Subject Leads - Sarah Sullivan and Paul Tippett

R.E.

The Meads Curriculum intent for R.E. is based on the West Sussex model and is to:

• Develop children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural awareness.
• Support children’s mental well-being and prepare them for a rapidly- changing world.
• Engage children in deep enquiry into the questions posed by world religions.
• Help to develop the understanding and skills needed to articulate children’s own responses and appreciate and appraise those of others.

Geography

The Meads Curriculum intent for Geography is to:

• Stimulate the children’s interest in and curiosity about their surroundings.
• Encourage children to make sense of their community through a wide range of opportunities. 
• Help children acquire specific skills that advance their geographical understanding.
• Differentiate the processes that give rise to key physical and human geographical features of the world.
• Encourage a sense of responsibility for the environment.
• Enable children to become global citizens by developing a sense of place and identity.

History

The Meads Curriculum intent for History is to:

• Provide opportunities that stimulate children’s curiosity to know more about the past.
• Help children to appreciate history in a chronological context.
• Develop a sound grasp of historical facts.
• Grow a coherent contextual knowledge of Britain’s past and that of the wider world.
• Encourage critical thinking about the past.
• Enrich children’s vocabulary to support their understanding of the past.