About the Department
Religious Education builds on pupils’ prior knowledge and enables them to explore the world’s major religions. Pupils will consider the challenges posed by beliefs and values, and they will develop their own awareness. Religious Education allows pupils to search for a meaning, value and purpose to life taking account of religious and non-religious views.
Courses
S1 – S2
Using the experiences and outcomes outline in Curriculum for Excellence pupils will learn about and from the beliefs, values, practices and traditions of Christianity and other world religions. Learning will focus on:
· Christianity: Marvels and Mysteries, Religious Stories and St Columba
· Judaism
· Sikhism
· Hinduism
S3
Pupils in S3 will be studying Buddhism looking at areas such as birth/life/death/re birth, meditation, The Buddha, suffering and community
S4-S5
Pupils will begin to work on National 3 Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies. Pupils will attend RE 1 period per week and will therefore take 2 years to complete the 3 units of the National Qualification course. They will study:
· World religions
· Morality and Beliefs
· Religious and Philosophical Questions
S6
Pupils in S6 will work on the SQA Religion, Beliefs and Values Award at level 3. They will undertake 2 units:
· Investigating Religion and Belief
· Values in Action
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