Religious Education

Religious Education is a core subject at Downton Primary School where pupils are taught about, and learn from the Christian Faith from EYFS to Year 6. Our children learn about other faiths from KS1 and at Downton, we provide children with not only the knowledge, but an understanding of the wider world.

Our RE curriculum is designed to allow children to develop an awareness of beliefs and practices of Christianity and other faiths. Along with the links we have with our local clergy and the wider community, our children are encouraged to raise questions and begin to develop their own views of the world we live in.

See below for our school’s long term plan.

Downton Primary Long Term Plan

Year 6 ‘Modern Slavery Artwork’.

“In our topic about the Ancient Greece, we were not surprised to learn that the Greeks at that time had many slaves. However, we have been astonished to find out that slavery still exists today. We became aware that there are millions of children held in some kind of slavery all over the world. How did we not know about this injustice? It seems to be unseen, unspoken of, hidden from sight.

Our artwork for the #1Life 1Voice Salisbury Cathedral exhibition, features the eyes of a child; eyes that portray a sense of hopelessness, of sadness, of despair at being trapped. They pled for freedom. We felt we created these feelings after making sketches of eyes then adding tear- shapes and watercolour paint. We put our individual eyes together to show that they at looking straight at us – what do you see?”

 Year 6

World Faith Day

To celebrate the diversity of our world, we spent a day learning and immersing ourselves in different faiths. Here our some of our photos! We were lucky enough to meet (virtually!) with Imran, a practicing Muslim, who taught us about Ramadan.

Stations of the Cross- Easter 2021

Despite having class bubbles, the children and staff at Downton Primary School took part in a ‘Stations of the Cross’ walk around the school. Each class created a wonderful piece of artwork which was placed around the school playground. All classes were able to walk around and reflect on each station. Members of the community joined with us. Here are some photos…

RE Day 2019

RE Day Autumn 2019 - Focusing on the parable of ‘The Mustard Seed’.

RE Day 2018

RE lessons at Downton Primary School