The Curriculum for years 8 & 9

The curriculum for years 8 & 9 is designed to be challenging in its nature with lots of philosophical issues as well as the religious content.

It is rooted firmly in the Agreed Syllabus Document for the Borough of Poole "REvisions"

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Here is the outline for year 8:

Autumn Term

• What is Religion?....... and what is Philosophy?
• Types of question
• Theism, atheism and agnosticism
• Creation. Religious (Christian and Hindu) and scientific - steady state/big bang
• Ultimate Reality.....
  • Arguments for the existence of God
  • Thomas Aquinas including criticisms
  • Hindu concept of God
• Human Values - What are they and where do they originate?
• An introduction to the Buddhist concept of sufferring.
• Rules:
  • secular
  • religious
• The Christmas day football match.

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Spring Term

• Eschatology - beliefs about life after death.
  • Christian
  • Buddhist
• Happiness - What is it?
• Inspiring people.......starting with Ghandhi
• The diversity of Christianity.
• Charity......... what is it?.......a close look at one in particular.
• The environment
  • secular and
  • views
• Exploring the idea of Trinity.
• A look at Tawhid

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Summer Term

• The underpinning philosophy of Buddhism
• What is being good? A look at Kant and some of his ideas about this.
• The stages of life and rites of passage.
• An introduction to knowledge and wisdom and what they might be.

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Here is the outline for year 9:

Autumn Term

• The Bible as a special text
• The Qur'an as a special text
• Who am I?
• Some ethical issues - The idea that inner thought motivates outer action.
  • Christian
  • Buddhist
  • and Hindu points of view
• What might universal laws be?
• Religious and secular views which might conflict at Christmas.

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Spring Term

• Exploring the similarities and differences between knowledge and wisdom.
• How different faith traditions view each other.
• Creeds
• Pilgrimage
  • Lourdes
  • Santigo de Compostela
  • PGS and Santiago.......
  • The Hajj
• Christian Worship
  • Why?
  • How?
  • Where?
  

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  Summer Term

  Start GCSE Edexcel course..........

  • Belief in God
    • religious upbringing
    • religious experience
    • experience of life and the world.
  • Problem of evil
  • Marriage and family life
    • purpose of marriage
    • attitudes to divorce the family
    • These last three from the perspective of Christianity and Islam
      

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