The whole topic of Religious Education (It’s actually Religious Instruction or “RI”) in state schools is a complicated issue that has been a battleground for over 140 years since the Education Act 1877 was enacted that governs all state primary schools in New Zealand. In non-denominational secondary schools, some parents were unsure about why religious and moral education was an important aspect of their children's learning. Now, many may argue that why is that so? of Religious Education in our Primary Schools Response to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) Consultation on a Curriculum in Education about Religions and Beliefs and Ethics. An updated curriculum is being finalised for religious education and formation in Catholic primary schools and a variety of other such programmes are now being provided for too. Many schools should be trying to improve how they communicate the aims and purposes of religious and moral education to parents. In school, we follow the national guidance issued by the R.E Council in 2013 and use the Leeds Syllabus 'Believing and Belonging' 2015 - 2020 for teaching Religious Education. Religious Education: Regulations 1.1 Introduction All state-funded schools must teach religious education (RE). 1. while most primary schools admit children from diverse religious back- grounds, the school ethos and curriculum do not adequately address the needs of children of minority faith backgrounds. The failure of much traditional RE led several educators to question the way the subject was being taught in schools. Assessment in religious education. Published 2017 by Veritas Publications 7–8 Lower Abbey Street Dublin 1, Ireland The Alwoodley Vision for Religious Education . It led to low-level 2 For details of the schools visited, see Annex B. The need for the religious as well as the moral education for the young ones is an absolute necessity. Maintained schools without a religious character must follow the syllabus agreed by the local Agreed Syllabus Conference (ASC), an occasional … The way in which RE was provided in many of the primary schools visited had the effect of isolating the subject from the rest of the curriculum. At Alwoodleys our vision is to develop children's skills of enquiry, reasoned argument and reflection. ... Assessment in primary schools. Currently, religious education at primary schools in Western Europe has evolved into a subject that seeks to support students to develop their religious identity. The Agreed Syllabus for RE (2016) is a significantly slimmed-down version of the previous syllabus; this is deliberately so, to enable teachers and learners to focus on fewer things in greater depth. Well there are a lot of reasons for incorporating these aspects of education in the curriculum of the primary school. Religious education in the primary school 6 ethnic composition of the country, educational theory, the concept of the church’s role in religious education, and in psychological understanding. 3 Every local authority must set up a standing advisory council on religious education (SACRE) to This page is a quick guide to the religious instruction issue.