At Thurcroft Junior Academy, we believe that religious education (RE) should make a major contribution to the education of children and young people. RE is intellectually challenging and personally enriching. It will help our young people develop their beliefs and values. In addition, it promotes the virtues of respect and empathy, which all contributes to a diverse society. 

Our RE lessons always begin with 'What makes a great ideologist?', this purposely sets out the expectations of each lesson including- being respectful of others opinions and beliefs, listening attentively to others, having the confidence to share what they think even if it is different from their peers and being able to compare one religion to another.

Through our religious education curriculum years 3-6, children will explore and compare a broad range of religions including Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Humanism. Within our nursery setting, RE is interwoven within other topics, stories and activities which focus on learning through their environment and play. Within KS2, children will learn about the fundamental beliefs, festivals and how each set of followers live their lives in discreet, focused lessons. All schools (including academies and free schools) must provide Religious Education (RE) and collective worship for all their pupils. Parents have the right to withdraw their children from all or part of RE and/or collective worship.

Each class created one canvas each. Every single child who worked on this masterpiece thoroughly enjoyed it and they all had great ideas to create this fabulous collage. It is currently hung proudly in St Simon and St Jude's Thurcroft Parish.