RE

Year group

Term 1a

Term 1b

Term 2a

Term 2b

Term 3a

Term 3b

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About belonging

Including a study of Saint Edmund Arrowsmith

People of God

How can we know what is true?

Who is God?

• People of God

Who is Jesus?

• Advent

People of God –

What is the Kingdom of God?

People of God –

What are signs of Catholic identity?

People of God –

Our World

People of God –

Hinduism

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People of God-

Why do promises matter?

People of God-

What are the signs of Jewish identity?

People of God –

Can one person change the world? How is Jesus the new Covenant?

• 3 lessons - Confirmation

People of God –

How do we live out reconciliation?

People of God –

Why is there suffering? Is all life of value?

People of God –

How do we know it is fair?

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Sources of Wisdom and Authority

The Bible,Interpretation of the Bible, The magisterium of the Church,  The Second Vatican Council, The Church as the Body of Christ,  The meaning of the four marks of the Church, Mary as a model of the Church, Sources of personal and ethical decision making

Practices

The sacramental nature of reality, Liturgical worship within Catholic Christianity, The funeral rite as a liturgical celebration of the Church, Prayer as the ‘raising of hearts and minds to God’, The role and importance of forms of popular piety,  Catholic Social Teaching,  Catholic mission and evangelism

Beliefs and Teaching

The Trinity, Biblical understandings of God as a Trinity of Persons, Creation, The significance of the Creation account in understanding the nature of humanity, The Incarnation, The events in the Paschal Mystery, The significance of the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus for Catholic

beliefs about salvation and grace, Catholic beliefs about eschatology

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GCSE RS Specification A Paper 1A Area of Study 1 –

Section 3 –

Sources of Wisdom and Authority

GCSE RS Specification A Paper 3A Area of Study 3- Philosophy & Ethics

Section 1  -

Arguments for the Existence of God

GCSE RS Specification A Paper 3A

Area of Study 3- Philosophy & Ethics

Section 2  -

Religious Teachings on Relationships and Families in the 21st Century.

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GCSE RS Specification A Paper 2A Study of a second Religion Judaism

Section 1:

Beliefs & Teachings

GCSE RS Specification A Paper 2A Study of a second Religion Judaism

Section 2 -Practices

GCSE RS Specification A Paper 1A Revision and Mastery

GCSE RS Specification A Paper 3A

Revision and Mastery

External GCSE Examinations

1A Catholic Christianity - 1hour ¾ 50% weighting

2A Judaism 50 minutes 25% weighting

3A Philosophy and Ethics 50 minutes 25% weighting