KS3 - Religious Education
“He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.” J.S Mill
The Religious Education curriculum emphasises ambitious exploration of different perspectives on religious, philosophical and ethical topics. The syllabus teaches students the different perspectives and equips them with the tools to think critically and intelligently about them.
We begin with a knowledge driven examination of the six major world religions, facilitating breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding. We build on this foundation by exploring Philosophy and Ethics to further develop analytical skills, extended writing and capacity for philosophical argumentation. Our curriculum encourages students to become creative in their problem solving, ambitious in their thinking, independent in their minds and confident in themselves.
Year Group |
Areas of Study |
7 |
An exploration of Eastern Faiths: Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. This includes origins and development, key beliefs, holy texts, places of worship and how the religion is practiced today. |
8 |
An exploration of the Abrahamic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This includes origins and development, key beliefs, holy texts, places of worship and how the religion is practiced today. |
9 |
Epistemology: Understanding Knowledge, Plato’s Cave, Descarfes’ three waves of doubtPhilosophy of Religion: Cosmological and Teleological arguments for the existence of God, Science vs Faith?, The Big Bang and Evolution, Miracles, Faith and HealingLife After Death: Religious views of life after death, near death experiences, science and the afterlife, humanism, life after death and moralityAnti-racism: What does it mean to be anti-racist, examples of religious social activists and project work on promoting equality in our school communityHolocaust: study of antisemitism, events of the Holocaust, spiritual resistance, the problem of evil and suffering |
