As of September 2025, Early Years and KS1 follow the Catholic Education Service's updated Religious Education Directory (RED), titled To Know You More Clearly. This curriculum is designed to deepen our children's understanding of the Catholic faith and its relevance in daily life.

What Is "To Know You More Clearly"?

This curriculum introduces a structured approach to RE, focusing on six key themes, or "branches," that guide pupils through their spiritual journey following the Liturgical Year.  Each branch is explored over a half-term, with a focus on Scripture and its application in life.

How Will Children Learn?

The curriculum emphasises three key "ways of knowing": 

Understand: Deep comprehension of sacred texts, religious beliefs, and sacred rites, and the lives of individuals and communities who are shaped by these.

Discern: Helping the pupils to judge wisely in response to different interpretations of the meaning, significance and implications of what they have understood, and ways of life so they can arrive at justified conclusions about what is true, what is good and what is beautiful.

Respond: Personal reflection with integrity on what has been learnt and consider the implications for action in daily life and the world in which they live. 

 

These approaches aim to develop pupils who are not only knowledgeable but also thoughtful and compassionate in their faith.

They also reflect our school mission statement: With Jesus, we love, learn and pray. 

What Does This Mean for Your Child?

Your child will engage with the new curriculum, exploring each branch through thoughtfully designed, age-appropriate lessons and interactive activities. These experiences will encourage curiosity, reflection, and understanding, helping children make meaningful connections between their learning and the world around them.  This ensures that RE is not just a subject but a lived experience that permeates all aspects of school life.

Children will engage in:

• Scripture-based learning: Starting each branch with a focus on relevant Bible passages.  Please see our Knowledge Organisers for reference to key Scripture.

• Interactive activities: Discussions, reflections, and projects that encourage personal connection to the material.

• Integration with other subjects: Applying Catholic teachings across the curriculum to foster a holistic understanding.

• Engage in discussions: Ask your child about what they've learned in RE and share your own thoughts and experiences.

• Participate in school events: Attend Masses, assemblies, and other activities that highlight the Catholic faith.

• Encourage reflection: Support your child in thinking about how their learning applies to their daily actions and decisions.

How Can You Support at Home?

• Support our weekly RE homework: Children will have a piece of RE homework weekly which encourages thinking, talking and sharing prayers with their family.  Please see the school newsletter for the weekly homework.  Children will also receive our special prayer bag to take home.

• Reading Scripture: Starting each branch with a focus on relevant Bible passages.  Please see our Knowledge Organisers for KS1 for reference to key Scripture and our Progression Document (below).

• Access TenTen: click on the link to view the latest newsletter from TenTen: TenTen Monthly Newsletter

 

Religious Education and Prayer and Liturgy form an integral part of everyday life at St Anne Line Catholic Infant School and Nursery but we work in keeping with CES guidance on ‘The Right to Withdraw from RE and Collective Worship"

 

Click on the image below to download a PDF of the full Religious Education Directory.