RE Lead- Miss Roydes

RE/collective worship -

As a Birmingham school, we follow the Birmingham Agreed syllabus for Religious Education. We feel this scheme meets the diverse needs of our children. 13 Religious and Non Religious World Views are covered within this syllabus. These faiths and world views make up the main belief systems held within our city of Birmingham.

At Gunter Primary School we believe this wider understanding of faiths and views is vital for our children to be able to succeed. We want our children to become empathetic citizens who understand and respect the views of others while at the same time thinking critically about the views they themselves hold on the beliefs.

Collective worship, or ‘assemblies’, are regarded as an important part of our schools ethos – they are of a broadly Christian nature but also make reference to other faiths and aspects of humanity.  

Our children enjoy a range of enriching activities linked to RE such as visits to places of worship and carol services at our local church. We have various ‘festival themed’ days at different points in the year where we focus on a key religious festival from each of the main

religions.

Parents are entitled to withdraw their child from collective worship and RE if desired, but are asked to discuss this in the first instance with the Head Teacher