'Religious education is religious by virtue of its intent to serve the missionary mandate of the school. The Catholic School is a community of faith, and religious education is where that faith seeks understanding, where pupils learn to love God with all their minds'

To Know You More Clearly - The Religious Education Directory pg. 13

Here at St Monica's from September 2023 in order to fulfil the aims and objectives for the new Religious Catholic Directory we have begun use the ‘To Know You More Clearly’ programme from the new Religious Education Directory prescribed by the Archdiocese of Liverpool.

This programme is being phased in over the next academic year(s) for years 4-6.

We are following the programme as it is rolled out by the Archdiocese of Liverpool for each year group. Currently our Nursery to Year 3 are all following the 'To Know You More Clearly' programme. 

Overview of Content – Concepts

The ‘To Know You More Clearly’ Programme

Branches and Lenses

There are six branches in ‘To know You More Clearly’ – one per half term. The branches are:

1. Creation and Covenant
2. Prophecy and Promise
3. From Galilee to Jerusalem
4. From Desert to Garden
5. To the Ends of the Earth
6. Dialogue and Encounter

Each branch follows:

• Here
• Believe
• Celebrate
• Live

At the end of each branch and lenses the children will:

• Understand
• Discern
• Respond