The main aims of our department are to:

• Give children and young people the opportunity to:

1. Learn about religion and worldviews.

2. Express and communicate ideas about religion and worldviews.

3. Gain and deploy skills needed for the study of religion and worldviews.

• Provide an opportunity for children and young people to understand each other’s beliefs, practices and ways of life.

• Make a valuable contribution to the personal development of children and young people, particularly their spiritual, moral, social, cultural and intellectual development.

• Enhance the growth of every child and young people, regardless of whether they come from a religious family background or not.

• Contribute to the development and demonstration of pupils’ skills and attitudes that will allow them to participate fully in and contribute positively to life in modern Britain.

Key Stage 3

Year 7

• Is Camden a religious borough?
• What can we learn from Religious Stories?
• What does it mean to be a Humanist in the 21st century?

Year 8

• How does the media treat religion?
• Does religion help people to be good?
• Is death the end?

Year 9

• Why is there suffering?
• Christianity in 5 arguments part 1
• Christianity in 5 arguments part 2

 

If students do not opt for GCSE RE, the expected curriculum expectations are met through the PSHE and tutorial programme.

GCSE syllabus: https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/rs/specifications/AQA-8062-SP-2016.PDF