R.E.

The R.E. curriculum in Solihull is currently being updated. Sharmans Cross will be updating it curriculum in line with these changes from September 2025. 

More information about this new curriculum will be available on our school website shortly.

Please note, parents and carers have the right to withdraw their child from all or part of the R.E. curriculum. Please speak to your child's class teacher in the first instance if you are considering this. 

Many religions have festivals they celebrate each year. You will learn about some of these in RE lessons as well as having assemblies and sometimes whole school activities that help us to understand the festivals more and why they are celebrated.

Here are some of the main festivals or celebrations that the religions we study have each year:

RE provides a positive context for pupils within which the diversity of cultures, beliefs and values can be celebrated and explored. The Religious Education practices, teaching and opportunities provided for children:

• Provoke challenging questions about the meaning and purpose of life, moral choices, and the spiritual dimensions of life and death. Develops pupils’ knowledge and understanding of principal religions, other religions and worldviews.
• Enables each child to investigate their own religious belief system (or none) and those of others. They will learn to express personal views and develop an understanding of the impact these may have on others.
• Build a sense of identity and belonging as an individual, within communities and as part of humankind.
• Challenge prejudice, including that based on religious background, race, culture or gender and to show respect to all.
• Develop understanding of moral virtues such as truthfulness, honesty, empathy, generosity and compassion and explore how they can positively contribute to living within the local and global community.