Modern World at #teamabbey
At Abbey School, the Modern World encompasses both Religious Education, local and national communities.
Within Modern World, all of our pupils learn from and about religions, other cultures and languages to understand the world around them, fostering pupil’s curiosity about their place in the world. Modern World lessons should be assessed in other areas of the curriculum, focusing on our communication progress document
Please note that the Curriculum Map begins with L1 at the bottom of this document.
RE and Collective Worship at #teamabbey
Religious Education
Our RE Content of Modern World follows the Locally Agreed Syllabus of Rotherham for the Abbey Main Site and Abbey Post 16 and Barnsley's Locally Agreed Syllabus at our Horizon Hub. The content of these are avaiailable upon request and an overview can be seen on the Modern World Curriculum Map below.
Our Approach to Collective Worship
All pupils at Abbey School are required to take part in daily collective worship where they are given the opportunity to explore their own beliefs and consider spiritual and moral issues.
At Abbey School, the daily act of worship is considered an integral and important part of school life. In accordance with the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, the daily collective worship shall be “wholly or mainly of a broadly Christian character” though not representative of a particular Christian denomination.
All pupils are encouraged to learn about the beliefs of others in addition to their own as part of the religious education national curriculum. Our Personal Development Calendar outlines our programme for collective worship.
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Day of the week |
Delivery of programme |
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Monday |
A Upper-school worship assembly is delivered by the Assistant Headteachers on Monday mornings. |
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Each Day |
Both lower school and upper school dinnertimes start with a grace and moment of thanks. |
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Friday |
A Lower-school worship assembly is delivered by the Assistant Headteachers on Friday afternoons. |
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Class time |
During the school day after break each class has a moment of reflection done through mindfulness. |
Parental Preference
Parents have the right to withdraw their children from religious education and/or collective worship should they so wish. If this is something you would like to discuss you can contact your Childs class teacher on SeeSaw, ring to speak to someone at school 01709 740074.