RE curriculum key stage 3
Example schemes of work and other resources for teaching religious education at key stage three.
It is important that students bring a certain
ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies;
they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.
Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974)
In the new syllabus, you will be expected to teach the following units over the course of key stage 3; the order that the units are taught is up to the individual school. The schemes posted here contain examples of how the material can be delivered.
| Units | |
| KS3.1: Belief and practice: Buddism | |
| KS3.2: Belief and practice: Humanism | |
| KS3.3: Belief and practice: The Baha'i Faith | |
| KS3.4a: Religion in writing or KS3.4b: Founders of traditions (This example focuses on the Buddha; you could also look at the founders of a range of religions) | |
| KS3:5: Why do we suffer? | |
| KS3.6: Creation stories | |
| KS3.7: Beliefs regarding death, 2 | |
| KS3.8: What belief means to me | |
| KS3.9: Moral dilemmas, 2a, Moral dilemmas, 2b | |
| KS3.10: Seeds of unity, 2 | |
| KS3.11: History of belief in the UK, 2 | |
| KS3.12: Inspired leadership | |
| KS3.13: Mixed metaphors | |
| KS3.14: Spirituality in sound and music |
Last updated: 30 Jan 2023
