RELIGIOUS STUDIES A SUBJECT CHOICE

 

Why should I choose Religious Studies? I don’t want to be a vicar!

Fair point but Religious Studies GCSE is a qualification suitable for students who are interested in working with people

The aim of the course is to:

• Teach you to think about your own beliefs
• To help understand the world we live in
• To see how faith makes a difference to people’s lives and viewpoints
• To help search for answers to the meaning of life and see what religion has to offer.

The GCSE course builds on everything you have learned in Years 7 – 9. It involves two examination papers and two pieces of coursework based on Christianity and Judaism.

In Year 10 you will study Christianity and Judaism in Year 11.

For each religion you will study:

• The main beliefs
• Places of worship
• Festivals
• Special writings
• Social issues such as marriage / divorce, the family, abortion, euthanasia, the role of women, environment, racism, how faith affects people’s viewpoints and what you think about them.

You will visit two local Christian places of worship and the Jewish Museum in Manchester. You will also have the chance to interview people with religious beliefs. Discussion is an important part of the course and previous groups have found this enjoyable.

So you don’t have to be religious to opt for this GCSE but to be interested in issues such as God, death, life and belief and what they all mean.

If you want to find out more about the course, please ask Mrs Fenton, Mrs Wray, or your

Year 9 Religious Education teacher.