Year Four
Our Religious Education Journey
Our Religious Education curriculum follows the six branches of the Religious Education Directory, To know You more clearly. Each branch is revisited every year, enabling children to build upon what they already know and develop an increasingly deep understanding of Scripture, Catholic belief and the life of the Church.
Year Four – Covenant, salvation and the Trinity
In Year Four, pupils' understanding of salvation history develops further. Scripture is studied in greater depth and children increasingly connect Old Testament events and figures with Jesus, the Church and sacramental life.
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Branch |
Children learn about… |
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Creation & Covenant |
God's covenant with Abraham and the story of salvation; faith, trust and God's promises. |
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Prophecy & Promise |
Prophets and God's covenantal promises; how these prepare God's people for the coming of Christ. |
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Galilee to Jerusalem |
Jesus' identity and mission, his teaching and miracles, and deeper understanding of the Trinity. |
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Desert to Garden |
Holy Week and the Paschal Mystery; Jesus' suffering, death and Resurrection and their significance for salvation. |
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To the Ends of the Earth |
Pentecost, the Holy Spirit and the mission of the Church, making increasingly explicit connections with sacramental life. |
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Dialogue & Encounter |
Christianity's relationship with other Christians and Judaism, alongside a deeper encounter with another religion or world view. |
How the learning grows
Reception: I encounter, wonder, listen and retell.
Years 1–2: I recognise, retell and begin to make connections.
Years 3–4: I describe, explain and make increasingly meaningful connections.
Years 5–6: I use theological vocabulary, explain, compare, interpret, discern and justify my thinking.
The RED describes three Ways of Knowing: Understand, Discern and Respond, which develop alongside increasingly rich subject knowledge. Pupils, therefore, do not simply learn more religious facts as they move through Sacred Heart: they become increasingly able to understand what they encounter, think critically and creatively about it, and consider its meaning and significance.
