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• Religious Education
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• Deaf Support Base
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• Learning Mentors
• Special Educational Needs

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• Library
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About the Department:
We follow the Tower Hamlets Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education. There is one lesson a week for all years. Lessons are one hour each on Mondays-Thursdays and 50 minutes each on Fridays.

KS3: Each unit is taught over one half-term and should last between 6-7 weeks. Some cross over occurs when half-term is longer or shorter. 

The Year 7 course considers some to the Beliefs and Sources of Authority for religiously committed people.

The main religions studied will be CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM and HINDUISM. The course is divided into FIVE main parts:

• Learning About and Learning From Religion (0.5 units);

• Beliefs and Authority in Christianity (1.5 units);

• A Project on Beliefs and Authority in Buddhism, Judaism or Sikhism (1 unit);

• Beliefs and Authority in Hinduism (1 unit);

• Beliefs and Authority in Islam (1 unit).

The Year 8 course considers what it means to belong to a religion. We will focus on the practices and community activities involved for a religiously committed person.

The main religions studied will be CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM and HINDUISM. The course is divided into FOUR main parts:

• Belonging to Hinduism (1 unit);

• Belonging to Islam (2 units);

• Belonging to Christianity (2 units);

• A Project on Practices and Lifestyles in Buddhism, Judaism or Sikhism (1 unit).

The Year 9 course considers Shared Values from the point of view of the religiously committed. 

The main religions studied will be CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM and HINDUISM. The course is divided into THREE main parts, with an introduction to KS4 studies at the end.

• Shared values in Islam, Hinduism and Christianity (3 units);

• A Project on Shared Values in Buddhism, Judaism or Sikhism (1 unit);

• Faith in Action - Helping Each Other and Protecting the Environment (1 units);

• Introduction to the GCSE course (see below) 

Again topics are taught in half-term units (with some cross-over).
Course studied: NEAB 2344 SYLLABUS D 'Thinking About God and Morality'
This is a Short Course GCSE. 

Course Content: 
Part A: Thinking About God 
The Existence of God
The nature of God
How God may be known

Part B: Thinking About Morality Ways of making moral decisions. (Taught at the end of Year 9) 
Issues of life and death (Euthanasia / Capital Punishment) 
Relationships (Sex, Marriage and Divorce / Prejudice and Discrimination) 
Global issues (Wealth and Poverty / War and Peace) 

Staffing:
Cornelius Henry - Head of Department
Jodie Hassan
Agnes Houessou
Beverley Clarke

Further detail:
Download the Religious Education Scheme of Work
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