Year 9 – Philosophy and Ethics
Half term | Key content |
1 (7 weeks) | Religious Philosophy
● Evil and Suffering Prejudice and Discrimination ● Equality 16 October data collection (CWA,PEG and ATL) |
2 (8 weeks) | Prejudice and Discrimination
● definitions 31 October Tutor Evening |
3 (5 weeks) | Ethics
● morality 15 January data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) 29 January Option Evening 1 February Parents’ Evening 8 February Parents’ Evening |
4 (6 weeks) | Buddhism
● Life of the Buddha 19 March data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
5 (6 weeks) | Hinduism
● Introduction |
6 (7 weeks) | Matters of life
● quality of life Week commencing 18 June: Year 9 exam week 12 July Data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
Year 10 – CORE Philosophy & Ethics 2017/2018
Course title: Philosophy and Ethics GCSE | |
Subject Content: | |
Students will cover core content which fulfils the government’s requirement that all students have access to SMSC education (social, moral, spiritual and cultural). This will be covered in Y10 by two topics, ‘Drug Abuse’ and ‘World Poverty’. Students have one core ethics lesson every two weeks. |
Half term | Key content: |
1 (7 weeks) | Drug Abuse
● Different types of drugs 16 October data collection (CWA,PEG and ATL) |
2 (8 weeks) | Drug Abuse
● Methods of reducing drug abuse |
3 (5 weeks) | Drug Abuse
● Recap British Values ● Hate Crime 15 January data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
4 (6 weeks) | World Poverty
● Causes of world Poverty 19 March data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
5 (6 weeks) | World Poverty
● Trade 19 April Parents’ Evening |
6 (7 weeks) | World Poverty
● Long term and short term aid Week commencing 18 June: Year 10 exam week 12 July Data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
Year 10 – GCSE Philosophy & Ethics 2017/2018
Course title: Philosophy and Ethics GCSE | Exam board: AQA | Specification code: 8062 |
How will students be assessed? | ||
At the end of the two year course, students will complete two 105 minute exams. Both exams are worth 50% of their final grade. There is no coursework.
The first exam is ‘Component One: The Study of Religions’. This will cover a range of religious beliefs and practices. These will include a comparison of Hindu and Christian ideas about God and gods or goddesses, the importance of pilgrimage and how it is performed, major festivals, and key texts. The second exam is ‘Component Two: Thematic Studies’, in which various philosophical and ethical issues will be studied from the perspective of some of the major world religions as well as atheistic groups. These will include views on family life, marriage and relationships, the existence and nature of God, religious attitudes to war, peace and conflict, as well as issues surrounding crime and punishment. |
Half term | Key content: Year 1 |
1 (7 weeks) | The Study of Religions:
● Introduction to the Course and Paper 1 16 October data collection (CWA,PEG and ATL) |
2 (8 weeks) | The Study of Religions:
● Christianity: Salvation (cont.) |
3 (5 weeks) | The Study of Religions:
● Hinduism: The Nature of God and Existence 15 January data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
4 (6 weeks) | The Study of Religions:
● Hinduism: The Nature of Human Life 19 March data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
5 (6 weeks) | The Study of Religions:
● Hinduism: Worship and Festivals 19th April Parents Evening
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6 (7 weeks) | The Study of Religions:
● Hinduism: Lifestyle Week commencing 18 June: Year 10 exam week 12 July Data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
Half term | Key content: Year 2 |
1 | Thematic Studies:
Introduction to Paper 2 ● Relationships and Families |
2 | Thematic Studies:
● The Existence of God and Revelation |
3 | Thematic Studies:
● Mock exam preparation |
4 | Thematic Studies:
● Religion, Peace and Conflict |
5 | Revision and exam practise: Both Papers |
Year 11 – CORE Philosophy & Ethics 2017/2018
Course title: Philosophy and Ethics |
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How will students be assessed? | ||
Students will cover core content which fulfils the government’s requirement that all students have access to SMSC education (social, moral, spiritual and cultural). This was covered in Y10 by three topics, ‘Drug Abuse’, ‘Attitudes to the elderly and death’ and ‘World Poverty’. Students have one core ethics lesson every two weeks.
In Year 11 they will complete their final unit ‘attitudes to crime and punishment’. |
Half term | Key content: |
1 (7 weeks) | Religious attitudes to Crime and Punishment
● An understanding of the religious beliefs about law and order 25 September Reports Open 16 October data collection (CWA,PEG and ATL) |
2 (8 weeks) | Religious attitudes to Crime and Punishment
● The aims of punishment, defined as protection, retribution, deterrence, reformation, vindication and reparation 14 December – 20 December Mock Exams |
3 (5 weeks) | Religious attitudes to Crime and Punishment
● The debate about the death penalty (capital punishment); 9 January data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
4 (6 weeks) | Religious attitudes to Crime and Punishment
● Debate about prison reform. 22 Feb Parents’ Evening 1 March Parents’ Evening |
5 (6 weeks) | Revision
23 April data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
Year 11 GCSE Philosophy & Ethics
Course title: Philosophy and Ethics GCSE | Exam board: AQA | Specification code: 8063 |
How will students be assessed? | ||
This is the second year of the course and will be focused on content for the second exam:
At the end of the two year course, students will complete two 105 minute exams. Both exams are worth 50% of their final grade. There is no coursework. The first exam is ‘Component One: The Study of Religions’. This will cover a range of religious beliefs and practices. These will include a comparison of Hindu and Christian ideas about God and gods or goddesses, the importance of pilgrimage and how it is performed, major festivals, and key texts. The second exam is ‘Component Two: Thematic Studies’, in which various philosophical and ethical issues will be studied from the perspective of some of the major world religions as well as atheistic groups. These will include views on family life, marriage and relationships, the existence and nature of God, religious attitudes to war, peace and conflict, as well as issues surrounding crime and punishment. |
Half term | Key content: |
1 (7 weeks) | Thematic Studies: Christianity and Hinduism
Introduction to Paper 2 ● Relationships and Families 25 September Reports Open 16 October data collection (CWA,PEG and ATL) |
2 (8 weeks) | Thematic Studies: Christianity and Hinduism
● The Existence of God and Revelation 14 December – 20 December Mock Exams |
3 (5 weeks) | Thematic Studies: Christianity and Hinduism
● Mock exam preparation 9 January data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
4 (6 weeks) | Thematic Studies: Christianity and Hinduism
● Religion, Peace and Conflict 22 Feb Parents’ Evening 1 March Parents’ Evening |
5 (6 weeks) | Revision and Exam Practise for both exams
23 April data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
Year 12 – Philosophy & Ethics 2017/2018
Course title: Philosophy and Ethics A Level | Exam board: AQA | Specification code: 7062 |
How will students be assessed? | ||
This is a reformed A Level course and as such, students will complete two 180 minute exams at the end of year 13. Both exams are worth 50% of their final grade. There is no coursework.
The first exam is ‘Philosophy of Religion and Ethics’. This will cover a range of classical philosophical questions, such as arguments for and against the existence of God, Evil and suffering, the nature of the self, death and the afterlife, and religious experience and authority. It will also include the major philosophical approaches to ethics and the nature of right and wrong, the concepts of free will and responsibility, sexual and gender identity, and equality and tolerance. The second exam is ‘Study of Religion and Dialogues’, in which students will apply these wider philosophical and ethical theories to a major world religion; Hinduism, and consider how this faith tackles these issues in practise today. The dialogues section of the paper will focus on how the concepts of religion, philosophy and ethics inform and challenge one another. |
Half term | Key content – Year 1 |
1 (7 weeks) | Philosophy of Religion and Ethics
● Introduction to the Course and Paper 1 16 October data collection (CWA,PEG and ATL) |
2 (8 weeks) | Philosophy of Religion and Ethics
● Religious Language |
3 (5 weeks) | Philosophy of Religion and Ethics/ Study of Religion and Dialogues
● Application of Ethical Theory ● Introduction to Paper 2 1st Feb Mock Exams |
4 (6 weeks) | Study of Religion and Dialogues
● Ultimate Reality 26 Feb data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) 6 March Parents’ Evening |
5 (6 weeks) | Study of Religion and Dialogues
● Sources of Wisdom and Authority |
6 (7 weeks) | ● Self, Death and Afterlife
● Mock exam and Exam preparation 11th June Reports Open 27th June – 3rd July Exam Week 9th July data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL)
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Half term | Key content – Year 2 |
1 | Philosophy of Religion and Ethics
● Miracles |
2 | Philosophy of Religion and Ethics
● Free Will and Responsibility |
3 | Study of Religion and Dialogues
● Hinduism, Gender and Sexuality |
4 | Study of Religion and Dialogues
● Hinduism and the Challenge of Secularisation |
5 | Study of Religion and Dialogues
● The Dialogue between Hinduism and Philosophy |
Year 13 -Philosophy & Ethics 2017/2018
Course title: Philosophy and Ethics A Level | Exam board: AQA | Specification code: 7062 |
How will students be assessed? | ||
This is a reformed A Level course and as such, students will complete two 180 minute exams at the end of year 13. Both exams are worth 50% of their final grade. There is no coursework.
The first exam is ‘Philosophy of Religion and Ethics’. This will cover a range of classical philosophical questions, such as arguments for and against the existence of God, Evil and suffering, the nature of the self, death and the afterlife, and religious experience and authority. It will also include the major philosophical approaches to ethics and the nature of right and wrong, the concepts of free will and responsibility, sexual and gender identity, and equality and tolerance. The second exam is ‘Study of Religion and Dialogues’, in which students will apply these wider philosophical and ethical theories to a major world religion; Hinduism, and consider how this faith tackles these issues in practise today. The dialogues section of the paper will focus on how the concepts of religion, philosophy and ethics inform and challenge one another. |
Half term | Key content – Year 2 |
1 (7 weeks) | Philosophy of Religion and Ethics
● Miracles 18 September UCAS Data Drop 9 October- Reports open 16 October data collection (CWA,PEG and ATL) |
2 (8 weeks) | Philosophy of Religion and Ethics
● Free Will and Responsibility 12 December Parents’ Evening |
3 (5 weeks) | Study of Religion and Dialogues
● Expressions of Religious Identity 1 Feb- 5 Feb Mock exams |
4 (6 weeks) | Study of Religion and Dialogues
● Hinduism and Science 26 Feb data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |
5 (6 weeks) | Study of Religion and Dialogues
● The Dialogue between Hinduism and Philosophy 23 April data collection (CWA, PEG and ATL) |