Our Approach to Religion & Worldviews
At Neasden Primary, Religion and Worldviews are taught through the following lenses:
The Religion and Worldviews curriculum at Neasden ensures that each of our pupils will develop the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to understand the world in which they live in. The curriculum for religion and worldviews aims to ensure that all pupils develop religious literacy through knowing about and understanding a range of religions and worldviews. They will also learn to express ideas and insights about the nature, significance and impact of religion and worldviews through a multidisciplinary approach whilst engaging critically with them. The children will gain and deploy skills taken from the lenses listed above to enhance learning about religions and different worldviews.
Religion and Worldviews at Neasden is taught discretely through subject specific lessons and assemblies to ensure our pupils develop a deep understanding of the key principals. These principals interlink with the PSHE curriculum and Neasden school values of Respect, Ambition, Creativity and Resilience and run through every aspect of school life.
The religion and worldviews curriculum is structured around the locally agreed syllabus and adapted to meet the needs of our pupils. Pupils will gain an understanding of many religions and worldviews and study Christianity, Sanatana Dharma, Islam and Atheism in detail.
In the EYFS the children gain an understanding of different faith and non-religious festivals throughout the calendar year. In KS1 the children learn about Christianity and Sanatana Dharma and this is developed further with the inclusion of Islam in lower KS2 with further development and the inclusion of Atheism in Upper KS2.
Including worldviews in our Religious Education curriculum enables children to connect with religion in a much more profound and inclusive way. A worldviews approach enables pupils to explore and gain ownership of their own perspectives, fitting new understanding into their existing mental framework. Children learn about religions and beliefs through connecting and contrasting them with their own way of seeing the world.