Religious Education at Cheney covers many topics, including philosophical and ethical questions in each year.  This is to develop each student as a questioning learner, interested in current affairs and issues in today’s world.

Meet Mr Twycross, our Head of Humanities, who can tell you a little bit about what you will study in History, Geography, and R.E.

 

KEY STAGE THREE

During Year 7 and 8 and 9 students study the religions of Judaism, Islam,
Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Throughout the three years they apply
the beliefs of these religions to issues such as the problem of suffering, the existence of God, what
it means to be human, whether war is ever right and whether religion is a force for good or bad.

Assessment:

Students are assessed termly at the end of each unit. These assessments will vary
and will attempt to demonstrate the progression of core RE skills, which are learning
about religion and learning from religion. The assessments will include multiple choice quizzes,
exam questions and independent presentations. The aim is to enable students to
achieve their full potential during these assessments and so we often use the
assessments as a tool for enabling students to progress and develop, not just to
measure standards.

KEY STAGE FOUR

Year 10 will study the full course GCSE Religious Studies. They will be exploring
the unit Christianity & Islam from WJEC and the topics studied will be based on the beliefs
and practices of these two religions. All units are assessed through exam questions
during lessons, culminating in an end of unit exam question paper. Year 11 is the
final year, with students taking their full GCSE at the end of year 11.

This will be in the form of three written papers:
Paper 1-Philosophical & ethical issues in the modern world
Paper 2-Christianity
Paper 3-Islam
The religions taught for the GCSE in both years are Islam and Christianity.

KEY STAGE FIVE

AQA Philosophy and Ethics is the study of the key moral and ethical issues in life,
exploring various philosophical and ethical theories, which are then applied to ethical
issues.

Year 12: Philosophy & Moral Ethics and Epistemology: arguments and
challenges to the existence of God (e.g. the Problem of Evil); ethical theories (such
as Natural Law) and applying these theories to ethical issues, e.g. euthanasia.

Year 13: Metaphysics of the Mind and Metaphysics of God: Religious language,
religious experiences, life and death; freewill and determinism, meta-ethics, the
conscience, virtue ethics.

This course is assessed through essay questions and exam papers throughout the
year, culminating in the final A level AQA summer exams.

A-Level wider reading and discovering lists for Philosophy and Ethics