Religious Education Curriculum

Rules, expectations and presentation

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• Look at the Lakshmi story

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• To recall the basic Hindu lifestyle and beliefs

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• Explore what happens at Diwali

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• To describe the significance of the Aum symbol

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• Rama and Sita story

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• To explain Hindu beliefs on Brahman and how this compares to personal ideas of God

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• Learn about the events of Hanukah

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• To explain the story of Diwali and examine how Hindus celebrate it

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• Discuss the creation story

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• To analyse the concepts of karma and dharma

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• Explore different ideas about how the world began

Trip to Neasden Temple

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• To illustrate the features of a Mandir and how Hindus use it to worship

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• Discuss how Muslims think the world began

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• To evaluate how Hindus worship at home

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• Discuss how Christians think the world began

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• To assess my Knowledge and Understanding of Hinduism

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• What would you ask the creator of the world

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• To justify the importance of the River Ganges and Varanasi in Hindu Pilgrimage

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• Revise any misconceptions from assessment

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• To recognise what is meant by the term ‘inspirational’

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• Story of Jesus meets Zacchaeus

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• To recall the words and actions of Jesus

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• Story of the widows mite

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• To evaluate the impact of Jesus’ death on Christians

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• Prodigal son

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• To identify the impact that believing in Jesus will have on a Christian life

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• Wise and Foolish builders

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• To examine the actions of contemporary inspirational Christians

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• Feeding of the 500

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• To evaluate reasons Christians regard Jesus as a source of authority

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• The calming of the storm

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• To evaluate the most important attitudes and values to a Christian

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• Parable of the 2 sons

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• Essay: Why is Jesus important to Christians

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• What is Easter?

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• To discuss what it means to be part of a Christian community

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• What happened on Psalm Sunday?

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• To argue how Christians put their beliefs into practice

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• Look at the events of the last supper including the story of the arrest of Jesus

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• To assess knowledge and understanding of Christianity

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• Resurrection of Jesus

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• To evaluate the different ways Christians express their beliefs

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• Revise any misconceptions from assessment

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• To consider what makes a place special and significant

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• Explore who is God

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• To examine the main features of Christian worship including prayer, communion and praise
• Muhammad and the thirsty camel

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• To compare how different denominations practice Christian traditions
• Muhammad and the sleeping kitten

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• To contrast the similarities and differences in worship with the Christian religion

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• How do Muslims care for all of Allah’s creations (tiny ants and baby birds)

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• To discuss  worship at the Mandir and worship at home for Hindus

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• What is the Qur’an

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• To examine the practice of giving prashad

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• Why is the Qur’an important to Muslims

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• To explain the meaning of the puja tray and the arti ceremony

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• What makes the Qur’an special to Muslims

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• To compare Christian worship and Hindu worship

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• Stories from the Qur’an

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• Essay: How, where and why do different religions worship?

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• Recognise the Qur’an as a guide to Muslims on how to live their lives

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• Essay: How, where and why do different religions worship?
• To analyse the role of prayer and the synagogue for Jewish people

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• Retell a story about the prophet Muhammad

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• To assess my knowledge and understanding of Hinduism and Christianity

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• How do Muslims pray?

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• To evaluate the spiritual significance of religious pilgrimages

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• Revise any misconceptions from assessment

Rules, systems, expectations

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• To explore  Jewish beliefs about God

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• Discuss the importance of the trimuti

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• To explain the significance of the Torah

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• Describe the significance of the Aum symbol

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• To discuss stories from the Torah

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• Using the Puranas, recall key stories about Krishna and Ganesh

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• To explore how Jewish people celebrate Pesach

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• Recall basic Hindu lifestyle and beliefs

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• To examine the importance of the ten commandments

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• What is the significance of the River Ganges and Varanasi

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• To explain the significance of Kosher within Judaism

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• Examine Diawli and how Hindus celebrate

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• Essay: How do the foundations of a Jewish lifestyle differ to those of other religions

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• To assess Jewish beliefs about creation and Shabat

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• Analyse Karma and dharma

Trip to Jewish Museum

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• Explore features of a Mandir

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• To explore the significance of the synagogue

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• Investigate different murtis

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• To examine significant symbols in Judaism

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• How do Hindus celebrate Raksha Bandhan and Holi

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• To evaluate how and why Jewish people celebrate religious festival

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• Evaluate how Hindus worship at home

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• To assess knowledge and understanding of Judasim

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• To explain the significance of the pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Jewish people

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• Revise any misconceptions from the assessment

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• To state what values are important to me

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• What is meant by the term inspirational

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• To describe what a Humanist is

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• Recall words and actions of Jesus

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• To discuss what makes an action good or bad to a Humanist

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• What impact did Jesus’ death have on Christians

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• To discuss what makes an action good or bad to a Christian

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• Who are some contemporary inspirational Christians

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• To compare the actions of key Humanists and Christians

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• Evaluate why Christians regard Jesus as a source of authority

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• To manage values held by Humanists, Christians and myself

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• What are the most important attitudes and values to a Christian

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• To evaluate the Christian idea of being made in God’s image

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• What does it mean to be a part of a Christian community

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• Essay: Do Humanists and Christians have shared values

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• To argue what it means to be a part of a Christian community

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• How do Christians put their beliefs into practice

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• To interpret what difference being a part of a Christian community can make to how Christians live

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• In what different ways do Christians express their beliefs

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• To assess  understanding and knowledge of Christianity and Humanism

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• To evaluate dilemmas about doing the right thing

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• Revise any misconceptions from the assessment

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• To discuss the metaphor of life as a journey

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• Explore significant places in our lives

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• To examine how different religions mark the start of life

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• Examine the main features of Christian worship

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• To discuss the significance of ceremonies that mark milestones in life

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• Compare how different Christian denominations celebrate

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• To compare religious ceremonies which mark the commitment of a loving relationship

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• What are the similarities and differences in worship with the Christian religion

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• To explain how different religions view death and life after death

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• Worship at the Mandir and at home for Hindus

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• To evaluate commitments held by different religious believers

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• Compare how Christians and Hindus worship

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• To justify how religious and spiritual teachings can help believers move on in life’s journey

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• Examine the practice of giving prashad

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• Essay: How do believers from different religions show their commitments during the journey of life

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• To conclude whether religion provides a map of life for believers

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• What is the role of prayer for Jewish people

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• To sketch different religious ‘maps of life’

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• Evaluate the spiritual significance of religious pilgrimages

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• To assess knowledge and understanding of Judaism

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• To evaluate our own ideas about community, belonging and belief

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• Revise any misconceptions from the assessment

Rules, systems, expectations

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• To discuss what being a follower of Islam means to different people

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• What are Jewish beliefs about God?

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• To examine each of the five pillars

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• Explain how Jewish people follow the Ten Commandments

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• To evaluate the significance of the mosque and how Muslims pray
• Trip to East London mosque

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• Explore the key features of the synagogue

France residential and Harvest Festival rehearsal

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• To discuss Muhammed and what happened on the night of power

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• Assess Jewish beliefs about creation

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• To explain the importance of the Qur’an

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• Explain the significance of the Torah

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• Essay: What are the most important aspects of the Islamic faith and how do these compare to other religions?

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• To assess other forms of guidance for Muslims such as Hadith and Sunnah

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• Examine significant symbols in Judaism

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• To discuss Ramadan and why Muslims fast

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• Examine the significance of Kosher within Judaism

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• To analyse the significance of Eid Ul-Fitr

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• Explore how Jewish people celebrate Pesach

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• To explain what happens on The Hajj

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• Argue the significance of pilgrimage to Jerusalem for Jewish people

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• To analyse the significance of Eid Ul-Adha

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• Examine how and why Jewish people celebrate religious festivals

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• To assess  knowledge and understanding of Islam

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• Visit to St. Mary’s Church

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• To compare why Islam, Christianity and Judaism are knows as ‘The Abrahamic faiths’

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• To review misconceptions from the assessment

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• To discuss the Christian understanding of the Holy Trinity

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• What does it mean to be made in God’s image?

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• To describe how Christians use the bible at in church and at home

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• What does it mean to be a part of a Christian community?

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• To discuss the story arc of the bible from creation to fall to salvation and then new creation

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• How does being a part of a Christian community impact one’s life?

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• To examine parables written by and about Jesus

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• Describe what a Humanist is

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• To investigate philosophical questions around God

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• Discuss what makes an action good or bad to a humanist

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• To analyse the impact of belief in God on a person’s lifestyle

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• Discuss what makes an action good or bad to a Christian

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• To examine how Christians put their beliefs into practice

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• Compare actions of Humanists and Christians

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• Essay: What does it mean to be Christian?

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• To evaluate how sacrifice is a key concept in Christianity

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• Evaluate dilemmas about doing the right thing

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• To compare how the last supper is remembered in different denominations

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• Explore different important Christian values

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• To assess my knowledge and understanding of Christianity

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• To justify what it means to be a part of a Christian community

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• To review misconceptions from the assessment

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• To express initial understanding of prayer

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• Explain the metaphor of life s a journey

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• To compare how Christians pray

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• How do different religions mark the start of life?

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• To compare how Muslims pray

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• How do different religions mark significant milestones in life?

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• To compare how Jewish people pray

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• How do different religions mark the commitment of a loving relationship?

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• To compare how different religions pray

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• How do different religions view life after death?

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• To explain the role of religious places of worship in prayer

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• Recap commitments held by different religious believers

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• To assess the purpose of prayer

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• How can spiritual and religious teachings help believers move on in life’s journey?

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• Essay: How do people of the Abrahamic faiths pray?
• Draw on similarities and differences between these Abrahamic faiths (Islam, Christianity, Judaism)

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• To evaluate different commitments to prayer

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• Revise beliefs about community, belonging and belief

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• To consider ‘answered’ and ‘unanswered’ prayers

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• Look at different ‘maps of life’ from religion

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• To assess my knowledge and understanding of prayer and worship

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• To compare attitudes of prayer to my own viewpoint

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• To review misconceptions from the assessment

Rules, systems, expectations

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• To describe the importance of Guru Nanak

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• Explain Muslim beliefs about God

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• To explain who the other nine human gurus were

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• Retell the Night of Power and importance of Muhammad to Islam

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• To list the key values of Sikhism

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• Review the Five Pillars of Islam

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• To summarise the importance of the Guru Granth Sahib

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• Describe the importance of the Qur’an

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• To explain the significance of the 5 K’s in Sikh initiation

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• Summarise the events of the Hajj

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• To describe what happens in the Amrit Ceremony and other important Sikh ceremonies

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• List rites of passage in Islam

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• Essay: How do the key practices and beliefs of Sikhism differ from those in Christianity, or Islam?

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• To compare the roles of the Gurdwara

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• Explore the key features of the mosque

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• Trip to a Gurdwara
• To contrast Sikh celebrations

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• To assess other forms of guidance for Muslims such as Hadith and Sunnah

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• To explain how Sikhs celebrate Diwali

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• Describe how Ramadan is celebrated

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• To describe the significance of Baisakhi

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• Describe the significance of Eid Ul-Adha

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• To analyse the significance of Holi Mohalla

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• Contrast the Abrahamic religions

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• To assess our knowledge and understanding of Sikhism

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• To explain how Sikhs celebrate Holi

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• To review misconceptions from the assessment

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• To explain the Christian belief in God

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• Retell the story arc of the bible from creation to resurrection

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• To summarise Christian beliefs about life after death

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• Review morals of parables about the life of Jesus

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• To describe the significance of the Bible as a source of wisdom and authority

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• Describe how Christians use the bible in the church and at home

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• To explain the meaning and significance behind Christian rituals that mark death

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• Explain what it means to be part of a Christian community

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• To analyse the significance of the Qur’an as a source of wisdom and authority

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• Describe how Muslims use the Qur’an in the mosque and at home

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• To explain Muslim beliefs about life after death

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• Explain what it means to be part of a Muslim community

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• To describe the meaning and significance behind Muslim rituals that mark death

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• Compare the role of religious leaders in Sikhism, Christianity and Islam

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• Essay: Sikhism, Christianity and Islam all have views on life after death. How are they similar, or different?

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• To explain Sikh views on their life cycle

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• Review how the Guru Granth Sahib is used in worship by Sikhs

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• To describe why Karma plays a big role in Sikhism

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• Explain the role of the gurdwara in a Sikh community

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• To assess knowledge and understanding of religion’s views on life after death

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• To explain non-religious beliefs about suffering and life after death

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• To review misconceptions from the assessment

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• To analyse how religious charities make a difference

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• Explain the impact of belief in God on a person’s lifestyle

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• To explain how the ideals of Christian living come from the teachings of Jesus and Paul

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• Explain how Christians put their beliefs into practice

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• To describe how Christians put the teachings of Jesus into practice

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• Summarise how sacrifice is a key concept in Christianity

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• To summarise how Muslims put the words of the Qur’an and the prophet Muhammad into practice

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• Compare how different religions pray

SATs week

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• To describe the connections between the teachings of Islam and Muslim charities

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• Review how Muslims put Muhammad’s words into practice

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• To analyse how Sikhs put teachings of Guru Nanak into practice

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• Compare the role of places of worship in different religions

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• To explain the connections between the teachings of Sikhism and Sikh charities

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• Explain different religions’ commitments to prayer

Rhos y Gwaliau

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• Essay: Of the charities we have studied, which one best exemplifies the golden rule and its religion’s commitment to its community? Why?
• Explain the role of charities and the underlying religious philosophies that guide them

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• To assess my knowledge and understanding of the Sikh teachings

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• To compare how followers of different faiths (Christians, Sikhs, and Muslims) apply their ideals to their daily lives

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• To review misconceptions from the assessment