The Mission of our school is to be a Christ centred community where the uniqueness of each individual is recognised and celebrated. We ensure staff and pupils feel loved and valued and that their full potential is realised within a secure, stimulating and happy environment.

Aims of Religious Education

• To encourage the growth and development of children's personal and spiritual lives through the study of religious education.

• To enable the children to reflect on their own and other peoples experiences and to relate the religious teachings encountered to issues and choices in their own lives.

• To give the children a knowledge and understanding of what it means to be a Christian as expressed in the catholic tradition.

• To develop an understanding of and a respect for other faith traditions and be able to recognise common religious themes such as the significance of water, light and oil etc, sympathetic to all faiths.

At St Teresa's, the Religious Education programme we use is directed by Liverpool Archdiocese. The new Religious Education Directory (RED) is in the process of being introduced throughout the school. The Directory is called 'To know You more clearly.'

At present this has been implemented in EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Lower Key Stage 2. Upper Key Stage 2 continue to use Come and See.

The new Religious Education Directory, at present being implemented in EYFS, KS1 and Lower KS2, is arranged into 6 Branches with one branch being taught each half term of the school year. Branch 6 has some discrete material to be taught in the final half term but is also taught at various times throughout the year when different cultural events and festivals are celebrated.

The classes in Year 5 and Year 6 will continue to use the Come and See programme following the same themes with 3 topics taught each half term.

Each class has a Religious Education display board and a Prayer and Liturgy focus table.

Prayer and Liturgy  provides opportunities for learners and staff to come together to worship God.

'Where two or three meet in my name I am there among them' (Mt 18:20)

Children have the opportunity to take part in daily Prayer and Liturgy. Each week we all explore the same theme. During the first half of the Autumn term our themes are all linked to our journey towards becoming a Live Simply school, providing opportunities to reflect in more depth on how Pope Francis is encouraging us to live simply, live sustainably and live in solidarity with the poor.

Each class also has their own Curriculum Map each half term. This has a dedicated R.E section explaining, in a little more detail, what your child will be learning this half term. Click below to go to the 'Classes' page and select a class to view the relevant curriculum map.