Religious Education

'Christ at the heart of all we do' is central to our philosophy of religious education here at St. Anne's. RE pervades our whole school day; the curiculum; extra curricular and enrichment activities; break times and our relationships with each other.  We use the national scheme, 'The Way, The Truth and The Life' to ensure that our children fully understand the scripture that the Catholic Faith is based on. We show how to follow the Gospel values by our example; our expectations and direct teaching.

We aim to support, extend and clarify our children’s faith by:

- Developing spiritual, social and moral behaviour based on firm Christian ideals.
- Providing the experience of living in a community within the framework of home, school and parish.
- Preparing our children for the sacraments of Reconciliation and Eucharist.
- Enabling children to develop an understanding of our faith and love of liturgy, sacraments and prayer through a variety of celebration and worship.
- Enabling children to acquire the foundations of faith through the teaching of doctrine in the context of their own life experiences and stage of development.
- Sharing gospel values, and bringing the children to a deeper understanding and love of God.
- We strive to foster a living faith, which will touch every aspect of their lives.

Parents can on request to the Headteacher withdraw their child from all or part of the religious education curriculum or from prayer and liturgy. 

Mrs James is the RE subject lead.  She is part of the Diocesan working party that provides resources to all schools in the diocese and she attends regular Diocesan RE subject lead meetings.

CLICK HERE to access our RE newsletters that explain what the children are learning in RE each term. 

CLICK HERE to access 2024-2025 fortnightly Newsletters

CLICK HERE to access the weekly Wednesday Word, a prayer resource for families. 

The Way, The Truth and The Life

Formal RE is delivered through the scheme The Way the Truth and the Life, which is followed according to the Shrewsbury Diocesan guidelines.

The Way the Truth and the Life scheme is implemented from Early years through to Year 6. Each year is split into 6 topics, one per half term and is organised to coincide with major events in the liturgical year. Each year group studies a different topic.

CLICK HERE to find our more information about education in Shrewsbury Diocese. 

Foundation & Key Stage 1

The Way, the Truth & the Life syllabus:

 

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

EYFS

F1

God's World

F2

God's Family

F3

Getting to know Jesus

F4

Sorrow and Joy

F5

New Life

F6

Church

Year 1

 1.1

God's Great Plan

1.2 ]

Mary Our Mother

1.3

Families & Celebrations

1.4

Following Jesus

1.5

The Ressurection

1.6

Miracles

Year 2

2.1

Chosen people

2.2

The Mystery of God

2.3

The Good News

2.4

The Mass

2.5

Eastertide

2.6

The First Christians

 

Key Stage2

The Way, the Truth & the Life syllabus.

 

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 3

3.1

The Christian Family

3.2

Mary, Mother of God

3.3

Sacrament of Reconciliation

3.4

Celebrating the Mass

3.5

Celebrating Easter and Pentecost

3.6

Being a christian

Year 4

4.1

The Bible

4.2

Trust in God

4.3

Jesus, the teacher

4.4

Jesus the Saviour

4.5

The Early Christians

4.6

The Church

Year 5

5.1

Creation

5.2

God's Covenants

5.3

Inspirational people

5.4

Reconcilliation

5.5

Life in the risen Jesus

5.6

Other faiths

Year 6

6.1

The Kingdom of God

6.2

Justice

6.3

Exploring the Mass

6.4 Jesus, the Messiah

6.5

The Transforming Spirit

6.6

Called to Serve

 

To find out more about Religious education and Catholic Life of St. Anne's, please CLICK HERE

Contact the School

St Annes Catholic Primary School

Wellington Road
Nantwich
Cheshire
CW5 7DA

Main Contact: Mrs M Ashbrooke, School Business Manager

Tel: 01270 260783
office@stannes.cheshire.sch.uk

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