The Southwark Agreed Syllabus for religious education

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The Southwark Agreed Syllabus for religious
education
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The Southwark Agreed Syllabus

• Your local statutory document to be fully
  implemented from September 2005
• Reflects the local faith context and faith
  communities
• High quality
• Reflects the best national guidance

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The Southwark Agreed Syllabus

• The syllabus builds on aspects of the previous
  syllabus .
• It has reduced the number of faiths to be taught
  in Key Stage 1.
• There is now flexibility for choice in that Key
  Stage unlike the previous syllabus
• This flexibility, enables schools around the LEA
  to modify requirements to their own local context.

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The Aims of RE in the Syllabus

• These remain unchanged from the previous syllabus
• They can be located in the Introduction to the
  Syllabus

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Time to teach the Syllabus

• The Agreed Syllabus is based on the expectation
  that 5 of curriculum time should be devoted to
  Religious Education.
• This equates to the following
• Key Stage 1 36 hours per year
• Key Stage 2 45 hour per year
• Key Stage 3 45 hours per year
• Key Stage 4 40 hours per year.

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Foundation Stage

• RE requirements for the Foundation stage have
  been enhanced by the addition of examples of good
  practice from the non- statutory National
  Framework for religious education.

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Content for Foundation Stage
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During Key Stage 1

• Pupils will study Christianity and the first two
  units of three other principal religions from
  Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism or Sikhism.
• They also teach 2 QCA generic units
  Belonging and Celebration

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In Key Stage 2 pupils learn about Christianity
and the other 5 major religions.They revisit
the faiths already studied (3 units of each) and
introduce 2 faiths not yet studied (5 units in
total for each across the key stage)

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Key Stage 3 content has been devised to fit the
following

• 4 Christianity Units
• 2 Buddhism units
• 2 Hinduism units
• 2 Islam units
• 2 Judaism units
• 2 Sikhism units

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Key Stage 3 Optional units

• The Agreed Syllabus also incorporates the
  following optional QCA units from which teachers
  should select three
• What are we doing to the environment?
• Where did the universe come from?
• Why do we suffer?
• Why are some places special to religious
  believers?
• What does justice mean to Christians?

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Key Stage 4

• The Southwark Agreed Syllabus Conference has
  agreed that at Key Stage 4 all students should be
  entered for an accredited examination course.

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All the Content can be found

• http//www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/southwark/accounts/
  subjects/resacre/homepage/home/

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Please note

• A complete set of detailed units of work have
  been developed in close collaboration with faith
  community representatives for use by teachers
  when teaching the syllabus in Key Stages 1-3.

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Units of work

• Cater for all learning styles
• Suggest resources and activities that are
  approved by faith communities
• Address the themes and experiences and
  opportunities from the non-statutory Framework
• Need to be taught in number sequence as they
  build in continuity and progression
• Incorporate assessment opportunities linked to
  the 8-level scale in the non-statutory Framework.

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Support for implementing the syllabus

• Units of work in Key Stages 1-3
• A training programme will be developed and
  schools will be circulated with information
• Local faith communities and places of worship
• The South London Multifaith Centre

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An example KS 1 2 scheme of work