Religious Education

Head of Department:  Mrs. Hinder

Outline of Course

Content:

• Questions of authority:  Exploring Sacred Literature – The Bible
• Asking difficult questions:  “What is God like in Hinduism?”
• Commitment in a Community:  Sikhism

Activities:

• Written work in exercise books
• Display work in the form of illustrations and written work
• Discussion and role play to encourage empathy
• Research connected with topics being studied

Skills:

• Investigation
• Interpretation
• Analysis and evaluation
• Application and communication (written and oral)
• Synthesis

Homework Activities: Students will be set a homework task roughly fortnightly.  These tasks will involve students in research; craftwork or drawing; extended writing and/or reflection on work in lessons.  Extended ‘Key tasks’ will be set on three occasions during the year and these may occupy a number of homeworks.

Assessment:

• Students are informed when a task is an assessment task.
• Usually a written assessment is given at the end of a module.
• Students are assessed on Attainment Target 1:  Learning about religion and on Attainment Target 2:  Learning from religions.  Levels 1 – 8 (8 being the highest).

Parental Contribution:

• Support and encouragement to do homework tasks
• Help with any research task
• Help in developing an open mind towards people of different cultures and religions.

Useful resources and equipment: The usual writing materials including coloured pencils.  Sometimes a children’s version of the Bible is useful.