Religious Education
At St Wilfrid's, we include our faith values and beliefs in all aspects of school life - we use Christ’s teaching to help us to understand our world and how it affects daily life and all of our relationships whether these be at school or at home. We enable the children to learn to respect God, the environment, each other and the views of others. Through Religious Education, we deepen our relationship with Jesus Christ, grow in faith and understanding, and learn how to live as faithful disciples in God's world to form Christ-centred pilgrims of hope with kind hearts, questioning minds, a thirst for knowledge, and a hunger for justice.
We enable the development of religiously literate young people who are given the opportunity to learn about religion, to learn from religion and who have the opportunity for reflection and contemplation. We provide these opportunities through a variety of ways from lessons within the classroom to planned and unplanned opportunities for interaction with others in the immediate, local and wider community.
Discerning Disciples is the curriculum strategy for Religious Education in the Diocese of Birmingham.
The RE strategy provides a curriculum that addresses pupils' intellect, hearts and imagination. It covers a systematic study of Catholic faith and life and makes learning about our faith lively, interactive and relevant.
Its content also provides the foundations for a partnership between school, home and parish, a partnership that lies at the centre of Catholic Education.
There are numerous opportunities for cross curricular activities that link with and often stem from RE lessons and as a school we use Building the Kingdom to fully enrich our curriculum with a focus on Big Questions. We make active links within our parish and local community, we visit places of worship and we invite people to speak about their faith.