About Religious Education and Observance at St Mary's
All aspects of life in St Mary’s are based on gospel values, and Religious Education is taught throughout the school
based upon the Catholic tradition within the Christian faith.
We help children to appreciate that religion is concerned
with relationships which have implications for the value one sets on people for personal behaviour.
The Religious Education
curriculum is based upon the National 5 – 14 Guidelines and encompasses the study of Christianity, personal Search and
Other World Religions, which aims to help children to an understanding of themselves and their world.
We encourage in our pupils’ sensitivity towards others.
We try to use human experience to highlight the areas of life
with which religion deals and to encourage the children to search for truth, values and the meaning of life.
We explore ways in which Jesus is central to the Catholic Faith and Christian belief and worship and give
some understanding of the place of religion in the development of Scotland’s history, society and culture
while acknowledging the wider social and cultural impact of various religions.
Religious teaching and learning in schools of the Dunkeld Diocese is based upon the Veritas “Alive O” programme
and has also introduced “Education for Love” to develop pupils’ understanding of relationships and sex education.
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