The outcome of religious education is religiously literate young people who have the knowledge and understanding and skills - appropriate to their age and capacity - to think spiritually, ethically and theologically, and who are aware of the demands of religious commitment in everyday life.

(Religious Education Curriculum Directory for Catholic Schools)

Our Lady of Lincoln Catholic Primary School places great emphasis on religious Education, considering it as the core of the core subjects, central to all that is taught. Vocabulary is central to the teaching of RE and we seek to enable the children to express their thoughts in a way that deepens their knowledge and understanding . We make every effort to link RE with other areas of the curriculum, especially Literacy, where it forms part of our text study and features in drama.

Religious Education is taught through "here I am", a Religious Education program devised by the Department for Catholic Education and Formation. Here I am is an experience-based RE program. It acknowledges parents as the child's first teachers, and relates the child's own experiences to the life and teachings of jesus Christ, the teachings of the church and the relationship between faith and life.

The two aspects of knowledge and understanding of religion and reflection on meaning are the means by which our children develop appropriate skills and attitudes, and that as a school we seek to promote a free, informed and full response to God's call in everyday life.

TEACHERS: Here I am: to teach, to learn, to serve, to love, encourage and challenge each child with a vision of dignity, potential and purpose.

CHILDREN: Here I am: to learn, to enjoy and not be daunted by the challenge to grow and develop so that i may become all that I am created to be.

GOD PROMISES: Here I am !

During two terms of the year, exploration of another faith is undertaken, Judaism (Key Stage 1), and Islam (Key Stage 2).

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