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Welcome to the Religious Studies department. Religious Studies is offered at KS3 and GCSE. The Religious Studies teachers have used the Berkshire Locally Agreed Syllabus to plan a curriculum suited to our students, school and wider community. The aim is to give students the opportunity to develop their awareness of the rich and varied cultures and beliefs of the world, the UK and the local area.

What happens at KS3?

Students follow an engaging curriculum that enables them to enquire, analyse and evaluate the major world religions and secular approaches to give them a secure knowledge and understanding of religion, philosophy and ethics.

	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	Term 4	Term 5	Term 6
^{Year 7}	^{Key Beliefs.}	^{Key Beliefs.}	^{Creation Stories.}	^{Religious Founders.}	^{Religious Buildings.}	^{Spirituality.}
^{Year 8}	^{Review of Religious Buildings.} ^{Inspirational} ^People.	^{Inspirational} ^People. ^Festivals.	^Festivals. ^{Alternative beliefs.}	^{Alternative beliefs.} ^{Life After Death.}	^{Life After Death.} ^{Introduction to Evil and suffering.}	^{Evil and Suffering.}
^{Year 9}	^{Review of Key ideas from last year.} ^Morality.	^Morality. ^Ethics.	^Ethics.	^{Philosophy of religion.}	^{Philosophy of religion.} ^{Introduction to Science and Religion.}	^{Science and religion.}

Term 1

Term 2

Term 3

Term 4

Term 5

Term 6

^{Year 7}

^{Key Beliefs.}

^{Creation Stories.}

^{Religious Founders.}

^{Religious Buildings.}

^{Spirituality.}

^{Year 8}

^{Review of Religious Buildings.}

^{Inspirational}

^People.

^{Inspirational}

^People.

^Festivals.

^{Alternative beliefs.}

^{Life After Death.}

^{Introduction to Evil and suffering.}

^{Evil and Suffering.}

^{Year 9}

^{Review of Key ideas from last year.}

^Morality.

^Ethics.

^{Philosophy of religion.}

^{Introduction to Science and Religion.}

^{Science and religion.}

What happens beyond KS3?

For GCSE we offer the AQA Religious Studies Specification A GCSE course. This course gives students a chance to explore big questions about life and ethics. They will build upon the skills and content developed at KS3, expressing their opinion and consider a variety of others, including religious and non-religious views.

Teaching Team

Miss E O’ Reilly (Social Sciences Department Lead) eoreilly@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk

Mrs T Edwards (Teacher of English and RS) tedwards@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk

Mrs M Cousins (Teacher of RS and Psychology) mcousins@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk

Mr D Chandler (Teacher of RS and Psychology) dchandler@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk

Mr J Williams (Teacher of Business and RS) jwilliams@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk

Further Information

If you have any further queries, please contact the Religious Studies Department Lead
eoreilly@bulmershe.wokingham.sch.uk

Subject Documents	Date
RS KS3 Long Term Plan	22nd Sep 2024	Download
RS KS4 Long Term Plan	14th Nov 2024	Download

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