Year 7

• The Church (1) – Community, Bible Skills, Denominations, Diocese, Priest, Storytelling – Birth narratives /Hindu Stories/Parables/Islamic Creation
• The Church (2) – Sacraments on initiation, Mary
• Belief – Beliefs about God, 5 pillars of Islam, Hindu beliefs on God
• Being Human – What it means to be human/stewardship/Ultimate Questions/Human Rights
• Forgiveness – Jesus’ teaching, Nelson Mandela, Parable of the Lost Son, Unmerciful Servant

Year 8

• History of the Church – Early Church, Persecution, Martyrs, Saints, Medieval Heaven and Hell
• Who is Jesus? – Jewish background – Jewish expectations of Messiah/Advent
• Justice – Theories of punishment/St Paul and Jesus’ teaching/Capital Punishment
• Confirmation – Diocese Unit on Confirmation
• Is Death the end? – Lent, Easter, Resurrection, Ascension
• Why do people suffer? – Origin of Sin, Holocaust, Healing Sacraments/Jewish Understanding of Evil, Christian View, Hinduism Views

Year 9

• Prayer and Pilgrimage – Special Places.Pilgrimages – Places/Prayer
• War and Peace – Conflict, Christian and Muslim approaches, Nuclear Weapons, Pacifism
• Religion and Science – Genesis, Islamic/Jewish Creation/Big Bang/Stewardship
• Love – Types/Paul’s Teaching/Christian and Islamic Marriage/Vocation/Sex
• Community Cohesion – Britain/Martin Luther King/Gandhi, Community Cohesion
• Who is Jesus? – Evidence for Jesus, Sources, Beliefs about Jesus