We are proud to be part of the Archdiocese of Liverpool Family of Schools. Locally, we are part of the Liverpool South Deanery and the Inland family of parishes. We have many links with our Catholic Schools, particularly our sister schools in the Parish – Our Lady of Good Help and Saint Paschal Baylon.
The Archbishop of Liverpool is Archbishop John Sherrington, and he is assisted by Bishop Tom Neylon. We are proud to share the same dedication as the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.
We follow the Liverpool Archdiocesan Scheme of Work for Religious Education.
More information about the Archdiocese can be found on their website.
Religious Education
The Religious Education program called “To Know You More Clearly” follows the Religious Education Directory. It’s built on six main topics, or “branches,” that are taught annually, with content that progresses each year, allowing students to explore each topic in greater depth as they advance.
The To Know You More Clearly curriculum is structured around six branches, with one branch taught per half term. These branches are:
- Creation and Covenant
- Prophecy and Promise
- From Galilee to Jerusalem
- From Desert to Garden
- To the Ends of the Earth
- Dialogue and Encounter
Each of these branches is explored through a four-part framework:
- Hear
- Believe
- Celebrate
- Live.
At the end of each branch, children will be able to demonstrate their learning in three key areas:
- Understand
- Discern
- Respond
Religious Education in Years 5-6 is taught using the ‘Come and See’ programme. We cover 9 topics throughout the year, and whilst the theme behind the topic is the same for all the children, the topics are different for each year group – allowing the children to explore new aspects of the same theme. Each year we also study other faiths including Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism.
Come and See’ is an invitation to exploration and a promise of life for everyone.
Come and See offers the opportunities for children to explore, reveal and respond to church teachings and Scripture at an age-appropriate level. Lessons are practical and engaging.
Come and See aims to raise questions and provide materials for children to reflect on their own experience. For all children the programme will raise questions of meaning and purpose and enable children to think critically, providing materials for reflecting on their own experience. It will help them to explore the beliefs and values and the way of life of the Catholic traditions, and of other faith traditions, developing good attitudes and dispositions so that children are instilled with a ‘love of learning’ and a desire to go on learning.
Children will be offered a sense of self-worth through experience of belonging to the family community of Christ the King Catholic Primary School.
Children come and see the wonder of all that is within them and beyond them.
Explore – 1 week – This is the introduction to the topic where the children’s life experience is explored, the question(s) it raises are wondered at, shared, investigated and their significance reflected upon.
Reveal – 2 weeks -This is the heart of the programme where knowledge and understanding of the Catholic faith is revealed through the Word, in Scripture, Tradition, doctrine, prayers, rites and Christian living.
Respond -1 week- This is where the learning is assimilated, celebrated and responded to in daily life.