Welcome back to the 2024-25 academic year
RE at Manor Academy takes account of the Trafford Agreed Syllabus. The RE curriculum provides pupils with opportunities to develop an understanding of and respect for a variety of religious and non-religious beliefs. RE enables pupils to develop their ideas, values and identities. Pupils also develop skills to make considered judgements about religion and non-religious beliefs in British society today. Our aim is that all pupils access the RE curriculum and make progress. Pupils will have the opportunity to develop further individual literacy and numeracy skills and support their learning in other subject areas such as personal development, humanities and Workskills. The fundamental British values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs are an extremely important part of the RE curriculum at Manor Academy.
All pupils have access to an RE curriculum which is broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated. Activities, discussions, debates and games enable pupils to develop their knowledge and understanding of RE through a wide range of challenging learning experiences. All pupils develop a better understanding of and respect for their own and other people’s religious views and non-religious beliefs in today’s multi-faith society. The use of solo taxonomy, scaffolding, Educater assessment tracker and work scrutiny enable us to monitor pupil progress.
Pupils work independently and as part of a team to enhance skills, knowledge, success, confidence and respect for life in modern day Britain. In summary, Re at Manor Academy develops pupils':
Trafford Youth for Christ (TYFC) visit Manor Academy at least twice per academic year to deliver sessions. TYFC is a global charity which aims to bring Christianity to young people. All TYFC’s sessions follow the curriculum closely incorporating a variety of interactive teaching methods and styles. Pupils can question what TYFC believe and are able to explore their own ideas and beliefs in the sessions.
From September 2021, staff have introduced the new Skills Builder Universal Framework across the curriculum. Pupils have the opportunitity to use 8 essential skills of listening, speaking, problem solving, creativity, staying positive aiming high, leadership and teamwork in their RE lessons
Year 7
By studying signs and symbols, pupils learn about how important they are at conveying information in the workplace. By studying festivals, pupils gain an insight into events’ careers such as hospitality. By studying the Eightfold Path in Buddhism, pupils gain an insight into compassionate careers such as nursing.
Year 8
By studying about religious leaders, pupils experience leadership and perseverance skills which are key in certain jobs such as managers and team leaders. By studying Hindu Gods, pupils learn about each God’s role and how understanding your role is important in your job. By learning about religious and non-religious organisations that help those in need, pupils will learn about paid and voluntary charity roles. Pupils will also gain an insight into fairtrade business.
Year 9
By studying important religious and non-religious celebrations, pupils will learn about jobs involved in such ceremonies from the preparation, the celebration itself and the jobs needed to be done afterwards. By studying Jewish beliefs and practices, pupils will learn about how religions can impact on people’s working hours e.g., observing the Sabbath.
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development is at the heart of RE at Manor Academy.
The spiritual development of pupils is shown by their:
The moral development of pupils is shown by their:
The social development of pupils is shown by their:
The cultural development of pupils is shown by their: