Download Religious Education - New Charter Academy

Welcome to Religious Education
To ensure that your son or daughter develop a deep and broad understanding of religious beliefs
and traditions in the UK and our local community the RE curriculum at New Charter Academy has
been developed in line with the Tameside Locally Agreed Syllabus.
Departmental Staff
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Ms K Heavey (Head of Department)
Mrs L Leech (Acting Head of Department, Student Learning Behaviours Lead)
Mrs S Horn
Mr M Hives
Lesson contact time at KS3 is 1 hour per fortnight in year 7 and 1 hour per week in years 8 and 9. The
topics followed are:
Year 7
Introduction to Religion - Looking at the basics of the six major world religions such as symbols,
places of worship and practices
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Judaism - An overview of the main teachings and celebrations
Buddhism - The main teachings and how to live a Buddhist Life
Year 8
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Islam - The main beliefs and practices
Hinduism - The main beliefs and practices
Sikhism - The main beliefs and practices
Humanism - An alternative to religious belief.
Year 9
Edexcel Religious studies GCSE Spec B
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Christianity and Living the Christian life
Marriage and the family according to Christianity.
Year 10
Edexcel Religious studies GCSE Spec B
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Islam and Living the Muslim life
Peace and Conflict according to Islam
Year 11 - Edexcel legacy GCSE
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Religion and community cohesion
Matters of Life and death.
If your child chooses to opt for RE as an option subject in Year 9 lesson contact time is 3 hours per
week.
If your child does not choose RE as an option subject they will be taught RE in a 7-10 week block of
1 hour per week. In these lessons your child will apply their understanding of religion developed at
KS3 to consider topical issues such as religious views on war.
As an Option Subject
You do not have to be religious to study this course. You simply need to be interested in ethical
questions, current issues and what others think. You need to be willing to think deeply about your
own opinions, and the beliefs and responses of different religious people.
Qualifications
We follow the new Edexcel GCSE (9–1) in Religious Studies Specification B.
Students will study two different religions- Christianity and Islam. Their understanding of each
religion will be assessed through two separate 1 hour and 45 minute examination papers at the end
of Year 11.
The current Year 11 are studying the Edexcel 2009 Specification: Unit 2 (Religion and Life:
Christianity) and Unit 8 (Religion and Society: Christianity and Islam).
Equipment
To support your son’s learning and engagement in this subject he needs to have: two pens, pencil,
pencil crayons, ruler, eraser, two highlighters, pencil sharpener and calculator. It will also help your
child if they have: GCSE revision guide, dictionary and thesaurus.