Come and See and The Religious Education Directory

At St Joseph’s, for several years we have followed the Come and See programme of Religious Education, recommended by the Archdiocese of Liverpool as our scheme of work.  Following much work and reflection, the Archdiocese and the Bishop’s Conference of England and Wales, have decided that our schools are to move to uisng the Religious Education Directory.  This resource is very much based on the Scriptures as it is there, in the authoritative teaching of the Church, that we meet God’s self-revelation in Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Word.  Over time, as begun in 2023, the curriculum will move from Come and See to teh Religious Education Directory. 

In Come and See and the Religious Education Directory, we are invited to explore the promise of life for everyone.  They offer the opportunity to search, to explore, to discover, and to respond; this is part of what it is to be human.

They aim to raise questions and provide materials for children to reflect on their own experience. For all children the teaching 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 caring community of St Joseph’s.