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What we aim to do: Year 9 topics Charity in the Religious Studies
Department:
As a department we endeavour Faith in Action: Moses
to promote respect for religious How relevant are the Over the past number of years,
and moral values. We seek to Commandments today? the department has supported
develop articulate and informed the Samaritan’s Purse Operation
Judaism
students who have the skills to Christmas Child Appeal and this
st
cope with life in the 21 century. Parables of Jesus year was no exception.
Within the RE Department Year 10 topics
Students are given the
The Early Christian Church
opportunity to explore the
Christian culture, as well as Faith in Action: Martin
examining other world faiths. Luther King
Islam
What pupils’ have been Caring for the Environment
learning this year:
All pupils study a varied and Life in the Religious Studies Celebrating Success in Religious
enjoyable programme based Department: Studies:
upon the Core Syllabus, which Visiting speakers and In external examinations, high
was designed and agreed by the educational visits are an integral standards are set and achieved
four main churches in Northern part of the pupil experience in within the department. In
Ireland. This course centres on Religious Education. Current recent years pupils have
Christianity and the practical year 10 and 12 pupils had the experienced success,
application of moral teaching, in opportunity to visit a Bible highlighting how Religious
addition to a focused study on Exhibition in September 2017, Education can open up a wide
two world religions. Through and many of our Year 9 pupils range of opportunities for
this pupils are presented with were able to attend talks from further and higher education
opportunities to debate, external agencies, e.g. Shelter and interesting and rewarding
discuss, use ICT and engage in a NI. The department also links to careers. As part of our RE and
wide range of active learning many of our local churches in Careers lessons this year, two
tasks, that are designed to Ballymena, and Scripture Union past pupils returned to make a
contribute to the students runs monthly for pupils of all valuable contribution by
intellectual, moral and ages, facilitated by the support communicating to our current
emotional development. of many of our College staff. year 10 their experiences of life
within the RE department and
how Dunclug College paved the
Year 8 topics
way for a successful future .
The Bible
High school is a real transition time for
Faith in Action: Abraham teens, it is about having fun but also
Palestine at the time of getting the best education for future
Jesus opportunities. No matter where you go
after high school, never stop learning
Discipleship and growing.
“Every step you take is a step toward
success”
(Nicole Backus, past pupil 2016)
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