Religious Education
At St. Anne's Catholic Primary School we follow the Archdiocese of Birmingham’s Curriculum Strategy for Religious Education in Catholic Schools called “Learning and Growing as people of God”. The strategy clearly lays out the steps to be taken in RE at each stage of the Primary Years. We then adapt this in order to make our lessons enjoyable and challenging for our children.
As part of the strategy the children learn about what it is to live as Christians today, how the Church is organised from global to parish level and also the opportunities which exist for them to participate in the life of the Church. Throughout the year the children also learn about the Liturgical Seasons and have opportunities to link learning to prayer and reflection.
There is a strong Sacramental focus in each year group. In Year 3 children are prepared to receive the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion and in Year 5 and 6 pupils continue on their journey of faith by preparing for Confirmation. Click here to see the curriculum overview for Religious Education at St. Anne's. For more detailed information on what is taught in each of the units, click here.
Our parish priest, Father Stephen, regularly visits our school. He leads Mass weekly alternating between in school and Church throughout the year, he also works with the children, guiding their journey of faith and being on hand to help them wherever he can. There is a full plan for the year for Father to come into school regularly to hear confessions of those children who have received the sacrament of reconciliation.
The Catholic Virtues and Gospel Values permeate the whole curriculum. As school, we follow the ‘Jesuit Pupil Profile’. As part of this, the school focuses on a particular pair of ‘Virtues’ and we reflect upon what they truly mean and as a result we can encourage all to demonstrate them across the school day but also outside of it too.
We assess the children using the national and diocesan assessment once a year. Children have the opportunity at the start of each unit to share what they would like to learn and then self-assess what they feel they have learnt at the end.
We are very proud of our environment and we work hard to ensure it reflects our Catholic faith.
