Religious studies

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KS3

R.E. Department Aims

Element
To encourage pupils to interpret teachings, sources, authorities and ways of life in order to understand religions and beliefs.
To understand and respond critically to beliefs and attitudes.
To appreciate that individuals and cultures express their beliefs and values through many different forms.
To understand how individuals develop a sense of identity and belonging through faith or belief.
To explore the variety, difference and relationships that exists within and between religions, values and beliefs.
To explore some of the ultimate questions that confront humanity, and responding imaginatively to them.
To understand how moral values and a sense of obligation can come from beliefs and experience.
To evaluate their own and others’ values in order to make informed, rational and imaginative choices.
To investigate the impact of religious beliefs and teachings onindividuals, communities and societies, the reasons for commitment and the causes of diversity.
To explain religious beliefs, practices and commitments, including their transmission by people, texts and traditions.
To evaluate beliefs, commitments and the impact of religion in the contemporary world.
To express insights into the significance and value of religion and other world views for human relationships personally, locally and globally.
To enhance pupil’s spiritual and moral development, and contribute to their health and wellbeing to enhance pupil’s personal, social and cultural development, their understanding of different cultures locally, nationally and in the wider world and to contribute to social and community cohesion.

In Religious Studies you will develop transferable skills which employers and colleges look for.

These include:

clear & logical thinking
critical evaluation
literacy & expression
negotiating
organising
planning
problem solving
research

Religious Studies is a desirable GCSE to have in professions such as:

Journalism, The Police force, Armed Forces, in Social Work, youth and community work, and teaching to name but a few.

KS4

GCSE RE (A* - G) Compulsory

Religion has always been with us. Throughout history, it has expressed the deepest questions human beings can ask and it has taken a central place in the lives of virtually all civilizations and cultures. As we think all the way back to the dawn of human consciousness, we find religion everywhere we turn.

This may be true of the past, but what about the present - and the future? In recent times, critics have suggested that religion is on the way out. Technology and science have changed our view of the world radically, leading some to say that we've entered a new stage of human existence, without religion. Soon, they argue, it will truly be a thing of the past.

However, we still find religion everywhere, on television, in film, in popular music, in our towns and neighbourhoods. We discover religion at the centre of global issues and cultural conflict. Religion is powerful and persistent, and it shows no signs of disappearing. It provokes heartfelt commitment, eloquent expression, forthright action, and intense debate. For both practitioners and observers - for everyone who wants to be informed about the world around them - religion is an intensely curious phenomenon that calls out for better understanding.

Religious Studies - developing skills for your future

By studying Religious Studies you will develop transferable skills which employers and colleges look for. These include clear & logical thinking, critical evaluation, literacy & expression, negotiating, organising, planning, problem solving and research. Religious Studies is a desirable GCSE to have in professions such as Journalism, the Police Force, Armed Forces, in Social Work, Youth and Community Work and teaching to name but a few.

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