Planning RE using the Mind Friendly Framework for Learning
ATTAINMENT TARGET 2: LEARNING FROM RELIGION AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE
The following “I can” statements are helpful in providing suitable language for the “What have I learned” part of the framework. The National Expectations in R.E. identify progression for each attainment target.
Level 1
- I can talk about things that happen to me.
- I can talk about what I like / dislike in a story
- I can talk about what is important to me and why.
Level 2
- I can talk about what happens to others with respect for their feelings.
- I can talk about some things in stories that make people ask questions.
- I can talk about what is important to others and to those who have a religious belief with respect for their feelings.
Level 3
- I can compare some of the things that influence me with those that influence other people.
- I can compare my ideas about life with those of other people.
- I can link the things that are important to me and other people to the way I behave and think.
Level 4
- I can ask questions about the lives of believers and suggest appropriate answers.
- I can ask questions about life and suggest appropriate answers - with reference to some religions.
- I can ask questions about the decisions people make - including believers - and I can suggest what might happen as a result of different decisions.
Level 5
- I can use what I have learned in RE to compare my identity and my experience with that of others - including believers.
- I can use what I have learned in RE to compare my ideas about life with those of others - including believers.
- I can use what I have learned in RE to compare my views about moral issues with those of others - including believers.
Level 6
- I can relate the teaching and experience of different inspirational people to my own and others' lives.
- I can relate different religious perspectives on the meaning of life to my own and others' views.
- I can relate different religious perspectives on a range of contemporary moral issues to my own and others' views.
Level 7
- I can give different religious and non-religious views on what makes up a person's identity and forms their experience. I can give reasons and examples to illustrate what I think the best ideas are.
- I can give different religious and non-religious views on some of the big questions of life. I can give reasons and examples to illustrate what I think the best ideas are.
- I can give different religious and non-religious views on questions of right and wrong. I can give reasons and examples to illustrate what I think the best ideas are.
Level 8
- I can present my own well-informed point of view on what makes up a person's identity and what forms their experience. I can argue my case in relation to different religious and non-religious views and feelings.
- I can present my own well-informed point of view on some of the big questions of life. I can argue my case in relation to different religious and non-religious views and feelings.
- I can present my own well-informed point of view on questions of right and wrong. I can argue my case in relation to different religious and non-religious views and feelings.