Religious Education (KS3 and 4) Introduction Religious education at The Christian School (Takeley) seeks to show pupils the value of a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. All of our teaching will be underpinned by an understanding that the Bible is the true word of the living God, the source of Christian belief and practice. But you should continue following the teachings you learned. You know they are true, because you trust those who taught you. 15 Since you were a child you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise. And that wisdom leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for showing people what is wrong in their lives, for correcting faults, and for teaching how to live right. 17 Using the Scriptures, the person who serves God will be capable, having all that is needed to do every good work. 2 Timothy 3 v 14-17 Pupils will be encouraged to apply Biblical theology and texts to real life issues and philosophical questions in such a way that gives them confidence in the relevance of the Bible today. a person does not live on bread alone, but by everything the LORD says. Deuteronomy 8 v 3 Part of RE will include an introduction to other religions and world views. (This is largely taught in the upper seniors to avoid confusion for the younger pupils.) This will equip the pupils to understand the society in which they live and develop their own apologetic. They should learn a basic awareness of other religious beliefs, so they can engage in intelligent discussion when sharing the Christian faith. When we approach other faiths, and engage in comparisons; we must ensure that we ascribe to the Lord Jesus His true place. So God raised him to the highest place. God made his name greater than every other name 10 so that every knee will bow to the name of Jesus everyone in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. 11 And everyone will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and bring glory to God the Father. Philippians 2 v 9-11 Jesus is the only One who can save people. No one else in the world is able to save us." Acts 4 v 12 You must not have any other gods except me. Exodus 20 v3 Christ.., who is God over all. Praise him forever! Amen Romans 9 v 5
Intro. To Buddhism All Bible quotations are from the NCV Bible. Resources: Bibles Year 7 Flexi RE - 1 Year 8 Flexi RE - 2 Year 9 RE-flections 3 and Flexi RE - 3 Year 10 and 11 follow the AQA Religious Studies B scheme of work for: Ultimate Questions and Religious Philosophy (4 topics) Religion and Morality (4 Topics) Aims Develop knowledge, skills and understanding of religion by exploring the significance and impact of beliefs, teachings, practices, and ways of life. Be able to express their personal responses, and have informed understanding on ultimate questions, issues of identity, belonging, meaning, purpose, truth, values and commitment. Schemes of work: 2011-2012 Yr 7 Looking for God Jesus and His Teaching Sacred Writings Prayer Judaism Intro To Islam Yr 8 Inspired People Mother Theresa & William Booth Religion and the Environment The Early Church
Year B Work Experience Year A Intro. To Hinduism & Ghandi Yr9 The Church Today (Flexi-RE 3) Humans are Special (RE-flections) World Poverty (Religion & Morality) Revelation (Religious Philosophy & Ultimate Questions) Prejudic e GCSE Schemes of work Year 10 & 11 The Existence of God Religion and science Evil and suffering Elderly and death Revision/Exams Revision /Exams Miracles Crime and punishment Medical Ethics Wealth and poverty Revision/Exams Revision /Exams GCSE RE will be taught as a rolling programme. In the first year the year 10s will follow year A scheme. In the second year the year 10s AND 11s will do year B scheme ending in exams for year 11, while the new year 10s will do revision, and the next year will do year A with the next group of year 10s. Assessment: Assessment may take the form of the following: End of unit test Practice exam questions (particularly KS4) Ability to make presentation of a point of view, in groups or individually. Homework tasks. Differentiation Differentiation will be evaluated on a class by class basis according to individual need. The course will use a variety of learning methods, which will suit a variety of learning styles. Some differentiated activities will be given. (Some are set out in the text books).
Additional help will be given as necessary through additional verbal guidance and/or writing frameworks for written work. Literacy Throughout their study of religious education, pupils will be engaged in developing their debating and analytical skills. These will be assessed both through writing and orally. Pupils will become familiar with a variety of religious texts and will develop their understanding and interpretation of these teachings. Pupils will become familiar and confident with using a range of religious and specialist vocabulary. Pupils will develop their essay writing skills as they grapple with moral issues and philosophical questions. Pupils will use ICT as a tool for research and presentation. ICT Pupils will be engaged with individual and group presentations where a range of ICT methods may be used e.g. Power Point, You Tube etc. Pupils will make use of the internet to research the subject. ICT in RE is being developed and additions and ideas will be added as methods are used which prove to be helpful ways of encouraging learning. Outcomes Some pupils will demonstrate a basic knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other religions to describe and explain the significance and impact of beliefs, teachings, sources, practices, ways of life and forms of expressing meaning. They show some awareness of the meaning and importance of the religions and beliefs studied, sometimes recognising and making simple connections between religion and people s lives. They communicate their ideas using everyday language. They can present their own opinion about the issues studied and can sometimes support this with a reasoned argument. They show some understanding of the complexity of the issues by describing another point of view. Most pupils will demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other religions to describe and explain the significance and impact of beliefs, teachings, sources, practices, ways of life and forms of expressing meaning. They show an awareness of the meaning and importance of the beliefs and practices of the religions and beliefs studied and can describe the impact of these on the lives of believers. They recognise how differences in belief lead to differences of religious response. They express their ideas using the correct religious vocabulary. (From Year 9) They use argument supported by relevant evidence to express and evaluate different response to the issues studied. They refer to different points of view in making judgements about these issues.
A few pupils will demonstrate detailed knowledge and thorough understanding of religion to describe explain and analyse the significance and impact of beliefs, teachings, sources, practices, ways of life and forms of expressing meaning. They interpret, draw out and explain the meaning and importance of the beliefs and practices of the religions and beliefs studied, and assess the impact of these beliefs on the lives of believers. They explain, where appropriate, how differences in belief lead to difference of religious response. They understand and use accurately and appropriately a range of specialist vocabulary. (At GCSE) They use reasoned argument supported by a range of evidence to respond to religious beliefs, moral issues and ultimate questions, recognising the complexity of the issues. They demonstrate informed insight in evaluating different points of view to reach evidenced judgements about these beliefs, issues and questions.