The Snaith School

Religious Education

Welcome

Religious Education at Snaith School is a highly successful and challenging subject and boasts some of the best results in the school. The RE department also aims to bring the subject to life. We have invited Debbie Purdy in to speak to students about assisted suicide, Martin House Hospice to speak about alternatives to euthanasia, and the Prison Me, No Way! team to speak to students about the conditions of prison. We also regularly visit places of Worship to help bring the subject to life. In RE we challenge students to develop their own opinions whilst being fully aware of the reasons that people form opinions that may be vastly different from their own.

The Department is made up of:
Mr G. Gardner, Mrs H. Yates, Miss S. Barr and Miss P. Burrows.

Key Stage 3 Information

In Key Stage 3 Students learn about the most popular religions in the world. Students start Year 7 by understanding the need to learn RE. Year 7 have 2 x 1 hour lessons per week. Year 7 units include:

1.    An Introduction to RE at Snaith School
2.    Christianity
3.    Judaism
4.    Islam

In Year 7 Students will also collaborate with Drama and Citizenship for N2K.. N2K is a learning skills based set of 3 projects focusing on Teamwork, Effective Participation and Independent learning.
In Year 8 and 9 Citizenship is delivered through the PHSCEE program.

Units include:
1.    Buddhism
2.    Hinduism
3.    Christianity and preparation for GCSE.

Key Stage 4 Information

GCSE RE starts in Year 9 and is completed in Year 10. All students study the OCR GCSE RE Full Course B: Philosophy and Ethics. Units include: -

Each Unit is assessed by a 1 hour examination. There is no coursework element. There is an opportunity for some students to take the Unit 2 examination at the end of Year 9 and Unit 3 in the January of Year 10.

Next Steps

Post 16 courses are taught at most colleges. RE is also good preparation for Philosophy, Sociology and Law

• New College - Religious Studies

• York College - Social Science & Humanities

• John Leggott - Religious Studies

• Selby College - 'AS' and 'A2' Level Religious Studies