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Society, Religion & Wellbeing
Head of Department: Miss F Frew
Overview
Society, Religion and Wellbeing department has a committed team of dedicated specialist teachers, Miss A Azizi, Mrs, T Needs, Mrs V Salem, Mr R Toop Mrs K Wells and Mrs G Williamson.
We teach Citizenship, Religious Education, PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education) which also includes Careers Education across KS3, KS4 and General Studies at KS 5. Ours is a dynamic department that used original and innovative teaching ideas to meet the needs of all students.
KS3 Schemes of work
Year 7
Through some collaboration with the Humanities Department we now offer the Year 7 Project where students in Year 7 are taught PSHE, Citizenship, RE and their humanities subject by the same teacher.
Year 8
In Year 8 Citizenship covers a large range of topics.
Global Community
• Fair Trade – The choc game
• Global Citizenship UN game
• Global Warming, world debt
• Actions organisations can take affecting communities and the environment
• The UK’s relationship with the UN
The Real Game
• Different types of work
• Work roles and identities
• Range of opportunities in learning and work
• Skills and qualities for work
• Personal budgeting
• Money management
• Risk and reward with money
• Dilemmas about money
• Economic and business terms
Healthy Living
• Physical and emotional change in puberty
• Facts and laws about alcohol and tobacco use and misuse
• Diet
• Leisure and exercise
• Drugs
Year 9
The Justice System
• Legal process
• Types of and reasons for Punishment
• How laws get made
• Relationships
• Parenting
• Families
Diversity
• Changing nature of UK society
• Migration
• Diversity among people
• Impact of prejudice
Human Rights
• Amnesty
• Media role in influencing
Assessment in Citizenship
Assessment in Key Stage 3 is assessed through levels that cover the following strands:
• Understanding issues that concern me and others
• Making a difference
• Enquiry
• Making arguments
• Understanding issues
• Democracy and Justice
GCSE Citizenship Short Course
The course is designed to meet the requirements of KS 4 Citizenship Programme of study, to engage students in their community, encourage them to take a more active role in citizenship activities and to ensure that students develop their understanding of the issues that surround them in the 21st century. By the end of their studies, students will be able to engage with topical citizenship issues and be able to form their own opinions about the challenges facing society, to think locally and globally. Key areas of study will include justice, democracy, rights and responsibilities, identities and diversity and also consider global issues. Students will develop their skills of enquiry, critical thinking, distinguishing facts, deciding on opinions and bias and make their own judgments from their knowledge and understanding of the citizenship issues explored.
Assessment Requirement:
The course is broken down into two units:
Unit 1: Citizenship Today (unit code 5CS01)
Externally assessed. Worth 40% of the total GCSE (short course).
Overview of content
Students study all three themes:
• Theme 1: Rights and Responsibilities
• Theme 2: Power, politics and the media
• Theme 3: The global community.
Overview of assessment:
Students will be assess through a single examination. The examination time is one hour and there are 50 marks available. Students answer questions on each theme
Unit 2: Participating in Society (unit code 5CS02)
Internally assessed. Worth 60% of the total GCSE (short course).
Overview of content:
Students choose a key issue to focus on from nine range and content areas, and an activity.
Overview of assessment:
Students are assessed, under control conditions, through a single internally-assessed, externally-moderated assessment consisting on one structured task.
There are 50 marks available for this assessment.
The qualification offers:
- Nationally recognised certification
- Leads onto A Level General Studies, Citizenship and a range of other awards and certificates
- Gives experience in working in teams, leadership, taking responsibility and being a contributing part of the local community that is valuable for references and curriculum vitae
Examination Board: Edexcel
Personal and Social Development Qualification (PSD)
Level 2
The aims of this course are to support young people in:
• Becoming confident individuals who are physically, emotionally and socially healthy
• Being responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society and embrace change
• Managing risk together with their own wellbeing
• As well as introducing them to new activities and personal challenges.
How to achieve the Personal and Social Development Qualification (PSD)
Students select from a range of ‘challenges’ from the modules that make up PSD at Levels 2:
• SR: Managing Social Relationships
• CD: Identity and Cultural Diversity
• IR: Individual Rights and Responsibilities
• CA: Community Action
• HL: Healthy Living
• HE: Healthy Eating
• FS: Food Safety in the Home and Community
• PW: Preparation for Work
• MM: Managing Own Money
• YM: Your Money in the Future
• LT: Making the Most of Leisure Time
• EA: Environmental Awareness
• P: Parenting Awareness
By building up a Portfolio of Evidence as they complete the various challenges, candidates develop their knowledge and abilities within the areas of personal and social development and provide evidence of meeting the Assessment Units for the chosen modules.
Assessment process:
1. Internal assessment and moderation
2. Candidate names submitted to ASDAN
3. ASDAN sample the submission
4. External postal moderation
The Qualifications offer:
• Nationally recognised certification for Levels 1 and 2
• Accreditation for existing PSHE and PSD activities
• Opportunities to include activities both inside and outside of school and in non-formal situations
• 100% coursework and postal moderation
GCSE Short Course RE- Overview
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Unit 1: Marriage and family- Islam and Christianity
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Unit 2: Matters of life and Death- Islam and Christianity
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Unit 3: Community Cohesion- Islam and Christianity
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Unit 4:
Believing in God
(Christianity ONLY)
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Changing attitudes to family
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Belief in Life after Death
Christian
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Attitudes to men and women in the UK
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Main features of a religious up-bringing
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Attitudes to Sex outside marriage- Christianity
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Belief in Life after death
Islam
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Different Christian views on the role of women
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Religious experience and belief in God
Numinous, Conversion, Miracles
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Attitudes to sex outside marriage- Islam
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Non religious reasons to believe in Life after death
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Different Muslim attitudes to the role of women
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Prayer
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Different Christian attitudes to Divorce
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Why people don’t believe in life after death
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UK as a Multi ethnic society
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Design Argument
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Different Muslim attitudes to Divorce
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Society and Abortion
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Government action to promote Racial Harmony
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Causation
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Christianity and the Family
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Christian attitudes to abortion
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Christianity and Racism
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Scientific views of the world
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Islam and the Family
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Muslim attitudes to abortion
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Islam and Racism
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Problem of evil
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Christian views on Homosexuality
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Society and Euthanasia
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UK as a Multi Faith Society
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Response to Evil and Suffering
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Muslim views on Homosexuality
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Christianity and Euthanasia
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Issues of living in a Multi faith society
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How TV and Film affects belief in God
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Christian attitudes to contraception
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Islam and Euthanasia
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Religions and pluralism
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Muslim attitudes to contraception
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What the media says about Life and death issues
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How the media treats religion
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Assessment and Key Skills
Assessment will be through a 1.30hr exam at the end of Year 11. The exam will be divided into 4 sections. You will be expected to choose 1 of the 2 questions set on each section (4 questions in total). Each question is divided into 4 parts.
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section
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Marks
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Skill
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Examples
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Key words
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A
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2
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Definitions
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What is racism?
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What is…
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B
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Reasoning
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Do you think divorce is better than an unhappy marriage? Give two reasons for your point of view.
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I think…because
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C
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Explaining
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Explain why some Christians do not agree with abortion.
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Because, So, As, Therefore
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D
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6
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Evaluating
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“Evil and suffering prove that God does not exist.”
In your answer you should refer to at least 1 religion:
i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion
ii) Give reasons why some may not agree with you.
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I agree because
Others may disagree because
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Key Word Glossary: Believing in God
Agnosticism
Atheism
Conversion
Free- will
Miracle
Moral Evil
Natural Evil
Numinous
Omni Benevolent
Omnipotent
Omniscient
Prayer
Key Word Glossary: Matters of Life & Death
Abortion
Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia
Immortality of the soul
Near death experience
Non-voluntary euthanasia
Paranormal
Quality of life
Reincarnation
Resurrection
Sanctity of life
Voluntary euthanasia
Key word glossary: Marriage & Family Life
Adultery
Civil partnership
Cohabitation
Contraception
Faithfulness
Homosexuality
Nuclear family
Pre-marital sex
Procreation
Promiscuity
Re-constituted family
Re-marriage
Key word glossary: Community Cohesion
Community cohesion
Discrimination
Ethnic minority
Interfaith marriages
Multi ethnic society
Multi faith society
Prejudice
Racial harmony
Racism
Religious freedom
Religious pluralism
Sexism
Religious Education Key Stage 3 Programme of Study Warlingham School 2009
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Autumn Term
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Spring Term
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Summer Term
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Year 7
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Community
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Democracy
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Heritage
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Culture
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Synoptic
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Do you need to go to Church to be a Christian?
Jewish communities
(CCU)
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Is religion a Good thing?
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Is Christianity worth dying for
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The Nature of Religion
Rituals
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Year 8
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Religious leaders
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Islam
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Science
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Was Jesus who he said he was?
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How do Sikhs achieve equality within community life?
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How is self discipline reflected in the everyday life of a Muslim?
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Do our actions influence our future?
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Science and Religion
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How is the Bible used?
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Year 9
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Suffering
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Philosophy
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GCSE INTRO
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Buddhism and Suffering
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Faith in Action
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Philosophy
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Ethics
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How does the Qur’an reveal the will of Allah?
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Christian values
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