At Maylandsea Primary School we are committed to providing our children with a learning environment in which they have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding of religions, while contributing to their spiritual, moral social and cultural development. In the EYFS, Religious Education is taught using RE related early learning goals, whilst in K.S.1 and K.S.2 our curriculum follows the Essex Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education.
We seek to ensure that all pupils in our school are educated to develop:
Through this, we aim to enable children to understand themselves, and others, and to cope with the opportunities, challenges and responsibilities of living in a rapidly changing, multicultural world.
We recognise that the teaching of religious beliefs usually begins in the home, and that parents and carers have a valuable role to play in assisting in their child’s learning.