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Core Curriculum - the revision of the Religious Studies Core Curriculum has now been published. We were rather impatient and introduced a form of it into our teaching programme in September 2005. It was based upon the draft document that we received many months before.

Now that the final document has arrived, we have made a number of amendments to our new Schemes of Work, to ensure that we meet all the requirements of the Revised Core Curriculum.

As our own Schemes of Work were due for revision, we introduced the Core Curriculum immediately, rather than do it year by year. We think it has been a good move!

Year 8

Module 1 – The World in which Jesus lived

Module 2 – The Bible is God’s Word

Module 3 – Climax of the Life of Jesus

Module 4 (a) – The Spread of Christianity – New Testament

Module 4 (b) – The Spread of Christianity – to Ireland

Module 5 – Introduction to World Religions

Year 9

Module 1 – God’s relationship with people in the OT

Module 2 – Relationship to God and relationship to others (Commandments Scrapbook Project)

Module 3 – Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus (Newspaper Report on the Resurrection)

Module 4 (a) – The Church in Reform (Joint Study with the History Department)

Module 4 (b) – Judaism - Introduction and Beliefs

Module 5 – Judaism – in Practice

Year 10

Module 1 - Issues of Personal Identity and Relationships

Module 2 - The Early Church in Crisis (this is an option we have elected to teach in our school)

Module 3 - Jesus the Revolutionary - Attitude to People

Module 4a - Jesus the Revolutionary - Attitude to Women

Module 4b - Jesus the Revolutionary - Attitude to Authority

Module 5 - Islam - in Practice