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Ethics & RE

Curriculum Intent

Ambitious offer: Our curriculum takes into consideration both knowledge and skills. We explore the big ideas: Why do people believe what they do? How do founders of religions effect their followers? How do beliefs influence lives such as festivals? How do people treat each other and how do religions and societies respond to these actions? Why does evil exist and how do people respond to it? How do conflicts occur and what impact do they have on people? Why is justice important? what is the role of punishment? How do people become an extremist? How do religions and societies respond to extreme actions? What are the ethical understandings of life and death?

Determined Learners: The RS curriculum is designed to enable students make sense of a range of religious and non-religious beliefs. Understanding what these beliefs mean within their tradition recognising how and why sources of authority are used and expressed and interpreted in different ways. Students will also develop skills of interpretation and evaluation. Students will examine and explain how and why people put their religion and beliefs into action in diverse way, within their everyday lives, within their communities and the wider world, appreciating different ways of life and expressing meanings.

Passports to success: The RS/Ethics curriculum in focussed on developing foundation knowledge to support further development of understanding and application into everyday life. The structure of learning is built to project and support the development and building upon previous knowledge, linking back to earlier topics throughout the 5 years of learning. KS3 learning will provide a foundation knowledge and understanding leading onto the GCSE and allowing for all students to deepen their knowledge and become experts. Students will also look to apply their learning to everyday life by developing an in-depth understanding of the community they live in and the people they interact with. Students will understand the impact beliefs have within their lives so they can develop a sense of understanding and empathy.

Core Academy Values

  • Respect: We are well behaved and considerate to all staff and students in our learning community.

  • Ambition: We are hard working and have an ambitious attitude to succeed and achieve.

  • Determination: We accomplish our desired goals by being committed, disciplined and motivated to achieve a positive outcome.

Year 7

Term Schedule & Content

  • Half Term 1: Religious Founders

    • Content: Abraham, Jesus, Mohammed.

  • Half Term 2: Religious Founders

    • Content: Guru Nanak, Siddhartha Gautama.

  • Half Term 3: Beliefs

    • Content: Facts and belief, 5 pillars, Shema Prayer, Trinity.

  • Half Term 4: Beliefs

    • Content: Trimurti, 8 fold path, Ik onkar.

  • Half Term 5: Festivals

    • Content: Eid-UL-Fitr, Hannukah, The Exodus.

  • Half Term 6: Festivals

    • Content: Passover, Eid ul Adha, Easter.

Assessment Focus

  • Assessment on Founder:

    1. Outline the roles of the founder of the faith.

    2. Explain the importance of their actions as a role model.

    3. Summative assessment.

    4. Outline the importance of beliefs.

  • Assessment on Beliefs:

    1. Outline the Shema prayer. Outline Christian beliefs about God.

    2. Explain the importance of the 5 pillars.

    3. Outline the importance of the Trimurti. Outline the 8 fold path.

  • Assessment on Festivals:

    1. Explain the importance of and key events of the festivals.

    2. Outline the impact of these events on a believer's life.

    3. END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT.

Year 8

Term Schedule & Content

  • Half Term 1: Prejudice and discrimination

    • Content: Prejudice, Discrimination, Where do prejudices come from, The Oldham Story.

  • Half Term 2: Prejudice and discrimination

    • Content: Religious response: Christianity, Islam, Sikhism; Gender discrimination; Discrimination in the media.

  • Half Term 3: Evil and suffering

    • Content: Evil and suffering, Moral Evil, Natural Evil.

  • Half Term 4: Evil and suffering

    • Content: The problem of Evil and suffering, Religious responses to the existence of evil and suffering.

  • Half Term 5: Peace and conflict

    • Content: Causes of conflict, Nablus, impact of conflict, Pacifism.

  • Half Term 6: Peace and conflict

    • Content: Just war, Jihad, The role of United Nations.

Assessment Focus

  • Assessment on Discrimination:

    1. Explain reasons for Prejudice.

    2. Explain examples of discrimination.

    3. Explain religious attitudes to discrimination.

  • Assessment on Evil:

    1. Explain reasons and examples of Moral and natural evil.

    2. Explain the problems their existence cause for religious belief.

    3. Explain the religious response to this problem.

  • Assessment on conflict:

    1. Explain causes of conflict, explain and evaluate the impact of conflict.

    2. Explain responses to conflict both religious and non-religious.

    3. END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT.

 

Year 9

Year 9 Ethics – "Year_9.pdf"

Term Schedule & Content

  • Half Term 1: Crime and Punishment

    • Content: Morality, Justice, Causes of crime, Aims of Punishment.

  • Half Term 2: Crime and Punishment

    • Content: Reform, Grid iron gang, Capital punishment, Life on death row.

  • Half Term 3: Medical Ethics

    • Content: Sanctity of Life, Abortion, Pro life, Pro Choice.

  • Half Term 4: Medical Ethics

    • Content: Euthanasia, Arguments in favour and against, Organ transplant and genetic engineering.

  • Half Term 5: Extremism

    • Content: What is extremism, Where's the line, My brother the terrorist.

  • Half Term 6: Extremism

    • Content: Black September, Religious response to terrorism, Lockerby.

Assessment Focus

  • Assessment on crime:

    1. Explain the need for laws and evaluate the role of justice.

    2. Explain the causes of crime within society.

    3. Evaluate the role and effectiveness of punishments.

    4. Identify what crime and punishment is.

    5. Evaluate its effectiveness and religious response.

  • Assessment on Medical:

    1. Explain the importance of sanctity of life.

    2. Evaluate the religious and non-religious response to abortion and Euthanasia.

    3. Evaluate the impact of organ transplants.

  • Assessment on extremism:

    1. Explain what extremism is.

    2. Evaluate the impact of extremism on belief and society.

    3. Evaluate religious reaction to extremism.

    4. END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT

Year 10

Term Schedule & Content

  • Half Term 1: Relationships and Marriage

    • Content: Marriage, Christian Marriage, Relationships.

  • Half Term 2: Relationships and Marriage

    • Content: Family Pressure, Arranged marriages, Muslim Marriage.

  • Half Term 3: Relationships and Marriage

    • Content: Forced Marriages, Divorce (reasons), Divorce (impact).

  • Half Term 4: Community Cohesion

    • Content: Multi Ethnic societies, Multi Faith Societies.

  • Half Term 5: Community Cohesion

    • Content: Benefits and problems of diversity, British Values.

  • Half Term 6: Community Cohesion

    • Content: How can eliminate Prejudice and Discrimination? How do we promote Integration of different Races?

Assessment Focus

  1. Evaluate the religious and non-religious attitudes and responses to issues around sex, marriage, divorce and equality.

  2. Evaluate the importance of Equality in Islam. Evaluate the religious response to discrimination.

  3. Evaluate the religious and non-religious reaction Racism.

 

Year 10 RS GCSE

Term Schedule & Content

  • Half Term 1: Christian Belief

    • Content: The trinity, Creation, Incarnation, Last days of Jesus' life, Salvation, Christian eschatology, The problem of evil, Solutions to the problem of evil and suffering.

  • Half Term 2: Marriage and the family

    • Content: Marriage, Sexual relationships, Families, Support for the family in the local parish, Contraception, Divorce, Equality of men and women, Gender prejudice and discrimination.

  • Half Term 3: Living the Christian Life

    • Content: Christian worship, The sacraments, Prayer, Pilgrimage.

  • Half Term 4: Living the Christian Life

    • Content: Christian celebration, The future of the church, The local church, The worldwide church.

  • Half Term 5: Matters of life and death

    • Content: Origins and value of the universe, Sanctity of life, Origins and value of human life, Abortion, Issues in the natural world.

  • Half Term 6: Matters of life and death

    • Content: Life after death, Response to arguments against life after death, Euthanasia.

Assessment Focus

  1. Evaluate the central Christian Beliefs around creation, incarnation salvation.

  2. Evaluate the religious and non-religious response to the problem of evil and suffering.

  3. End of unit assessment.

  4. Evaluate the religious and non-religious attitudes and responses to issues around sex, marriage, divorce and equality.

  5. End of unit assessment.

  6. Evaluate the impact and importance of the worship, prayer, sacraments within the Christian faith.

  7. Evaluate the impact and importance of the celebrations within the Christian faith.

  8. Evaluate the role of the church across the world.

  9. End of unit assessment.

  10. Evaluate the religious and non-religious views of the universe and the origins of life.

  11. Evaluate the religious and non-religious reactions to abortion and Euthanasia.

  12. Evaluate the religious and non-religious views of the beliefs of life after death. Evaluate the religious and non-religious reactions to abortion and Euthanasia.

  13. End of Paper one assessment.

 

Year 11

Term Schedule & Content

  • Half Term 1 & Half Term 2: Environmental Issues

    • Content: Causes of global warming, Effects of global warming, Solutions to the problems, Religious views on environmental issues.

  • Half Term 3 & Half Term 4: Crime and Punishment

    • Content: Punishment, Aim of punishment, Forgiveness, Treatment of criminals, The death penalty, Case studies.

  • Half Term 5 & Half Term 6

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Assessment Focus

  1. Evaluate the importance and religious response to Environmental issues.

  2. Evaluate religious and non-religious attitudes towards the solutions to the problems of global warming.

  3. Evaluate the importance of justice and forgiveness within Islam. Evaluate the religious response to evil and suffering.

  4. Evaluate the religious and non-religious reaction to the death penalty.

 

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