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KS3

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RE Entry Level

RE School Certificate

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Religious Education at La Mare de Carteret School is based on Millennium Visions, the Guernsey Agreed Syllabus. This meets statutory requirements by reflecting the mainly Christian religious traditions of Guernsey and including teaching about the other principal world religions.

The courses enable students to gain an understanding that religion has practical application to everyday life and encourages them to develop their own beliefs and values.

In this way Religious Education contributes to the spiritual, moral, cultural and intellectual development of students and encourages them to develop a positive understanding of diversity in our pluralistic society. The Department does not aim to provide nurture in a particular faith or seek to undermine the faith of any student.

* All homework can be accessed for each year on the web site.

KS3

Christianity

At KS3 young people are encouraged to study Christianity as a holistic global religion. Students study Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism as outlined in Millennium Visions.

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GCSE Short Course

In Years 10 and 11 some students follow the GCSE short course in Religious Studies.

This course is intended to make students think about the religious and moral issues of the modern world and examine them from the viewpoint of: Christianity, Judaism and non-religious viewpoints.

Useful links to web sites that would be great for REVISION!!!!

http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk

http://ks4.reonline.org.uk/tt_gheads.php?15

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

http://www.request.org.uk

http://www.gcsere.org.uk

Skills students will gain from the course:

• The ability to make their own reasoned decisions on religious and moral issues.
• The ability to empathise with people whose views they disagree with
• The ability to communicate their own religious and moral view.
• The ability to evaluate moral and religious statements.

Course Content

• Believing in God
• Matters of Life and Death
• Marriage and the Family
• Social Harmony
• Wealth and Poverty

Course assessment: is by examination in year 11

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Entry Level Course

Some of our Year 10 student study the one year RE course leading to an Entry Level GCSE Certificate. The same skills covered in the short course GCSE are applicable and we study moral and religious issues from a Christian, Jewish and non-religious viewpoint. Much of our study involves active-learning, use of ICT and group and class discussions.

Course Content

• Marriage and the Family or Social Harmony
• Matters of Life and Death or Believing in God
• Wealth and Poverty

Course assessment is by in-class assessment tasks, marked by the teacher and validated by the examining board.

Students are awarded a pass, merit or distinction on their certificates.

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School Certificate Course

In year 10 some students follow the school certificate course the course consists of existentialism, eastern religions, Buddhism, Hinduism. A wide range of mediums is used in teaching, art, media and discussion.

In year 11 students follow a course studying conflict, religion and the media focussing on current events.

Both courses are assessed by the teacher.

Those who successfully complete both courses are awarded the Guernsey Achievement in Religious Education of La Mare de Carteret School.

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Head of Department Ms S McInally