Describe the of Religious Education in the early years?

Question

identify how religious education is incorporated through the curriculum. give examples

Answer 1

I went to two types of Christian School, one a Roman Catholic Convent the next a Church of England Grammar School. In the first I got dragged to Mass in Latin at 7.30 every morning - from the age of 6 [I only fainted twice!] Only the RC kids received religious instruction although we did participate in Christmas and I learnt about the 'Stations of The Cross' from the convent chapel.

At the next school we had a session once a week which I remember was called Religious Education - we read bits of the Bible and discussed them. We didn't actually discuss other religions.

At both schools there was 'Morning Assembly' where prayers were said to guide us through our daily activities, at the second school a pupil read a passage from the Bible, and each class had responsibility for the descant in the hymn we sang at the end of Assembly.

Anyway this was only part of our Religious Education because we used to have a wonderful Carol Service in the local Cathedral. I belonged to the Girl Guides and we went to Church Parade once a month on a Sunday, and from the age of 14 for 7 years I sang in the Cathedral choir.

There was no chanting mantra fashion, no compulsory learning of catechism and no pressure to go to church at all once I left the RC environment. As a result I am a committed Christian and I can walk into any church in any country and kneel down and say a prayer for peace.

Answer 2

I remember morning assemblies at my primary school always having a 'moral' theme for the day based on stories from the bible - something for us to ponder on and try to put into practice for the day ie the story of the good samaritan or the fishermen ..... these stories were always referenced to the bible and the specific sections in which they were mentioned .... this way we became not only accustomed to hearing the stories but also accustomed and acclimatised to the religiious (Cof E) viewpoint, but through this we also became familiar with the relevant bible passages (none of which I can remember now) and in our RE lessons were geared up (I realise now) to underlining and determining our opinions, outlooks and behaviours based in the Cof E prescriptions, both faith and non-faith children were comfortable with these stories and the bible in almost the same way as a bedtime reading book with fairies and goblins and bad witches......
when i moved on to secondary (in my case grammar) school - the assemblies, although we always ended with a quick prayer for the day - something like help with our studies or sending out good thoughts and love to some poor wretch mentioned in the days newspapers or news, the main themes were more of a philosophical nature - sometimes with a religious viewpoint, but more of a moralistic and 'human' viewpoints .....

Answer 3

The only exposure I had to religion while I was at Primary School was the once monthly visit from the local Christian Vicar, and the very occasional Christmas 'visit' to the local Christian Church.

Answer 4

easter goes into lent and the stories of what happened to jesus, harvest and thanking god for the food grown on the land, christmas and the nativity etc. they also incorporate various other religions/cultures as and when the time arrives, such as last week divalli, this week ede, what and why they are celebrated etc

Answer 5

We only looked at the Old and New Testament, this was in the 1970s.