Religious and moral education 
            Experiences and outcomes 
             
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            Learning through religious and moral education  enables me to: 
             
                      •    recognise religion as an important expression of human experience 
                      •    learn about and from the beliefs, values, practices and traditions of Christianity and the world religions selected for study, other traditions and viewpoints 
                           independent of religious belief 
                      •    explore and develop knowledge and understanding of religions, recognising the place of Christianity in the Scottish context 
                      •    investigate and understand the responses which religious and non-religious views can offer to questions about the nature and meaning of life 
                      •    recognise and understand religious diversity and the importance of religion in society  
                      •    develop respect for others and an understanding of beliefs and practices which are different from my own 
                      •    explore and establish values such as wisdom, justice, compassion and integrity and engage in the development of and reflection upon my own moral values 
                      •    develop my beliefs, attitudes, values and practices through reflection, discovery and critical evaluation  
                      •    develop the skills of reflection, discernment, critical thinking and deciding how to act when making moral decisions 
                      •    make a positive difference to the world by putting my beliefs and values into action 
                      •    establish a firm foundation for lifelong learning, further learning and adult life. 
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
                                                             
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              Religious education has a statutory position in Scottish education, relating to schools but not to pre-school centres. 
             
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           Christianity 
            
                                                    Early                        First                          Second                               Third                               Fourth 
                                                                                                                                                                             
           Beliefs                        As I explore Christian       Through exploring            Through investigating and           Having reflected upon               Having considered key 
                                          stories, images, music       Bible stories, I can         reflecting upon biblical and        Christian sources, I can            Christian beliefs, I can 
                                          and poems, I am              describe some beliefs        other Christian stories, I can      explain some key Christian          express reasoned views on 
                                          becoming familiar with       Christians have about        show my understanding of            beliefs about God, Jesus, the       these and discuss how 
                                          some beliefs Christian       God and Jesus.               these stories.                      human condition and the             putting them into practice 
                                          people have about                          RME 1-01a                           RME 2-01a  natural world, and how these            might affect individuals and 
                                          God and Jesus.                                                                                beliefs lead to actions for         society. I can confidently 
                                                        RME 0-01a                                                                       Christians.                         support my own responses to 
                                                                                                                                                              RME 3-01a   these issues of belief. 
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                                                                       By exploring some            Through exploring the lives         Through investigating and                                             
                                                                       places and                   and teachings of Jesus and          reflecting upon how                  
                                                                       investigating artefacts,     other figures in Christianity, I    Christians put their beliefs         
                                                                       I am developing my           am increasing my knowledge          into action, I can reflect upon      
                                                                       knowledge of Christian       and understanding of key            the consequences of putting          
                                                                       beliefs and my               Christian beliefs.                  my own beliefs into action.          
                                                                       awareness of the role                             RME 2-01b                           RME 3-01b    
                                                                       of Christianity in                                                                                    
                                                                       Scottish society and                                                                                  
                                                                       the world.                                                                                            
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                                                                       I can talk about my          I can show understanding of         I can explain a range of             
                                                                       own beliefs, or express  Christian beliefs and explore           beliefs which Christians hold        
                                                                       them in other ways.          the similarities and                about ‘ultimate questions’           
                                                                                     RME 1-01c   differences between these              and participate in debates           
                                                                                                    and my developing beliefs.          about these.                         
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                                                                                                                                        I can give examples of the          I can explain the contribution 
                                                                                                                                        contribution of Christian           of Christian beliefs to the 
                                                                                                                                        beliefs to the development of       development of Scotland, 
                                                                                                                                        Scotland, now and in the            now and in the past. 
                                                                                                                                        past.                                                     RME 4-01b  
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           Christianity (continued) 
            
                                                Early                      First                       Second                             Third                            Fourth 
                                                                                                                                                                
           Values and issues  As I play and learn, I             Having explored            Through investigating and         Having reflected upon            Through exploring a range of 
                                       am developing my          biblical and other         reflecting upon the lives and     Christian responses to issues  issues of morality, I can 
                                       understanding of what     Christian stories, I can   teachings of Jesus and key        of morality, I can discuss       consider Christian responses 
                                       is fair and unfair and    show my developing         Christian figures, and            ways in which to create a        to these issues and relate 
                                       the importance of         understanding of key       drawing upon moral values         more just, equal,                these to my own developing 
                                       caring for, sharing and   values of Christianity     as expressed in Christianity, I   compassionate and tolerant       values. 
                                       cooperating with          and how they might be      am beginning to understand        society.                                             RME 4-02a  
                                       others.                   put into action in         how these have influenced                             RME 3-02a                                    
                                                    RME 0-02a   people’s lives and          Christian morality.                                                 
                                                                 communities.                                   RME 2-02a                                       
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                                                                 I can describe the key     I can share my developing         I can demonstrate my             I can apply my developing 
                                                                 features of the values     views about values such as        developing understanding of      understanding of morality to 
                                                                 of Christianity which      fairness and equality and         moral values through             consider a range of moral 
                                                                 are expressed in           love, caring, sharing and         participating in events and      dilemmas in order to find 
                                                                 stories.                   human rights.                     projects which make a            ways which could promote a 
                                                                               RME 1-02b                        RME 2-02b   positive difference to others.     more just and compassionate 
                                                                                                                                                  RME 3-02b  society. 
                                                                                                                                                                                   RME 4-02b  
                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                              I can describe how the           I can explain how the values 
                                                                                                                              values of Christianity           of Christianity contribute to 
                                                                                                                              contribute to as well as         as well as challenge Scottish 
                                                                                                                              challenge Scottish and other     and other societies. 
                                                                                                                              societies.                                           RME 4-02c  
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