Year 7 Topic

Task

Links

Christianity

Can you give a modern day example of the Good Samaritan story?

Listen and reflect: Easter: Believing in Jesus’ resurrection - why is it so important for Christians? 

Read, Listen and Reflect: NATRE: Christianity and Prayer 

What We Can Learn From the Good Samaritan Story - Parable Story (ofhsoupkitchen.org)

Resources - RE:quest (request.org.uk)

Easter Traditions | Catholic Central - YouTube

NATRE: Christianity and Prayer - Google Slides

Judaism

Create an informative leaflet on different Jewish festivals and holidays.

Festivals - Practices in Judaism - GCSE Religious Studies Revision - AQA - BBC Bitesize

Judaism: Celebrations and Festivals | URI

Hinduism

Read, Listen and Reflect; NATRE: Learning about a Hindu wedding.

Create a comprehensive and detailed A3 poster about Brahman and the different deities in Hinduism.

NATRE: Learning about Hindu weddings - Google Slides

Brahman - The nature of God and existence in Hinduism - GCSE Religious Studies Revision - AQA - BBC Bitesize

Year 8 Topic

Task

Links

Is there a God?

Create a poster on the topic: Can a Scientist be religious?

Watch and reflect: What would the world be like without religion?

A scientific defense of spiritual & religious faith | Tony Jack | TEDxCLE - YouTube

Is There A Place For God In Science? Brian Cox Responds | Q&A - YouTube

Why It's So Hard for Scientists to Believe in God? | Francis Collins | Big Think - YouTube

Diocesan Conference 2016 - Prof Brian Cox - YouTube

Spirited Arts Competition 2023: Why God, Why? by Bethany Lunney - YouTube

Imagine No Religion | Caroline Schaffalitzky | TEDxCopenhagen - YouTube

Suffering

Watch, read and Quiz: BBC Bitesize - ‘Why do people suffer?’

Create a leaflet on the reasons of different religions and non-religions on why we suffer.

Why do people suffer? – KS3 Religious Studies – BBC Bitesize - BBC Bitesize

Does Evil Disprove God? Alvin Plantinga, Templeton Prize 2017 - YouTube

Why do we suffer? - National 4 Religious, moral and philosophical studies - BBC Bitesize

Death - is it the end?

Watch, read and Quiz: BBC Bitesize - ‘What happens when we die?’

Create an informative poster on the different beliefs about life after death.

What happens when we die? – KS3 Religious Studies – BBC Bitesize - BBC Bitesize

H is for Heaven, Hell & Other Afterlives | A to Z of Religion and Beliefs | BBC Teach - YouTube

The afterlife - Life after death - CCEA - GCSE Religious Studies Revision - CCEA - BBC Bitesize

Sikhism

Read and reflect: NATRE Reading and Reflection: Guru Nanak and the Ka’aba

Write a report on what life is like for a Sikh in the UK.

NATRE Reading: Guru Nanak and the Ka'aba - 

BBC - Religions - Sikhism: Sikhism in Britain

Network Of Sikh Organisations | Where Unity Is Strength (nsouk.co.uk)

BBC Two - Key Stage Three Bitesize Revision, Five key facts about Sikhism

Spiritual Arts

Create your own project around the theme: ‘Where is God?!’ It can be a poem, piece of art or photography, a dramatic piece, your own musical composition or a sculpture. 

Spirited Arts Competition 2023: Why God, Why? by Bethany Lunney - YouTube

The Mystery of God (natre.org.uk)

Year 9 Topic

Task

Links

Buddhism

‘Do Buddhists pray?’ Explore Buddhist Worship, Meditation and Prayer

Design and create a Buddhist Prayer Flag.

https://www.lionsroar.com/what-is-prayer-in-buddhism/

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How to pray like a Buddhist - YouTube

Buddhist Prayer Flags : Significance and Color Meanings | Heaven Himalaya

The Story of Buddhist Flag: And what does it Signify - YouTube

Moral Dilemmas

Listen, Read and Reflect: NATRE: Do you need to believe in God to be good?

Humanism: What is the Golden Rule, and what do humanists believe about being good? Create an informative leaflet from your findings.

Watch, read and reflect: ‘Does it matter if you donate to charity or not?’ 

F4 14-16 RE Today and NATRE God to be good evaluation

Individual humanist statements.indd (understandinghumanism.org.uk)

Humanist_Beinggood_goldenrule_7.indd (understandinghumanism.org.uk)

The origins of morality » Understanding Humanism

The Life You Can Save in 3 minutes by Peter Singer - YouTube

What do religions say about charity? (purdueglobal.edu)

Why Give? Religious Roots of Charity | HDS News Archive (harvard.edu)

Leaders

Create a project about an influential leader for a religion other than Christianity.

‘Here I Stand’: write a persuasive speech for justice on a matter which is important to you.

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'Here I Stand...' - Google Slides

Islam

Write a reflective essay on ‘Islam and Pilgrimage: what if Hajj isn’t an option?’

Create a piece of Islamic Art, writing a commentary on its meaning, and how it reflects the ideas of Islam.

What is Umrah? The Islamic pilgrimage explained | Middle East Eye

» Islamic pilgrimages and sacred spaces (smarthistory.org)

The complex geometry of Islamic design - Eric Broug - YouTube

CalligraphicGalleon.pdf (natre.org.uk)

BBC - Religions - Islam: Islamic art

Connecting with God Through Art - Aquila Style (aquila-style.com)

BtBS

Create an informative leaflet on a minority religion or religious group.

Read, reflect and create: ‘The Amish Quilt’, explain why quilting is important to Amish religion and culture. Extension: design a quilt.

Listen, read and reflect: ‘Scientology: religion or cult?’

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BBC - Religions - Christianity: The Amish

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Is the Church Of Scientology a cult? - BBC Sounds

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Why do people join cults? - Janja Lalich - YouTube

What is Scientology? - YouTube

Contemporary Matters

Written Debate: Is religion a power for peace, or does it cause conflict?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkdk382/articles/zhpq47h

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How Religion Should Be Practiced #136 - YouTube

GCSE Topic

Task

Links

Religion, Peace and Conflict

Create an informative leaflet on Christianity and War.

Listen, read and reflect: Social Justice and the Bible - what does social justice mean in Christianity?

Just War | Catholic Central - YouTube

What Jesus Meant by "The Last Will Be First" - YouTube

Social Teaching | Catholic Central - YouTube

Justice • This Is the Bible's Radical View - YouTube

What Jesus Meant by "The Last Will Be First" - YouTube

"Parable of the Sheep and the Goats" Godspell (1973) - YouTube

God

Religious Experience - when God talks back…Written debate: ‘Can you really have a ‘conversation’ with God?

Listen, Read and Reflect: NATRE: The Nature of God

Written Debate: Can an omnipotent, omnibenevolent God exist, when suffering is a reality?

Create an informative poster: What is the Trinity?! Explain Catholic beliefs about the ‘Three in One’.

When God Talks Back | Tanya Luhrmann | TEDxStanford - YouTube

How I met God in a McDonald’s | Tracey Lind | TEDxClevelandStateUniversity - YouTube

F4 14-16 RE Today and NATRE God to be good evaluation

Suffering and Evil: The Probability Version - YouTube

Faith and Doubt | Greg Tonkinson | TEDxGrandCanyonUniversity - YouTube

The Trinity | Catholic Central - YouTube

The Trinity Simplified - YouTube

Relationships and Families

Watch, Listen and Reflect: Spirituality and Sexuality - When two worlds collide?

Listen, Read and Reflect: NATRE: Christianity and other beliefs on Marriage.

Religion and LGBTQ+: Embracing Two Worlds | Vincent Mascarenas | TEDxMoreauCatholicHS - YouTube

Spirituality and sexuality. You can have both | Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, C.M. | TEDxToronto - YouTube

F4 14-16 RE Today and NATRE home learning mem marriage

Dialogue

Written debate: ‘Religion is dying in the West’

Create a competition for Dene Magna’s InterFaith Competition 2024

Creative writing: write a poem, short story or letter, based on the subject of Faith and Moral Dilemma.

Why there is no way back for religion in the West | David Voas | TEDxUniversityofEssex

Census 2021 in charts: Christianity now minority religion in England and Wales | Census | The Guardian - YouTube

How much Christianity is hidden in British society? - BBC News

Dear England RET 39_1 S.pdf (natre.org.uk)

Inter Faith Week

Is saving lives your task or God’s? Religiosity, belief in god, and moral judgment | Judgment and Decision Making | Cambridge Core

“Euthanasia is a crime against human life, incurable does not mean end of care” - Vatican News

Should assisted suicide be legalised? | Religious Studies - Matters of Life and Death - YouTube

Women of faith and their abortions - YouTube

Islam

Write a reflective essay on ‘Islam and Pilgrimage: what if Hajj isn’t an option?’

Research, read and reflect: ‘How did one of the world’s oldest Qur’ans end up in the UK?’ (NATRE resources)

Research, reflect and create a leaflet on: ‘What is Jihad really?’

Write questions to ask on our trip to Birmingham Central Mosque, based on the importance of the Mosque to the community and the role of the Imam.

What is Umrah? The Islamic pilgrimage explained | Middle East Eye

» Islamic pilgrimages and sacred spaces (smarthistory.org)

Search | British Museum

The Birmingham Qur'an - University of Birmingham

Birmingham Qur'an manuscript dated among the oldest in the world - University of 

Birmingham

jihad responses.pdf (natre.org.uk)

jihad responses.pdf (natre.org.uk)

pp. 12-15 What scholars say - full transcript_1.pdf (natre.org.uk)

Birmingham Central Mosque

Google Mosque Map - UK Mosques Directory (muslimsinbritain.org)

Christianity

Write questions to ask on our trip to St. George’s Church in Birmingham, based on the importance of the Church to the community and the role of the Priest.

Investigate worship within Christian denominations.

Listen, read and create: ‘Why are the Seven Sacraments so important?’

St George's | St. George's Church (stgeorgesedgbaston.org.uk)

Meeting young worshippers interview.pdf (natre.org.uk)

Diversity of worship practices - The Church - GCSE Religious Studies Revision - WJEC - BBC Bitesize

Seven sacraments - Seven sacraments of the Catholic Church - GCSE Religious Studies Revision - AQA - BBC Bitesize

The Sacraments – Introduction to Roman Catholicism (catholicfaith.co.uk)

Catholic Central - YouTube