Religious Education at The Orchard Centre is designed to provoke challenging questions about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life, beliefs about God, the self and the nature of reality, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human.
It offers opportunities for personal reflection and spiritual development. It enhances students’ awareness and understanding of religions and beliefs, teachings, practices and forms of expression, as well as of the influence of religion on individuals, families, communities and cultures.
RE has an important role in preparing young people
for adult life, employment and lifelong learning.
It enables students to develop respect for
and sensitivity to others, in particular those
whose faiths and beliefs are different from their own.
It promotes discernment and enables students to combat prejudice.
At KS4, students follow the AQA GCSE in Religious Studies (Specification A), studying units on:
Christianity
Sikhism
Relationships and families
Religion and life
Religion, crime and punishment
Religion, human rights and social justice
We were thrilled to welcome the Mayor of Wolverhampton to the Orchard Centre to help us celebrate Black History Month. They Mayor enjoyed a tour of the Orchard Centre and then worked with a group of our young people to explore difference, tolerance and aspects of Black History. The young people enjoyed the visit and developed some fabulous work to celebrate the theme of difference around the Centre.
We thank the Mayor for her visit and hope she enjoyed her time with us.
