OVERVIEW Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education 2020-2025 Religion and worldviews: Believing, behaving, belonging Ealing Standing Advisory Committee on Religious Education ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acknowledgements This agreed syllabus was written Curriculum review processes, Agreed Syllabus Conference July by Revd. Andrew Williams (Senior publication and communications 2020 Lecturer and Subject Lead for with schools Religious Education at Roehampton Ealing Learning Partnership: Angela Local Authority group University). Doherty (Quality and Partnerships Cllr Jon Ball, Cllr Theresa Byrne, Lead), Mirela Temo (Education Cllr Thejinder Dhami, Cllr Tariq Adviser), Saynap Isman (Business Mahmood (Chair of SACRE), Support Manager), Lesley Prior Cllr Mohinda Midha, Cllr David (SACRE Adviser) Millican, Cllr Aysha Raza, Cllr Sarah Rooney, Cllr Kamaldeep Sahota Curriculum review groups Ealing primary schools, special Church of England group schools and high schools; Ealing Rev Karen Greenidge, Rev Canon Learning Partnership LA officers: Mark Poulson, Mr Mark Newton Angela Doherty and Mirela Temo Other faiths group Primary lesson planning and Ms Jaswant Kaur Bola (Sikh resources Missionary Society), Ms Kim • Berrymede Junior School Burke (Roman Catholic), Mr S K • Clifton Primary School Dhanda(Sri Guru Ravi Dasia Sabha), • Dormers Wells Junior School Mr Luxman Dissanayake (Buddhist), • Gifford Primary School Dr Marianne Izen (Jewish), Mrs • Grange Primary School Barjinder Lall (Ramgarhia Sabha), • Holy Family Catholic Primary Rev Susan McCoan (United Reform School Church), Mrs Marion McNeill • Lady Margaret Primary School (Free Church Federal Council), • Little Ealing Primary Mr Sikander Minhas / Mr Kasim • Perivale Primary School Minhas (Islam-Sunni), Mr Simon • Selborne Primary School Motz (Liberal Jewish), Mr Oliver • Tudor Primary School Murphy (West London Humanist • West Acton Primary School and Secularists), Mrs P Pank • Mirela Temo (Ealing Learning (Ramgarhia Sabha), Mr Rabindra Partnership) Pathak(Hindu), Ms Kath Richardson (British Humanist Association), Ms Nadine Sayir (Baha’i), Mr Naif Sheikh (Discover Islam) Teachers’ Associations group Dr Liz Day (Vice-chair of SACRE), Mr Glenn Burchell, Mrs Lori Greenglass, Ms Emma Lauder Photo credits Featherstone Primary School (school assembly) and St Raphael’s Catholic Primary School (displays) ii AGREED SYLLABUS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOREWORD Foreword Ealing SACRE is pleased to commend this new Ealing Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education ‘Religion and Worldviews: Believing, Behaving and Belonging’ for use in all maintained schools in the borough. We hope that the new syllabus will also be adopted by academies in Ealing too. This document replaces the previous syllabus for Religious Education, Sowing the Seeds of the Future: An Exploration of Human Beliefs and Values, which was published in 2014. The new syllabus seeks to build on the earlier provision in a number of distinctive, yet integrated, ways. It will become the legally binding Agreed Syllabus for implementation in Ealing tremendous spirit of collaboration develop an understanding of the schools from September 2020 (with in producing and sharing teaching religious traditions and worldviews a transition period to full teaching resources for the new syllabus. represented in Ealing, preparing from the summer term 2021). them to encounter the diversity of In particular, SACRE members beliefs and values present locally, This new Agreed Syllabus has been wish to provide special thanks to nationally and globally. developed by the Ealing SACRE, Reverend Andrew Williams, Senior supported by Religious Education Lecturer and Subject Lead for We are confident that the new professionals in the borough Religious Education in the School Agreed Syllabus will enrich teaching including members of the primary of Education at the University of and learning in RE throughout the and secondary networks of RE Roehampton for designing the new borough, cultivating a sense of subject leaders and teachers. We syllabus and writing the detailed shared values and understanding are grateful to the many teachers content. and respect for the diversity of from primary, secondary and religions, beliefs and cultures special schools in the borough Religious Education is an essential that enrich the community in the and to SACRE members for their element of the curriculum and London Borough of Ealing. engagement in the process of contributes to the personal and reviewing the syllabus and their intellectual development of children Councillor Tariq Mahmoud detailed and thoughtful feedback. and young people. The new Chair of Ealing SACRE Teachers of RE have also shown a Agreed Syllabus will help them to July 2020 EALING STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION [SACRE] iii CONTENTS Contents Overview ................................................................. 1 Subject knowledge: An introduction to the six major religions and Humanism ...................... 24 Introduction .......................................................... 1 The religious character of the London of Ealing ..... 2 Buddhism ........................................................... 24 The role of Religious Education ............................. 3 Buddhist terms ................................................... 26 The aims of Religious Education ............................ 4 Further resources about Buddhism ...................... 26 Challenges facing Religious Education .................. 5 Christianity ......................................................... 27 Legal issues associated with Religious Education ... 5 Christian terms ................................................... 28 The organisation of Religious Education ................ 6 Further resources about Christianity .................... 29 Hinduism ............................................................ 30 Implementation ....................................................... 7 Hindu terms ........................................................ 30 Implementing this syllabus .................................... 7 Further resources about Hinduism ....................... 31 Support for RE subject leaders .............................. 7 Humanism .......................................................... 32 Religious Education beyond Key Stage 3 ............... 8 Humanism terms ................................................ 33 Principles of effective teaching and learning in Further resources about Humanism ..................... 33 Religious Education ............................................... 8 Islam ................................................................... 34 Attainment targets for Religious Education ......... 11 Islamic terms ....................................................... 35 Religious Education and Fundamental Further resources about Islam ............................. 36 British Values ...................................................... 12 Judaism .............................................................. 37 Religious Education and pupils with special Jewish terms ....................................................... 37 education needs and disabilities .......................... 13 Further resources about Judaism ......................... 40 Religious Education with more able pupils ........... 14 Sikhism ............................................................... 41 Assessment of Religious Education ...................... 15 Sikh terms .......................................................... 42 The inspection of Religious Education ................. 19 Further resources about Sikhism .......................... 43 The new Ofsted inspection framework ................ 19 Other religious traditions..................................... 43 Useful resources .................................................... 22 Syllabus structure ................................................. 44 Key themes ......................................................... 44 Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 units ............. 45 Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 units ...................... 46 Detailed contents of the syllabus units can be found in the separate document: Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education 2020-2025 (Teaching units) For further information or queries, please contact: [email protected] or visit www.egfl.org.uk/religious-education iv AGREED SYLLABUS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OVERVIEW Overview Introduction This new Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education for the London Borough of Ealing has been developed by the SACRE, supported by Religious Education professionals, including the borough’s RE Network of subject leaders. The document replaces the previous syllabus for Religious Education, Sowing the Seeds of the Future: An Exploration of Human Beliefs and Values, which was published in 2014. The new syllabus seeks to build on the earlier resources. The learning being of the human family; provision in a number of distinctive, outcomes (for Key Stages 1-3) • recognise the dangers associated yet integrated, ways. and the teaching activities with violent extremism, (for Key Stage 2 and 3) make whether this is associated with These include: reference to the two Attainment religion (either in the past or Targets for Religious Education: today) or with regimes that seek • A focus on key questions, both Learning about religion (AT1) to repress faith and persecute as the basis for unit titles and as and Learning from religion (AT2). believers. a framework for learning and Pupils should also