Every lesson is a question.
RE provides space in the curriculum where learners and their teachers can explore the important ideas about what it means to be human and to learn about religion and worldviews.
RE is full of the big questions of meaning and purpose, how we celebrate and how we decide what is right and wrong. The REQM team enjoys working with schools and pupils finding out what they enjoy about religious education and what could make it even better.
The RE Quality Mark has been managed by the RE Council of England and Wales since 2015.
Where RE is well taught it gives pupils and students the chances to think about, reflect and respond to matters of faith, belief and values through the study of religion and worldviews. Pupils say RE opens their eyes to how others see the world and gives them the chance to express their insights about how we respond to the big questions of being human.
Every lesson is a question.
The REQM made us realise the importance of the role we can play in the local community, both in terms of developing dialogue and promoting the value of RE. These are all things we have done in the past, but the REQM served as a timely reminder that these aspects of an excellent RE department also ultimately result in an improved experience for our pupils.
RE has really helped me understand other points of view e.g. I have cousins who are Muslim and we can understand and discuss together what it means to be a Muslim.
I like acting things out. It makes it more interactive. I get to do it. I like talking and seeing other points of view.
The whole experience has highlighted the importance of RE within school and the contributions it can make across the curriculum. It has enabled us to measure the progress and attainment of the children and has inspired us to raise the profile of the subject even further, to work towards the next award. It will be used as a celebration to raise staff morale and also to inform the children of their contributions towards the award.
Going out to visit places of worship – going to the mosque was fun. Going to visit Westminster Abbey tour was great. We had a workshop that taught us more about Christian beliefs. By going to a place of worship you get the experience of seeing and feeling what it is like. You get professionals to talk to you about the religion, even better than a teacher.
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