RS / Philosophy POS 2025-6, Y7, 8 & 9 Term 1
Y7 Content
Y8 (AQA Short Course GCSE) Content
Term 2
Term 3
Hinduism Sikhism Judaism - The roots The oldest and A combination of of the three most populous Hindu and Abrahamic religions, polytheistic Abrahamic and how jewish (sometimes!) influences, with identity has conception of God, distinctive developed in the and how it has practical modern world. affected the lives of applications. Hindus.
Christianity nature of God Attributes of God, the problem of evil, the Trinity, Creation, the afterlife.
Christianity Jesus Christ The life of Jesus, salvation and atonement.
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Term 5
Term 6
Humanism Spirited arts A worldview that How art can rejects theism, Revision and end express ultimate and the struggle of year exam ideas in a way to replace the that language values that it never could. provides.
Islam - Key Beliefs The 5 roots / 6 Islam articles, Tawhid, Authority the role of Prophets, holy angels, books and the predestination Imamate. and human responsibility, the afterlife.
Revision, exam, feedback and improvement Focus on exam technique and timing
Year End Points
Students should be able to explain the main beliefs of Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Humanism, and give examples of how they affect practice. They should also be able to evaluate opposing arguments on a controversial issue, with reference to relevant religious beliefs.
Moral thinking Students should be able to explain and critically evaluate Utilitarianism, Christian and Islamic beliefs about the following topics, Divine command showing understanding of their significance and implications theory, situation for practice. ethics, natural law Christianity: The nature of God, Creation, The afterlife, and key principles Jesus, Salvation relevant to Peace and Conflict / Islam: The nature of Allah, Angels, Predestination, The Relationships and afterlife, Prophets / Imams, Holy books Families
Intro to Revision/ exam philosophy Students sit the What is AQA short course Peace and Relationships philosophy, and Peace and Conflict GCSE, with Conflict Religious and how does it differ Y9 (AQA The legitimacy of Revision sections on Nuclear weapons, non-religious from RS? Short Course violence in the name Focus on exam Christian beliefs Peace making, attitudes towards How do sceptical GCSE) of justice: just war, technique and and teachings, Support for victims sexual and hypotheses Content holy war, extremism timings Islamic beliefs and of war familial threaten to and terrorism. teachings, relationships undermine Relationships & knowledge? And families and can this be Peace & conflict. escaped?
In addition to the revising the year end points from Y8, students should be able to apply and critically evaluate Christian and Islamic beliefs to the following topics: Peace and conflict: The legitimacy of violence / pacifism, Reasons for war, including holy war, Nuclear weapons, Peace making, Support for victims of war Relationships: Sexuality, including heterosexual and homosexual relationships, Cohabitation, marriage and divorce, Contraception and family planning, Family roles, Gender roles Students should also be able to give informed, considered evaluations of arguments for and against philosophical scepticism (studied in the summer after the short course GCSE exam)