Key Stage 3
Religious Education at Key Stage 3
In order to allow pupils to pursue Religious Studies at GCSE and beyond, it is anticipated that the programme followed by your child during Key Stage 3 will be as follows.
Topics Covered per Half Term
Term |
Year 7 |
Autumn 1 |
Content: Religious rules
AT2: Identity, diversity and belonging |
Autumn 2 |
Content: Showing how people belong to religious communities.
Important religious leaders AT2: Values and commitments |
Spring 1 |
Content: Important places (pilgrimage).
AT1: Beliefs, teaching and sources |
Spring 2 |
Content: Symbols.
AT1 : Expressing meaning (Forms of Expression) |
Summer 1 |
Content: Places of worship
AT1 : Expressing meaning (Forms of Expression) |
Summer 2 |
Content: Acts of worship (to include prayer, holy communion, etc)
AT2: Identity, diversity and belonging. |
Term |
Year 9 |
Autumn 1 |
Content: Paley’s design theory, Christian, Jewish and other creation theories.
AT1: Beliefs, teaching and sources |
Autumn 2 |
Content: Look at the idea of god in different religions.
AT1: Beliefs, teaching and sources |
Spring 1 |
Content: Celebrations (festivals)
AT1: Practices and ways of life |
Spring 2 |
Content: Birth and initiation ceremonies.
AT2: Identity, diversity and belonging |
Summer 1 |
Content: Marriage Ceremonies
AT1: Practices and ways of life |
Summer 2 |
Content: Death ceremonies and the belief in the afterlife.
AT2: Meaning, purpose and truth |
Term |
Year 9 |
Autumn 1 |
Content: Proof and evidence. Evolution and creation
AT1: Beliefs, teaching and sources |
Autumn 2 |
Content: Look at different types of suffering and why religions think suffering happens.
AT2: Meaning, purpose and truth |
Spring 1 |
Content: Look at examples of suffering in the world, focus on religious responses
AT2: Meaning, purpose and truth |
Spring 2 |
Content: stewardship, environmental concerns, animal rights.
AT2: Values and commitments |
Summer 1 |
Content: sanctity of human life, focusing on issues of abortion, suicide and euthanasia.
AT2: Values and commitments |
Summer 2 |
Content: Looking at the differences between truth and belief.
AT2: Meaning, purpose and truth |