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St Cuthbert Mayne School Curriculum Map 2020-2021   Department: Religious Education   Department Intent and overview  

The following programme of work has been developed for the distinctive nature of our joint church school, with the agreement of both the  

Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth and the Anglican Diocese of Exeter.  

What God requires of us is this: “to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God”. Micah 6v8.  The task of handing on the Christian faith, through the doctrines and teachings of the Roman Catholic and Anglican traditions, is both a privilege  and responsibility. At the centre of all we do should be the desire “to bring young people to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.”  (Curriculum Directory).  The Religious Education curriculum seeks to promote and nurture the spiritual life of our pupils.   “All the work you do is placed in the context of growing in friendship with God, and all that flows from that friendship” Pope Benedict -The Big  Assembly.    The RE curriculum at St Cuthbert Mayne seeks to;  Explore what people believe and what difference this makes to how people live, so that pupils can gain the knowledge, understanding and skills  needed to handle questions raised by religion and belief, reflecting on their own ideas and ways of living. RE, in our church school, will enable  every child to flourish and live life to the full. Our curriculum is;  

● Ambitious for all pupils  ● Coherently planned and sequenced  ● Adapted to meet the needs of all.  

 

    

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Key Stage 3 Curriculum Summary  

During KS3 pupils will study and explore Christianity and aspects of four other major world religions, Judaism,  Islam, Sikhism and Buddhism. We will also investigate philosophical and ethical thinking and issues.  The following topics are covered:  Year 7- Community and belonging, Faith and belief, Why is Jesus special? What is the Easter hope? What does it  mean to be a Sikh? How to think philosophically.  Year 8 - Who are the People of God? Prophecy and ethics, speaking up for justice, How do we live ethically?  Environmental education, What does it mean to be Jewish?  Year 9 - What does it mean to be a Muslim? What does it mean to work for love, peace and justice? What does it  mean to be a Buddhist? Christianity beliefs and teachings.  

   

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Year 7 Autumn Term 1  

Topic/Unit   Community and  belonging-  

-St Cuthbert  Mayne  

-The Church   -Baptism   -The Holy Trinity   -Prayer  

Knowledge   (Content covered)  

What it means  to belong to a  Christian  community and  our core values  

The life and  martyrdom of  our patron saint  

The global and  local Church.  What it means  to belong to a  diocese and  parish.  

The baptism of  Christ.  Infant baptism  Believer’s  baptism  

The nature of a  triune God,  Father, Son and  Holy Spirit  Gifts of the Holy  Spirit  

The nature of  prayer, types of  prayer  The Lord’s  Prayer( Our  Father)  

Skills   Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding  Evaluation of  information.   To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation  

Listening/  reading/noticing  detail.  Understanding  Collating and  re-telling  Information.   To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links.  Analysis  Evaluation  

Listening/  reading/noticing  detail. To  develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation   

Listening/  reading/noticing  detail.  Reflecting &  emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation   

Critical thinking.  Listening/  reading/noticing  detail.  Reflecting &  emphasising  Oracy skills  Making links.  Analysis  Evaluation    

Critical thinking.  Listening/  reading/noticing  detail.  Reflecting &  emphasising  Oracy skills  Making links.  Scriptural  analysis  Analysis  Evaluation   

Assessment    Strategic  questioning  Written work  Baseline testing  

Strategic  questioning  Written work on  life of St  Cuthbert Mayne  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Written task   Creative  responses  

Gatsby 4 (Linking curriculum   Primary school            

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learning to careers)  GATSBY BENCHMARK 4  

teacher,  Secondary  school teacher,  Advice worker,  Charity  fundraiser,  Counsellor,  Newspaper  journalist, Police  officer, Youth  worker  

  

   

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Year 8 Autumn Term 1  

Topic/Unit   Who are the  People of  God?-The Bible  

-Creation   -Fall from Grace   -The Patriarchs,  Abraham  

-Jacob   -Joseph  

Knowledge   (Content covered)  

An introduction  to the Bible   

Biblical account  of Creation,  Genesis 1 and 2,  Evolution and  the Design  theory  

Genesis 3,  Origin of evil  and free will  

Covenant,  promise,  sacrifice  

God’s election  and sibling  rivalry  

The life of  Joseph and the  concepts of  jealousy and  forgiveness.  God’s constant  presence  

Skills   Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding  Evaluation of  information.   To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation  

Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding  Evaluation of  information.  Hypothesising  and making  links.   Oracy skills  Analysis   

Asking  questions  Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding  Evaluation of  information.   To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising   

Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation  Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding   

Evaluation of  information.   To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation  Religious  literacy   

Analysis  Evaluation  Religious  literacy   To develop  independent  working skills  Listening /  noticing detail  

Assessment    Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

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Gatsby 4 (Linking curriculum  learning to careers)  GATSBY BENCHMARK 4  

Journalist,  scientist,  teacher, lawyer,  police officer.  

         

 

   

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Year 9 Autumn Term 1  

Topic/Unit   What does it  mean to be  Muslim?-  Introduction to  Islam  

The Life of  Muhammad  

Holy Books   The 5 Pillars of  Islam  

The 5 pillars of  Islam   

 

Knowledge   (Content covered)  

Who are  Muslims?  Diversity within  the religion   

His early life,  revelation, night  of power and  the Hajira  

The Quran as  God's ultimate  revelation  

Shahadah and  99 names of  Allah, Salah and  Wudu  

Zakah, Sawm  and Ramadan,  and Hajj  

 

Skills   Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding  Evaluation of  information.   To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation       

Understanding  Evaluation of  information.   To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation  Listening /  noticing detail   

Evaluation of  information.   To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation  Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding  

To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation  Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding  Evaluation of  information.  

Hypothesising  and making  links. Reflecting  & emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation  Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding  Evaluation of  information.   To develop  independent  working skills  

Reflecting &  emphasising  Oracy skills  Analysis  Evaluation  Listening /  noticing detail   Understanding  Evaluation of  information.   To develop  independent  working skills  Hypothesising  and making  links.   

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Assessment    Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  Formal  summative  assessment   

Gatsby 4 (Linking curriculum  learning to careers)  GATSBY BENCHMARK 4  

Primary school  teacher,  Secondary  school  teacher,Newspa per journalist,  Police officer,  Youth worker,  Counsellor,  Lawyer  

         

 

   

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Key Stage 4 Curriculum Summary  

Pupils follow the Eduqas full course GCSE Route A. This comprises 3 units; 1. Religious philosophical and ethical  studies in the modern world. There are 4 areas: Issues of Relationships, Issues of Life and Death, Issues of Good  and evil and Issues of Human Rights 2. A study of Christianity. 3. A study of a world faith, Judaism.  

 

   

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Year 10 Autumn Term 1  

Topic/Unit   Judaism- Beliefs  and teachings.  Who are the  Jews?  

The Nature of  God  

The Messiah   Covenant   Life on earth   The afterlife  

Knowledge   (Content covered)  

Diversity of  Judaism in  Britain,  Orthodox,  Reform and  Secular Jews  

The unity of  God, God as  creator,  law-giver, judge,  and the  Shekinah  

The messianic  age and the  Messiah,  different views  on Messiahship  

Covenant with  Noah, Abraham  and Moses,  Mitvot and the  ten  commandments  

Pikuach Nefesh,  the 613 mitzvot,  Mitzvah day and  free will  

Jewish beliefs  about  resurrection and  life after death  

Skills   Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Assessment    Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Gatsby 4 (Linking curriculum  learning to careers)  GATSBY BENCHMARK 4  

Journalist,  documentary  maker,  Teacher, priest,  chaplain, lawyer,  police officer.  

         

 

 

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Year 11 Autumn Term 1  

Topic/Unit   Issues of Life  and death: 2 The  death penalty  

Forgiveness   Good and evil    Suffering   The Holocaust    The Holocaust  

Knowledge   (Content covered)  

Religious  teachings on the  death penalty,  arguments for  and against the  death penalty  

Can we forgive?  Religious  teachings about  forgiveness,  examples of  forgiveness  

The nature of  good, religious  and humanist  teachings about  good, moral and  natural evil,  religious  teachings about  evil  

Types of  suffering,  religious and  humanists  attitudes to  suffering  

The Holocaust  and Christian  and Jewish  responses to the  Holocaust  

Are we free to  choose, religious  responses to the  problem of evil  and suffering  

Skills   Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  

Assessment    Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  Creative  responses  GCSE style  questions  

Gatsby 4 (Linking curriculum  learning to careers)  GATSBY BENCHMARK 4  

Journalist,  documentary  maker,  Teacher, priest,  chaplain, lawyer,  police officer.  Archivist,  Charity  

         

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fundraiser,  Counsellor, Civil  Service  administrator,  Community  development  worker,  

   

   

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Key Stage 5 Curriculum Summary  

The students will follow the OCR Religious Studies A level course. There are 3 key areas:   Philosophy of religion  

● Ancient philosophical influences  ● the nature of the soul, mind and body  ● Arguments about the existence or non-existence of God  ● The nature and impact of religious experience  ● The challenge for religious belief of the problem of evil  ● Ideas about the nature of God  ● Issues in religious language.   

Religion and ethics  ● Students explore key concepts and the works of influential thinkers, ethical theories and their application:  ● Normative ethical theories  ● The application of ethical theory to two contemporary issues of importance  ● Ethical language and thought  ● Debates surrounding the significant idea of conscience  ● Sexual ethics and the influence on ethical thought of developments in religious beliefs.   

Developments in Christian thought  ● Christian beliefs, values and teachings, their interconnections and how they vary historically and in the contemporary  

world  ● Sources of Christian wisdom and authority  ● Practices which shape and express Christian identity, and how these vary within a tradition  ● Significant social and historical developments in theology and Christian thought  ● Key themes related to the relationship between religion and society.   

  

   

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Year 12 Autumn Term 1  

Topic/Unit   Philosophy of  religion  

Religious ethics   Development of  Christian  Thought  

     

Knowledge   (Content covered)  

Ancient  philosophical  influences and  the nature of  the soul, mind  and body  

Ethical  thinking,  Natural Moral  Law, Situation  Ethics  

Augustine  teaching on  human nature  before and after  the fall  

     

Skills   Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  Essay writing  skills  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  Essay writing  skills  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  Essay writing  skills  

     

Assessment    Strategic  questioning  Written work  A level style  essays  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  A level style  essays  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  A level style  essays  

     

Gatsby 4 (Linking curriculum  learning to careers)  GATSBY BENCHMARK 4  

Journalist,  documentary  maker,  Teacher, priest,  chaplain, lawyer,  police officer.  Archivist,  Charity  fundraiser,  

         

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Counsellor, Civil  Service  administrator,  Community  development  worker,  

    

   

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Year 13 Autumn Term 1  

Topic/Unit   Philosophy of  religion  

Religious ethics   Development of  Christian  Thought  

     

Knowledge   (Content covered)  

Issues in  religious  language and  Key themes  related to the  relationship  between  religion and  society:  Secularism  

Meta ethics:  Ethical  language,  cognitive and  non cognitive  theories.  Naturalism,  Intuitionism,  Emotivism  Prescriptivism  

Religious  pluralism and  theology,  including  questions about  truth and  salvation  

     

Skills   Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  Essay writing  skills  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  Essay writing  skills  

Knowledge  Understanding  Evaluation and   Analysis  Essay writing  skills  

     

Assessment    Strategic  questioning  Written work  A level style  essays  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  A level style  essays  

Strategic  questioning  Written work  A level style  essays  

     

Gatsby 4 (Linking curriculum  learning to careers)  GATSBY BENCHMARK 4  

Journalist,  documentary  maker,  Teacher, priest,  chaplain, lawyer,  

         

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police officer.  Archivist,  Charity  fundraiser,  Counsellor, Civil  Service  administrator,  Community  development  worker,