explore and reflect on our own personal beliefs. Through this, we learn to value everyone’s opinion.

R.E plays a very important part in our broad, balanced and coherent curriculum to which all pupils are entitled at Eastling Primary School. Lessons are designed to be thought provoking, engaging, fun and interactive. Through using a variety of teaching techniques such as drama, art, discussion, use of artefacts, stories, pictures, periods of stillness and reflection, pupils have opportunities to learn both about religion and from religion. Our RE curriculum plays an important role in helping to promote British Values and our SMSC development.

Non-denominational Religious Education is provided for all children as part of the curriculum and is taught in accordance with the 2023-27 Kent Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education.

The Kent Agreed Principle Aim of Religious Education

The principle aim of Religious Education is to engage pupils in systematic enquiry into significant human questions which religion and world views address, so that they can develop the understanding and skills needed to appreciate and appraise varied responses to these questions, as well as develop responses of their ow

Assemblies –

Assembly is an important part of the school week, where we meet together as a whole school community. It is a time when we look closely at the Schools Values and share and celebrate the achievements of members from our school community. Assemblies are non-denominational and are of a broadly Christian nature, although we also give consideration to the multicultural society in which we live and recognise other faiths, particularly around times of celebrations and festivals.

Our assemblies usually follow the format of:

Monday – School Values Assembly. Linked to that terms value, each member of staff will lead an assembly reflecting the value and how we as a school community can embrace it in our daily lives. Once a fortnight, Pim Baxter, a school Governor, will lead the Value Assembly.

Tuesday/ Thursday – Class Assembly. Individual classes spend reflective time with each other. Stories or discussions happen that are linked to our school values.

Wednesday – Singing Assembly. Mrs Dale leads Singing Assembly, teaching songs with meanings to discuss, which often are linked to festivals and celebrations throughout the year (e.g. Harvest, Christmas).

Friday – Celebration Assembly. This assembly celebrates the achievements that have taken place over the course of the week. Two children per class are nominated by their Teacher for the Head teachers Certificate; any School achievements are recognised such as sporting or music events; Class attendance is rewarded, with the highest percentage class receiving Attendance Ted for the Week. Speller, Timetable Rockstars, Golden Welly Winners (1 adult and 1 child) for our OPAL programme and environment champions of the week are also celebrated. Birthdays are recognised here, including staff members!! Individual achievements are acknowledged from Karate gradings and sporting milestones through to musical instrument gradings.

Class Assemblies – These take place a few times over the year and are a chance for parents to come in and share our learning.