Principles and practice
Scotland is a diverse nation whose people hold a wide range of beliefs. Religious and moral education enables children and young people to explore the world’s major religions and to develop their own beliefs and values.
The principles and practice document is essential reading for teachers as they start working with the experiences and outcomes for religious and moral education.
Experiences and outcomes
All curriculum areas contribute to the totality of the experiences that make up the new curriculum. You can download the experiences and outcomes for religious and moral education.
National Qualifications
An introduction to the religious and moral education (RME) section of National Qualifications with links to information on how NQs are changing.
Support materials
Planning for Learning, Teaching and Assessment in RME
This resource will help to develop practitioners’ understanding of planning for effective learning teaching and assessment as part of the RME Curricular area.
RME as the focus for learning and assessment
Case study demonstrating how teaching, learning and assessment of the RME topic of Sukkot was effectively planned and assessed as a central context for learning at first level within an interdisciplinary learning study for a P1/2 class.
Planning around the experiences and outcomes
This material is intended to provide immediate assistance for practitioners to begin their thinking and the process of planning learning, teaching and assessment around the experiences and outcomes.Curriculum for Excellence - Provision of religious and moral education in non-denominational schools and religious education in Roman Catholic schools
Guidance from the Scottish Government on the provision of religious and moral education in non-denominational schools and religious education in Roman Catholic schools.
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