Subject Lead: Miss R Burrough
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Exploring Religious Education at The Ryde School
RE Autumn 2025
Reception
This term in Reception we have been talking about items that are special to us. We drew and labelled some items that are special to us and then made links to Christianity and the Bible.
Reception have also been talking about different celebrations and how different people celebrate them. We discussed the festival of Diwali and how different Hindu families celebrate it. The children made their own Rangoli patterns and Diya lamps. As a class Reception discussed the festival of Sukkot, the harvest festival for the Jewish religion. The children enjoyed building their own Sukkah’s in relation to this festival. Lastly, Reception spoke about some of the Christian celebrations that are Birthday’s and Christmas. The children enjoy singing happy birthday to their peers on their special days and had lots of fun decorating our classroom Christmas tree.
Year 1
This term Year 1 has been thinking about belonging. They have learnt how religious people show they belong to their faith community. Year 1 have explored the similarities and differences between different faith communities and shared their own thoughts and experiences on belonging.
In Year 1 they have a class book to share and record their thoughts and ideas.
Year 2
In R.E. this term, we have been looking at different world religions and considered differences and similarities between them. We have looked at sacred books for each religion and discovered what makes them special to the people that read them. We have found out about traditions, festivals and religious beliefs for Christians, Muslims and Jewish members of the community.
Christianity
We have read parables from the Bible and acted out the parable of ‘The Lost Son’. We considered how the different characters would have felt in the story and what the message was that Jesus was spreading by telling this story. We made story cubes to tell the parable of ‘The Lost Sheep’. We considered what Jesus was like as a teacher and the similarities between him and our teachers at The Ryde. We also visited St. Etheldredas church whilst investigating the local area in Geography. The church wardens were very pleased to see us and told us some interesting facts about the church. We drew pictures and designed some stain glass window pictures for them, to say thank you.
Judaism
We have looked at a copy of the Torah and tried to copy some Hebrew letters. We have found out that Jewish people worship in a synagogue and that men and women sit in different areas. We have found out what ‘Mezuzahs’ represent and made our own versions with important messages on the scrolls for our families.
Year 3
Year 3 have been exploring what God means to them. They thought about ways of comparing God to other things. They have also looked at some Bible stories that included interactions with God and what this taught us.
Year 4
Year 4 have been exploring key life events from the point of view of different religions. They have explored Christian, Jewish and Hindu life events and looked at how they are celebrated.
Year 5
In the first half term of Autumn term, Year 5 were answering the question ‘Why do some people think that God exists?’
The children imagined that they were reporters and had been given the task of writing a newspaper article to answer this question.
Year 5 completed a class discussion based on what they believed. They then looked at reasons why people believe in God, then why they do not. The children come up with their own conclusions to this question.
In the final week the children typed up their own reports based on their own views and opinions from class discussions.
Year 6
Year 6 have been looking at the impact of Art and charity on religion. They have compared Christian religious artwork showing stories of Jesus and Islamic calligraphy. They have also researched Christian and Muslim charities and how they impact the community.
RE Autumn 2023
This term classes have been using key questions to develop their understanding of belief. They have been working on respecting different religious values and asking thoughtful questions about what other people believe.
Reception
After exploring Diwali, some of our reception children choose to create diva lamps.
Reception class have been exploring Rangoli patterns.
Year 2
Year 2 trip to St Michaels Church
In RE, Year 2 have been learning about Christianity and exploring symbols of the church. We went on a trip to St Michaels Church in Birchwood and learnt about the different parts of a church, what they are for and why the symbol of water is important to Christians.
We have also learnt about the Muslim story of The Crying Camel and thought about what this tells us about how Muslims know what is the right and wrong thing to do.
We have learnt about the ritual of washing before prayer and why it is important to Jews. We had a go at this, saying the prayer and then eating bread.
Year 3
They have been learning about religious symbols and art. They looked at Mandalas and how they can help with a person’s spirituality.
They created mandalas outdoors in groups, they were very beautiful and the children were very proud of their work.
Year 5
They have been finding out about how different religions have different religious objects which are important to them and how they can help a person to pray or remind them of their religious values.
The children look at a number of religious including Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
Year 6
Class 6 have been looking at art and architecture in different religions and here was a table top display from their room.
