At our school, we use the ‘Come and See’ Religious Education programme from EYFS to Year 6. It is based on the theological foundations of the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Catechism and the revised RE Curriculum Directory.

Further information about our RSE programme can be found on the curriculum area of the website or by clicking here.

The Bishops of England and Wales said, ‘Religious Education is about engaging with deepest questions of life and finding reasons for the hope which is within them’ (Religious Education in a Catholic School, 2000)

Our learning in Religious Education is directed through the use of key questions with the aim that our curriculum is more imaginative and challenging. A key question should also be relevant to the children’s interests and concerns.

As such, every topic starts and ends with answering the Big Question, allowing children to delve into the question, reflect upon their learning, and most importantly, make links between areas of learning. 

‘Come and See’ provides:

• Opportunities for celebration, prayer and reflection.
• Children with the language of religious experience.
• Opportunities to explore and develop religious stories and events.
• Appropriate materials about other faiths.

Overview of Content:

The process for delivering the topics in ‘Come and See’ has three stages – Explore, Reveal and Respond which enables the pupils with the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and the fostering of attitudes. The nine topics are subdivided as follows: