Religious Education
Key Stage Three Religious Education
Lesson allocation: Two lessons per week.
| Term 1- Topics | Term 2- Topics | Term 3- Topics |
Year 8
| What is RE?
Our world
The Bible | Decisions
Easter | Judaism |
Year 9
| Environment
Rights, Relationships and Responsibilities |
Choices |
Islam |
Year 10
|
Ethics |
Teachings of Jesus |
The Christian Church |
Assessment
Key Stage Three- Class debates, self and peer assessment, structured group work, circle time, assessment games, extended writing tasks and written examinations.
Key Stage Four Religious Education
Examination board: CCEA
Examination assessment: Two examination papers- One paper in Year 11 and one paper in Year 12.
Examination weight: Each paper is 50% of the overall GCSE grade.
Topics of study: The Gospel of Mark in Year 11 and Christian Ethics in Year 12.
The Gospel of Mark- Details about the life of Jesus, the miracles and teachings of Jesus and his trial and execution.
Christian Ethics- Discussions on the topics of bioethics, euthanasia, abortion, war and capital punishment.
Career links
Studying RE will help support students in their opportunity to explore many different career paths.
Website links
CCEA RE GCSE
https://ccea.org.uk/key-stage-4/gcse/subjects/gcse-religious-studies-2017
CCEA RE Specification
CCEA RE Practice Papers
https://ccea.org.uk/key-stage-4/gcse/subjects/gcse-religious-studies-2017/past-papers-mark-schemes
CCEA Key Stage Three