Our curriculum is designed to underpin our school values of:
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Teachers have high expectations of pupils; pupils rise to this challenge.
Respect
Students learn how to listen carefully to others and the importance of digesting opposing views before responding.
Students learn how to have effective debates and discussions and discover how often there is no right or wrong answer; this develops the students’ ability to mediate, work well as part of a team or manage disagreements as a leader.
Within our lessons, a strong foundation of respect for others is ingrained within the students’ learning.
High Aspirations
Within Religious Studies students are motivated through the range of challenging and diverse topic that we study to have high aspirations.
We encourage students to challenge themselves and to question their own opinions.
Our curriculum is shaped around the learners at the school, within lessons students will have the ability to learn through questioning and investigating topics; this improves their evaluation skills and allows a student challenge themselves.
Confidence
Within the curriculum, students are encouraged to learn independently in lessons through inclusion of independent tasks; this allows students to recognise their own strengths and weaknesses.
We include a variety of different tasks (reading, extended writing, video clips, discussion-based activities etc) to ensure students are working on improving their knowledge retention skills.
The intention behind our curriculum in Religious Studies is to help our students build confidence in themselves and have an awareness of what they are able to achieve.
Mrs Whitefoot
Curriculum Leader, Careers Lead
Miss Boyle
Teacher
Mrs Gray
Religious Studies Lead
Mrs Bell
Teacher
Mr Wilson
Teacher
Miss Fiddaman
Teacher
Mrs Eddy
Teacher
Mrs Rhodes
Teacher
To find out what knowledge your child will learn in Religious Studies click here
Our RE 5 Year Curriculum Journey
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Begin your new journey from Primary School with us
Year
7
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What are my Values?
PSHCE
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What values are in my community?
PSHCE
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Jewish Values
PSHCE
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Christian Values
PSHCE
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Islamic Values
PSHCE
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Sikh Values
PSHCE
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Hindu Values
PSHCE
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What world do I live in?
PSHCE
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What cultures are in my community?
PSHCE
Year
8
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Religion & Me
PSHCE & Careers
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Buddhist Values
PSHCE
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Religion & Me
PSHCE & Careers
Year
9
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Developing Rational Reasoning
Careers
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Exploring Ethics
PSHCE & Careers
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Combatting Injustice & Gandhi
PSHCE
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Combatting Injustice & Martin Luther King Jr
PSHCE
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Investigating Violence: Propaganda & Radicalisation
PSHCE
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Islam: A comparison of Sunni & Shi’a
Careers
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Islam Tawhid (The Nature of God)
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Life after Death
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Jesus & Salvation
PSHCE
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The Nature of God
Year
10
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Islam: Akhirah (Life after Death)
Year
11
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Sex, Marriage & Divorce
PSHCE
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The Purpose of Families
PSHCE
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Gender, Prejudice and Discrimination
PSHCE & Careers
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Peace, Justice, Forgiveness & Reconciliation
PSHCE & Careers
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Violent Protest, Terrorism & War
PSHCE
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Weapons, Victims of War & Religious Responses. Revision
PSHCE
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