St Theresa's Catholic Primary School

(Images taken from Religious Education Directory training in Diocese of Hallam.)

As a Catholic school, Religious Education and the Catholic Life of the school are at the core of everything we do. We now follow the new Religious Education Directory (RED) which is now statutory.  To explore the new RED (2025) – “To know you more clearly" please click on the document below:

Within the new RED, the curriculum for each year group is now structured into six branches - coinciding with the six half terms of the academic year.  Please see the branches below to find out more about our RE curriculum. 

Creation and Covenant (Branch 1: Autumn 1)

 ‘The heavens are telling the glory of God’ (Ps 19:1). In this branch, pupils will encounter the God who creates and calls a people. They will explore revelation of the Christian belief that all that is comes from God, the Creation accounts in Genesis, and scientific explanations of the process of Creation. They will explore the call of God and his covenantal relationship with his people first through Abraham and Moses, then through the narrative of the Old Testament. (Religious Education Directory 2025 p.62)

Prophecy and Promise (Branch 2: Autumn 2)

Prophecy and promise: ‘In many and various ways, God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets’ (Heb 1:1). The prophets speak of God reaching to his people, calling them back into a relationship with him. In this branch, pupils will explore the Christian understanding of the teaching of the prophets as they point to the fulfilment of God’s promise in a messiah, Jesus Christ. They will explore the expectant waiting for the Messiah through the Advent season and how this speaks to Christians today as they wait for Christ. Pupils will encounter the story of the nativity of Jesus and the mystery of the incarnation. (Religious Education Directory 2025 p.62)

 Galilee to Jerusalem (Branch 3: Spring 1)

Galilee to Jerusalem: ‘God’s only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known’ (Jn 1:18). In this branch, pupils will experience the ministry of Jesus, the Word of God. They will learn about the life of Jesus and his revelation of the Kingdom of God through parables, encounters, miracles, and teachings. They will learn about the call of the disciples and the nature of being a follower of Jesus. (Religious Education Directory 2025 p.62)

Desert to Garden (Branch 4: Spring 2)

Desert to garden: ‘Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day’ (1 Cor 15:3). In this branch, pupils will study the season of Lent and its culmination in the events of Holy Week. They will learn about the Paschal Triduum at the heart of the Catholic Church’s Liturgy and life. The title of this branch points both to the liturgical journey from the desert of Lent to the garden of Resurrection, but also to the Paschal journey from darkness to light, barrenness to fruitfulness, death to life. (Religious Education Directory 2025 p.62)

 To the Ends of the Earth (Branch 5: Summer 1)

To the ends of the Earth: ‘Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit’ (Mt 28:19). In this branch, pupils will study the events that flowed from the Resurrection and Ascension in the coming of the Holy Spirit and the work of the apostles and early Church. They will also learn about the Catholic Church today as the apostolic Church and how its liturgy and structures flow from the early Church. (Religious Education Directory 2025 p.62)