Learning through religious education will enable our pupils to:
• develop their knowledge and deepen their understanding of the Catholic faith;
• investigate and understand the relevance of the Catholic faith to questions about truth and the meaning of life;
• highlight, develop and foster the values, attitudes and practices which are compatible with a positive response to the invitation to faith;
• develop the skills of reflection, discernment, critical thinking, and deciding how to act in accordance with an informed conscience when making moral decisions;
• nurture their prayer life as individuals and as part of the school community;
• understand and appreciate significant aspects of other Christian traditions and major world religions and
• make a positive difference to themselves and the world by putting their beliefs and values into action.
• investigate and understand the relevance of the Catholic faith to questions about truth and the meaning of life;
• highlight, develop and foster the values, attitudes and practices which are compatible with a positive response to the invitation to faith;
• develop the skills of reflection, discernment, critical thinking, and deciding how to act in accordance with an informed conscience when making moral decisions;
• nurture their prayer life as individuals and as part of the school community;
• understand and appreciate significant aspects of other Christian traditions and major world religions and
• make a positive difference to themselves and the world by putting their beliefs and values into action.
Our Approach to Sex Education
God’s Loving Plan – updated guidance on the teaching of relationships education in Catholic primary schools – was launched at the CHAPS conference for Scotland’s Catholic Primary Head Teachers on Friday 5th September 2014.
Following extensive consultation, God’s Loving Plan has been published by SCES to guide teachers on how children can be helped to develop healthy and respectful attitudes to their bodies and to relationships with families and friends. This important resource connects children’s learning about who they are and how they relate to others, to their learning about God and their relationship in faith. It helps children to understand how love can be at the heart of their lives.
In using this resource, teachers are encouraged to work closely with parents and carers to ensure that young people are supported as they grow, particularly when coming to deal with the physical and emotional impact of puberty. Good communication between home and school is encouraged to ensure that the more intimate aspects of children’s growth are dealt with sensitively and skillfully by parents and teachers working together.
The detailed planning framework in God’s Loving Plan connects learning in Religious Education (RERC) to aspects of Health & Wellbeing (H&WB) taught from Primary 1 to Primary 7. This learning is organised under four THEMES, dealing with God as the source of all life who is delighted when we use our unique talents (including our bodies) for good, who calls us to be loving people and who guides us to make choices that are good and responsible.
