CURRICULUM SUMMARY – Religious Studies (KS4 and KS5)
YEAR 9
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
CONTENT
Festivals: Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur/Sukkot
Religion in the Family: Brit Milah/Bar-Bat Mitzvah /
Weddings/Death & Mourning
Kashrut: Food/Clothes/Objects
Religion in the Community: Tzedakkah/Chesed/Chesed
Organisations
CONTENT
Places & Forms of Worship: Synagogue-Rabbi Chazzan/Home
Core Beliefs: Nature of G-d
Festivals: Shabbat/Pesach
CONTENT
Core Beliefs: Messiah/Covenant concept
Festivals: Shavuot
Revision period for summer exams
Core Beliefs: Halachah & Mitzvot/Life After Death
ASSESSMENTS
End of half-term level-marked assessment
End of term level-marked assessment
Assessment of classwork
ASSESSMENTS
End of half-term level-marked assessment
End of term level-marked assessment
Assessment of classwork
ASSESSMENTS
Summer exam
Assessment of classwork
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
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Involve children in festival preparation
Share /discuss personal life-cycle experiences
Encourage knowledge of Kashrut decisions and
tzedakkah/chesed involvement
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Encourage daily/weekly worship
Involve children in festival preparation
Encourage discussion of core beliefs
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Involve children in festival preparation
Encourage discussion of core beliefs
YEAR 10
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
CONTENT
Festivals: Review of Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur/Sukkot
Major Divisions & Interpretations: Holocaust/ OrthodoxModern Orthodox/Chassidut/Reform-Liberal/Zionism
Jewish Scriptures 1: Creation/10 Commandments
CONTENT
CONTENT
Assessment on Grace After Meals/Ethics of the Fathers
Working on past papers until the GCSE exams
Jewish Scriptures 1: Jonah
Jewish Scriptures 2: 3 paragraphs of Shema/ Amidah - 4
selected blessings
GCSE mock exam: 4 papers @ 1 hour
Jewish Scriptures 2: Grace After Meals - first 3 blessings/
Ethics of the Fathers - 4 selected mishnayot
ASSESSMENTS
End of half-term level-marked assessment
End of term level-marked assessment
Assessment of classwork
ASSESSMENTS
Mock exam immediately after half-term
Assessment of classwork
ASSESSMENTS
Assessment on Grace After Meals/Ethics of the Fathers at
beginning of term
GCSE exams
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
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Identify differences between different ideological
entities within their community
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Study textual passages together
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Study textual passages together
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Encourage discussion about Israel
Study textual passages together
YEAR 12
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
CONTENT
BOYS:
JEWISH SCRIPTURES AS
Form Criticism/Timeline of Scriptures/ Covenant/ Job/ Jonah/
Elijah
CONTENT
BOYS:
JUDAISM AS
Origin, Content, Use of Tenach/Origin, Content, use of
Talmud/Ethical Monotheism/Chosen People/ Concept of Law/
Kashrut/Festivals/Worship/Role of Men & Women
CONTENT
Working on past papers until the AS exams
BOYS:
JEWISH SCRIPTURES A2
Reward & Punishment: Isaiah 53/ Jeremiah 7/ Ezekiel 18/ Psalms
1
GIRLS:
JEWISH SCRIPTURES AS
Form Criticism/Timeline of Scriptures/ Covenant
JUDAISM AS
Origin, Content, Use of Tenach/Origin, Content, use of
Talmud/Ethical Monotheism/Chosen People/ Concept of Law
GIRLS:
JEWISH SCRIPTURES AS
Job/ Jonah/ Elijah
JUDAISM AS
Kashrut/Festivals/Worship/Role of Men & Women
ASSESSMENTS
End of half-term level-marked assessment
End of term level-marked assessment
ASSESSMENTS
Mock AS examination (half-term)
End of term level-marked assessment
ASSESSMENTS
AS exams
End of term level-marked assessment
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
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Purchase AS textbooks
Be aware of homework essay assignments
Provide time/space for homework to be completed
on schedule
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Purchase AS textbooks
Be aware of homework essay assignments
Provide time/space for homework to be completed on
schedule
GIRLS:
JEWISH SCRIPTURES A2
Reward & Punishment: Isaiah 53/ Jeremiah 7
JUDAISM A2
Messianism: prophecies of Isaiah and Malachi
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Purchase AS textbooks
Be aware of homework essay assignments
Provide time/space for homework to be completed on
schedule
YEAR 13
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
CONTENT
CONTENT
CONTENT
BOYS:
JEWISH SCRIPTURES A2
BOYS:
JUDAISM A2
Working on past papers until the A2 exams
Reward & Punishment: Daniel 12/ II Maccabbees 7
Messianism: prophecies of Isaiah and Malachi/ philosophy of
Maimonides & Maharal/ Medieval issues/ False Messiahs/
Modern manifestations.
Social Justice: Amos/Hosea
The book of Ruth
Holocaust: Background/Where was G-d? / post-Holocaust
theology/ anti-semitism issues
Messianism: prophecies of Isaiah and Micah
GIRLS:
JEWISH SCRIPTURES A2
Israel& Zionism: religious attitudes/ importance of the land/
Yehudah Halevi/ stewardship issues
Reward & Punishment: Ezekiel 18/ Psalms 1/ Daniel 12/ II
Maccabbees 7
Divisions in Judaism: Chareidim/Chassidim/Modern Orthodox/
Religious Zionism/ Reform/ Liberal/ Conservative
Social Justice: Amos/Hosea
GIRLS:
JEWISH SCRIPTURES A2
JUDAISM A2
The book of Ruth
Messianism: philosophy of Maimonides & Maharal/ Medieval
issues/ False Messiahs/ Modern manifestations.
Messianism: prophecies of Isaiah and Micah
Holocaust: Background/Where was G-d? / post-Holocaust
theology/ anti-semitism issues
JUDAISM A2
Israel& Zionism: religious attitudes/ importance of the land/
Yehudah Halevi/ stewardship issues
Divisions in Judaism: Chareidim/Chassidim/Modern Orthodox/
Religious Zionism/ Reform/ Liberal/ Conservative
ASSESSMENTS
End of half-term level-marked assessment
End of term level-marked assessment
ASSESSMENTS
Mock A2 examination (half-term)
End of term level-marked assessment
ASSESSMENTS
A2 exams
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT LEARNING
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Purchase AS textbooks
Be aware of homework essay assignments
Provide time/space for homework to be completed on
schedule
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Purchase AS textbooks
Be aware of homework essay assignments
Provide time/space for homework to be completed on
schedule



Purchase AS textbooks
Be aware of homework essay assignments
Provide time/space for homework to be completed on
schedule