‘RE is like an iceberg. As you unpack ideas, you come to understand deeper meanings’.

Anon

At Warden House School we follow the Kapow Primary ‘Religion and worldviews’ syllabus. By including ‘worldviews’ we acknowledge that not all people identify as following a particular religion, but that everyone develops a view of the world which informs their ideas and actions.  

Kapow Primary’s syllabus supports an inclusive understanding of beliefs, fosters critical thinking and respect for diverse perspectives among children. Pupils learn about traditions, rituals, and theologies through multiple lenses. 

The ‘Religion and worldviews’ curriculum aims to develop deep thinkers who are open-minded about religion and worldviews. The curriculum is relevant to our pupils - reflecting, and preparing them for, life in modern Britain.  

Through the scheme, children will secure a deep understanding of concepts in order 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.  

- Build their conceptual knowledge through studying religions and worldviews locally, nationally and globally in a progressive curriculum,  

- Enable them to make links and connections between different worldviews,  

- Develop disciplinary skills such as comparison, empathy and enquiry skills, 

- Build on their understanding of their own positions in relation to what they have learnt about.   

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:  

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’. It emphasises the importance of diverse representations within and across religions and worldviews, focusing on real people’s lived experiences of their beliefs. 
In our school, we have chosen to study the main beliefs and practises of Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Jewish people. The planning that we use at Warden House Primary School comes from The Kent Agreed Syllabus.

Withdrawing Children from the RE Curriculum 

Please note that parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of the school's RE curriculum. To find out more about this and to discuss things further, please contact the headteacher via the school office.

Please click below to view our current RE curriculum overview:

(Note that we are following the ‘Time to Celebrate’ section of the EYFS curriculum whilst the other units are being developed. See the EYFS RE Overview.)