RE isn t just learning about different religions! It gives you the opportunity to Think about the big questions in life. Think about what different

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1 RE isn t just learning about different religions! It gives you the opportunity to Think about the big questions in life. Think about what different religions believe, say & do. Think about your own opinions & feelings it s not just about life here in West Mon, it s about thinking about the world & our place in it. RE helps you to improve all of your key skills, but especially Communication there s lots of discussion; we want to hear about what you know & what you think. Working with other people you get to do things as part of big & small groups. ICT you have many opportunities to use ICT to present work & to research information. Improving your own learning & performance there is lots of RE project work, where we look at how you ve done & how you can improve next time so, you re also improving your skills, that will help you for the rest of your life. Year 7 & 8 - Use our RE web pages to remind you of class work, to catch up if you miss a lesson or to remind you of homework. Click on the blue topic titles to take you to the PowerPoints that you need.

2 In Year 7 at West Mon you will have RE lessons as part of Explore. Explore is a new & exciting way of studying RE, History, Geography, PSHE & English altogether, with one teacher. So, in RE in Year 7 Explore, you will be learning about: What your family What you What God says you Who are leaders? All about me Who am I? Power: leaders Where you came from Who your ancestors were Who are our community leaders? What is persecution? Control: Persecution Responses to persecution People who are persecuted for their beliefs How are we meant to look after our world? Changing lifestyles: Making & looking after the world Do leaders How do religions believe the still have power? world was made? Click on the blue titles to see the lesson PowerPoints for each topic helpful if you miss a lesson or have forgotten what your homework is!

3 In Year 8 at West Mon some pupils will have RE lessons as part of Explore & other pupils will have RE lessons on their timetable. However, everybody in Year 8 will be studying the same topics in RE. These topics are: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights What are rights? Rights Martin Luther King Jnr Important symbols in society & life Designing a stained glass window What is symbolic language? Conflict: symbols Look at the work of faith based charities Special places in our lives Our world: Pilgrimage What is pilgrimage? Places of pilgrimage & why they are important Important symbols symbols & conflict Looking at the lives of Mother Teresa & Chico Mendés Towards a better world: People Vs. The Environment Which is more important? Are people or the environment more important? Click on the blue titles to see the lesson PowerPoints for each topic helpful if you miss a lesson or have forgotten what your homework is!

4 In Year 9 at West Mon pupils will have RE lessons on their timetables. Some Year 9 pupils will have the opportunity to take a RE short course GCSE (two years early!) more details later on!) other Year 9 pupils will study the topics below What do different religions believe that God is like? How do believers know more about God? Diversity: God is How do believers communicate with God? Jewish Power: celebrations & A journey of life birth customs marriage customs coming of age customs Muslim Choices & Decisions: The journey of life death customs Christian Looking at in different cultures

5 In Key Stage 4 at West Mon Most pupils complete the second part of the RE GCSE short course giving them a full GCSE qualification in Studies often a year early! In 2012 West Mon pupils achieved 100% A*-C grades in full course Studies GCSE we re very proud of them all! We study the WJEC GCSE syllabus and pupils study the following topics in part 1 of the GCSE: Relationships Is it fair? Looking for meaning Our world And in part 2 of the GCSE: Religion & conflict Religion & medicine expression Authority, religion & the state