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Knowledge & Wisdom Religion & Worldviews Ethics & Action Mind & Reality Society & Culture ○ Choose a station Its half-term questions and current unit route will appear here.
Year 7 · Autumn 1
Epistemology Begin with knowledge, encounter several traditions, and finish by asking what reality itself might be.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Autumn 1
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Line Knowledge & Wisdom
Autumn 1 How can we tell whether a belief is knowledge?
Year 7 · Autumn 2
The God of Abraham Begin with knowledge, encounter several traditions, and finish by asking what reality itself might be.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Autumn 2
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Line Religion & Worldviews
Autumn 2 What makes a religious covenant meaningful?
Year 7 · Spring 1
Hinduism Begin with knowledge, encounter several traditions, and finish by asking what reality itself might be.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Spring 1
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Interchange Religion & Worldviews · Mind & Reality
Spring 1 How can many forms express one ultimate reality?
Year 7 · Spring 2
The Life of Christ Begin with knowledge, encounter several traditions, and finish by asking what reality itself might be.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Spring 2
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Line Religion & Worldviews
Spring 2 What makes Jesus significant to Christians?
Year 7 · Summer 1
Pagan Ideas Begin with knowledge, encounter several traditions, and finish by asking what reality itself might be.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Summer 1
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Interchange Religion & Worldviews · Society & Culture
Summer 1 How do myths and rituals shape belief?
Year 7 · Summer 2
Metaphysics Begin with knowledge, encounter several traditions, and finish by asking what reality itself might be.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Summer 2
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Interchange Mind & Reality · Knowledge & Wisdom
Summer 2 What is reality made of?
Year 8 · Autumn 1
Good and Evil Examine evil, identity, ethics, practice, shared traditions and conflict.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Autumn 1
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Interchange Ethics & Action · Religion & Worldviews
Autumn 1 Why does evil exist?
Year 8 · Autumn 2
Ontology Examine evil, identity, ethics, practice, shared traditions and conflict.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Autumn 2
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Line Mind & Reality
Autumn 2 What kind of thing is a person?
Year 8 · Spring 1
Ethics Examine evil, identity, ethics, practice, shared traditions and conflict.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Spring 1
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Line Ethics & Action
Spring 1 What makes an action morally right?
Year 8 · Spring 2
The Five Pillars Examine evil, identity, ethics, practice, shared traditions and conflict.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Spring 2
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Interchange Religion & Worldviews · Society & Culture
Spring 2 How do religious practices express belief?
Year 8 · Summer 1
The Golden Thread Examine evil, identity, ethics, practice, shared traditions and conflict.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Summer 1
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Interchange Society & Culture · Religion & Worldviews
Summer 1 Why do similar stories appear across cultures?
Year 8 · Summer 2
Conflict Examine evil, identity, ethics, practice, shared traditions and conflict.
Pattern Half-term unit
Runs Summer 2
Planner 1 distinct enquiry Interchange Ethics & Action · Society & Culture
Summer 2 Can conflict ever be justified?
Year 9 · Autumn 1–Summer 2
Bioethics A year-long bioethics programme organised through changing practical dilemmas.
Pattern Year-long rotation
Runs Autumn 1–Summer 2
Planner 6 distinct enquiries Rotation, not repetition. Each marker is a different bioethical dilemma taught across the year.
Interchange Ethics & Action · Mind & Reality · Society & Culture
Autumn 1 Who should decide what happens to a patient's body?
Autumn 2 When does a human life gain moral status?
Spring 1 Can choosing death ever be morally right?
Spring 2 What do medical professionals owe their patients?
Summer 1 How should scarce medical resources be shared?
Summer 2 Should humans use technology to overcome their limits?
Year 10 · Autumn 1–Autumn 2
Tolerance Test the limits of tolerance, wisdom and aesthetic judgement.
Pattern 2-part sequence
Runs Autumn 1–Autumn 2
Planner 2 distinct enquiries Interchange Society & Culture · Ethics & Action
Autumn 1 When should society tolerate a belief or practice?
Autumn 2 How can divided communities live together?
Year 10 · Spring 1–Spring 2
Love of Wisdom Test the limits of tolerance, wisdom and aesthetic judgement.
Pattern 2-part sequence
Runs Spring 1–Spring 2
Planner 2 distinct enquiries Interchange Knowledge & Wisdom · Society & Culture
Spring 1 What should education help a person become?
Spring 2 Does wisdom require uncertainty?
Year 10 · Summer 1–Summer 2
Aesthetics Test the limits of tolerance, wisdom and aesthetic judgement.
Pattern 2-part sequence
Runs Summer 1–Summer 2
Planner 2 distinct enquiries Interchange Society & Culture · Mind & Reality
Summer 1 Is beauty discovered or created?
Summer 2 What gives art its value?
Year 11 · Autumn 1–Autumn 2
Injustice Turn philosophical judgement toward injustice, Africa and the world beyond school.
Pattern 2-part sequence
Runs Autumn 1–Autumn 2
Planner 2 distinct enquiries Interchange Society & Culture · Ethics & Action
Autumn 1 How does injustice become part of a society?
Autumn 2 Who is responsible for putting injustice right?
Year 11 · Spring 1–Spring 2
Philosophy in Africa Turn philosophical judgement toward injustice, Africa and the world beyond school.
Pattern 2-part sequence
Runs Spring 1–Spring 2
Planner 2 distinct enquiries Interchange Society & Culture · Knowledge & Wisdom
Spring 1 What makes a tradition philosophical?
Spring 2 Is philosophy universal or shaped by culture?