Religious Education
“If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them to respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
Our curriculum at Unity Academy has been created in line with the Middlesbrough Agreed Syllabus (SACRE) the curriculum for RE aims that all pupils:
Know about and understand a range of religions and worldviews.
Express ideas and insights about the nature, significance and impact of religions and worldviews.
Gain and deploy the skills needed to engage seriously with religion and worldviews.
‘RE explores big questions about life, in order to find out what people believe and what difference this makes to how they live, so that pupils can make sense of religion and worldviews, reflecting on their own ideas and ways of living’.
Key Stage 3
Year 7 Is religion relevant today?
Year 8 Does religion help people to be good?
Year 9 Does religion give us answers to today's modern questions?
Key Stage 4
AQA Religious Studies A (Christianity and Islam)
At GCSE level the course focuses on the study of beliefs and practices from a Christian and Islamic perspective; this then follows the application of Christian and Islamic philosophical and ethical views to issues in the world today.The units studied are as below.
Unit 1 & 2; Beliefs and teachings & Practices of:
Christianity
Islam
Unit 3;
Religion and life
Religion, peace and conflict
Religion, crime and punishment
Religion, human rights and social justice
At the end of the course students complete two written exams, each lasting 1 hour 45 minutes. The qualification received is GCSE Religious Studies.