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The RME department at RHS aims to:
• Enable all learners to explore the world’s major religions, non-religious views and beliefs, and to consider the challenges posed by these beliefs and values
• Enable all learners to develop their own values and beliefs
• Encourage all learners to learn for sustainability
• Allow all learners to appreciate moral values such as honesty, fairness, respect and concern for others within the school community and beyond
• Help learners develop questioning skills
• Encourage learners to express personal opinions through visual and verbal and signing (Makaton), Boardmaker and Easy Switch program
Mrs Rosenberg
Ms Cumming
Ms Cumming
Curriculum for Excellence – The Broad General Education - Courses on offer:
Self-Evaluation:
Pupils evaluate their work at the end of every unit by completing a Self-Assessment Sheet.
Pupils also give their feedback by completing a RME Pupil Evaluation form.
Senior Phase S4-S6
Pupils have the opportunity to study the following:
2. National 2/3/4 Morality & Belief (Moral Issue: Capital
Punishment, Euthanasia, Abortion, Medical Ethics
(Genetic Engineering: cloning, designer babies, stem cell research) - (pupils’ choice)
3. National 3/4 Religious and Philosophical Questions:
Existence of God - ’’Suffering and Evil’’; Life After Death
4. Religion, Belief and Values Award (levels 3 to 6)
These core courses are designed to develop important critical thinking skills as well as the learners’ own responses to moral questions.
Assessment Arrangements
SQA Assessments for all National Qualifications in the Senior Phase
• Informal assessment (worksheets, verbal answers, posters,
3D models, story boards)
• End of unit assessment
• Observations
• Attestations
Interdisciplinary Learning for S1 to S3:
RME & Social Subjects: IDL India and Hindu Wedding, Culture and Food
Skills Class:
Introduction to Macramé for beginners
| TERM/ YEAR GROUP | S1 |
S2 | S3 |
TERM 1 |
RME Passport: Facts and Festivals Hinduism Christianity |
World Religion: Buddhism | World Religion: Judaism and the Holocaust |
TERM 2 |
RME Passport: facts and festivals Judaism and Buddhism |
Religious Environmental Message | Animal Rights and the Bee Project |
TERM 3 |
RME Passport: facts and festivals Islam and Sikhism |
Introduction to Morality: issues on prejudice and discrimination | The Rights of the Child |
TERM 4 |
Introduction to Inspiring People: Faith in Action project | Introduction to Confucius Civil Rights, Social Reform and Religion – Inspiring People |
Introduction to Life After Death – world religions |
Self-Evaluation:
Pupils evaluate their work at the end of every unit by completing a Self-Assessment Sheet.
Pupils also give their feedback by completing a RME Pupil Evaluation form.
Senior Phase S4-S6
Pupils have the opportunity to study the following:
- National 1/2/3/4 World Religions (pupils’ choice)
2. National 2/3/4 Morality & Belief (Moral Issue: Capital
Punishment, Euthanasia, Abortion, Medical Ethics
(Genetic Engineering: cloning, designer babies, stem cell research) - (pupils’ choice)
3. National 3/4 Religious and Philosophical Questions:
Existence of God - ’’Suffering and Evil’’; Life After Death
4. Religion, Belief and Values Award (levels 3 to 6)
These core courses are designed to develop important critical thinking skills as well as the learners’ own responses to moral questions.
Assessment Arrangements
SQA Assessments for all National Qualifications in the Senior Phase
• Informal assessment (worksheets, verbal answers, posters,
3D models, story boards)
• End of unit assessment
• Observations
• Attestations
Interdisciplinary Learning for S1 to S3:
RME & Social Subjects: IDL India and Hindu Wedding, Culture and Food
Skills Class:
Introduction to Macramé for beginners
