I sent my children to a Catholic school because I am Catholic and I want my children to be taught in a Catholic environment and to learn the values.
Come and See
Our Religious Education Programme
To fulfill our aims and objectives, Holy Spirit will follow the Come and See programme of Religious Education, recommended by the Archdiocese of Liverpool as our scheme of work.
Come and See is an invitation to exploration and promise of life for everyone. Come and See offers the opportunity to search, to explore, to discover, and to respond; this is part of what it is to be human.
Come and See aims to raise questions and provide materials for children to reflect on their own experience. For all children the programme will raise questions of meaning and purpose and enable children to think critically, providing materials for reflecting on their own experience.
It will help them to explore the beliefs and values and the way of life of the Catholic traditions, and of other faith traditions, developing good attitudes and dispositions so that children are instilled with a 'love of learning' and a desire to go on learning.
Children will be offered a sense of self-worth through experience of belonging to the caring community of Holy Spirit
RE curriculum roadmap from Nursery to Year 6
RE curriculum map from Nursery to Year 6
Progression of skills in RE from Nursery to Year 6
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Come and See Themes and Topic overview
| Themes & Topics | Early Years 1&2 | Year 1 & FS1 | Year 2 & FS2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
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Domestic church Family |
Myself God knows and loves each one |
Families God's love and care for every family |
Beginnings God at every beginning |
Homes God's dream for every family |
People The family of God in Scripture |
Ourselves Created in the image & likeness of God |
Loving God who never stops loving |
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Baptism / confirmation Belonging |
Welcome Baptism; a welcome to God's family |
Belonging Baptism an invitation to belong to God's family |
Signs and symbols Promises made at Baptism |
Promises Promises made at Baptism |
Called Confirmation: a call to witness |
Life choices Marriage commitment and service |
Vocation & commitment The vocation of priesthood and religious life |
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Advent / Christmas Loving |
Birthday Looking forward to Jesus' birthday |
Waiting Advent a time to look forward to Christmas |
Preparations Advent; preparing to celebrate Christmas |
Visitors Advent: waiting for the coming of Jesus |
Gift God's gift of love & friendship in Jesus |
Hope Advent: waiting in joyful hope for Jesus; the promised one |
Expectations Jesus born to show God to the world |
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Local Church Community |
Celebrating People celebrate in Church |
Special people People in the parish family |
Books The books used in Church |
Journeys Christian families hourney with Jesus |
Community Life in the local Christian community: minitries in the parish |
Mission Continuing Jesus' mission in diocese (ecumenism) |
Sources The Bible, the special book of the Church |
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Lent / Easter Giving |
Growing Looking forward to Easter |
Change Lent a time of change |
Opportunities Lent; an opportunity to start a new in order to celebrate Jesus' new life |
Giving All Lent a time to remember Jesus' total giving |
Self Discipline Celebrating growth to new life |
Sacrifice Lent a time of aligning with the sacrafice already made by Jesus |
Death & New Life Celebrating Jesus' death & resurrection |
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Pentecost Serving |
Good News Passing on the Good news of Jesus |
Holidays & Holydays Pentecost: feast of the Holy Spirit |
Spread the Word Pentecost a time to spread the Good News |
Energy Gifts of the Holy Spirit |
New Life To hear & live the Easter Message |
Transformation Celebration of the Spirit's transforming power |
Witnesses The Holy Spirit enables people to become witnesses |
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Reconciliation Inter-relating |
Friends Friends of Jesus |
Being Sorry God helps us to choose well Sacrament of Reconciliation |
Rules Reasons for rules in the Christian family Sacrament of Reconciliation |
Choices The importance of examination of conscience Sacrament of Reconciliation |
Building Bridges Admitting wrong, being reconciled with God and each other Sacrament of Reconciliation |
Freedom & Responsibility Commandments enable Christians to be free & respponsible |
Healing Sacrament of the Sick |
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Eucharist Relating |
Gathering The parish family gathers to celebrate Eucharist |
Meals Mass; Jesus' special meal |
Thanksgiving Mass a special time for saying thank you to God for everything especially Jesus |
Listening & Sharing Jesus gives himself to us in a special way |
Giving & Recieving Living in communion |
Memorial Sacrifice The Eucharist the living memorial of Jesus' sacrafice |
Unity Eucharist enables people to live in communion |
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Universal Church World |
Our World God's wonderful world |
Neighbours Neighbours share God's world |
Treasures God's treasure; the world |
Special Places Holy places for Jesus & the Christian |
God's People Different saints show people what God is like |
Stewardship The Church is called to the stewardship of Creation |
Common God Work of the worldwide Christian family |
Come and See Big Questions