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
On Monday 23 September, we celebrated European Day of Languages by turning the Orchard Centre into our very own French village. We practiced our introductions and descriptions in French, played French computer games, made French gargoyles in the style of Notre Dame and burned off our excess energy by playing a bit of handball. Lots of French food topped off the day, and we all went home full of croissant and speaking French!
