Curriculum

 

Key Stage 3

Year 7:
Autumn Term: Rites of Passage: Comparing and Contrasting Hinduism and Judaism
Spring Term: Christian Beliefs
Summer Term: Main beliefs and practices in Islam  
Year 8:
Autumn Term: Main beliefs and practices in Buddhism
Spring Term: Introduction to Morality
Summer Term: Christianity: Faith in Action

Key Stage 4: Ethics

Year 9- 11:
Edexcel Unit1 Religion and Life based on a study of Christianity and Islam
1. Marriage and the Family
2. Believing in God
3. Matters of Life and Death
4. Religion and Community Cohesion

Edexcel Unit8 Religion and Society based on a study of Christianity and Islam
1.Rights and Responsibilities
2. Environmental and Medical Issues
3. Peace and Conflict
4. Crime and Punishment.
This is a 100% GCSE exam, no course work is applicable

Key Stage 5: Philosophy

A-Level: OCR Religious Studies: Ethics and Philosophy
AS – Two separate 1 ½ hour 100% exam papers will be written
G571: Philosophy of Religion

Ancient Greek influences on Philosophy of Religion
Judaeo-Christian influences on Philosophy of Religion
Traditional arguments for the existence of God
Challenges to Religious Belief
G572: Religious Ethics
Ethical Theories
Applied Ethics Topics

A2- Two separate 11/2 hour 100% exams will be written
G581: Philosophy of Religion
Religious Language
Experience and Religion
Nature of God
Life and Death
Miracle
 
G582: Religious Ethics
Meta-Ethics
Free Will and Determinism
Conscience
Virtue Ethics
Applied Ethics Topics