SECTION 1 - RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION GUIDANCE Page 5 – Introduction Page 6 – Context Page 7 – Skills for Learning, Life and Work Page 7 – Effective Learning and Teaching Page 12 – Monitoring Progress and Achievement Page 12 – Benchmarks SECTION 2 - PROGRESSION FRAMEWORK Page 15– Guidelines for using the framework Significant Aspects of Learning – Learning about Religion and Morality, Learning from Religion and Morality Page 17 - Progression Page 25 - Core Learning and Benchmarks SECTION 3 - LEARNING TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT: PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM TOOL Page - 29
Core Learning for Significant aspect of learning: Religious and Moral Education Early First Second Third Fourth Reflect upon and communicate their views on beliefs, stories, images, music and poems of Christianity, world religions selected for study and other perspectives. Discuss, investigate and evaluate stories, beliefs and viewpoints from world religions and other perspectives. Communicate an increased understanding of the significance of the key figures, stories and teachings of world religions and other perspectives. Communicate a developed understanding of the significance of the key figures, stories and teachings of world religions and other perspectives. Through research of primary and secondary sources explain and analyse the significance of a range of key figures, stories and teachings of world religions and other perspectives. Identify special places and special objects. Investigate and evaluate different sources of evidence including special places and artefacts. Investigate and evaluate the meaning of key sources of evidence including special places and artefacts. Investigate and evaluate the meaning of key sources of evidence including special places and artefacts and analyse differences within and between religions and other perspectives in relation to these special places and artefacts. Critically assess the role of key sources of evidence including special places and artefacts in the role of religions and other perspectives. Understand that beliefs and viewpoints are important to people Discuss different ways in which people’s beliefs affect their actions Demonstrate a more developed analysis of the relationship between beliefs and actions. Consider the role of primary and secondary sources of evidence in supporting and challenging Critically assess the role of primary and secondary sources of evidence in supporting and challenging
and religions and other perspectives. Understand that religious and other celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions are important to people. Demonstrate an awareness of the role of religious and other celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions and the part these play in the lives of people. Use sources to investigate and understand the importance of celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions practices and traditions within world religions and other perspectives. Demonstrate an increased knowledge and understanding of the celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions of world religions and other perspectives through an investigation of primary and secondary sources. Using primary and secondary sources, research and explain the significance of celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions and consider their role within the context of contemporary society. Show that they know about ways in which people express their beliefs and viewpoints through celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions. Develop their knowledge and understanding of the celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions in world religions and other perspectives. Use sources to investigate and evaluate the role of celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions in world religions and other perspectives. Reflect upon and evaluate the role of celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions in world religions and other perspectives. Critically assess the impact on societies and cultures of religious and other celebrations, practices, festivals and traditions. Early First Second Third Fourth Know that people’s practices and traditions can be different. Compare and contrast people’s practices and traditions with their own. Recognise, understand and describe some differences between world religions and other perspectives through exploring practices and traditions. Recognise, understand and describe some differences within and between world religions and other perspectives through exploring practices and traditions. Through encountering diversity of practices and traditions, reflect on the implications of diversity.