Religious Studies Department
The Religious Studies department explores not just knowledge about key world religions, but also develops students' understanding of religious, moral and social issues of the world they live in.
Religious Studies is an important and popular subject at the Abbey School. All students study the subject up to GCSE which is taken one year early at the end of Year 10 and the subject is offered at AS/A2 Level. Besides the Senior School teaching the department also contributes to the teaching of Years 5 and 6 in the Junior School. From September 2008 the department will be contributing to the Theory of Knowledge unit as part of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
A number of students over recent years have gone on to read Theology, Religious Studies, Philosophy (or related subjects) at Oxbridge and other universities. Academic standards are high and examination results have been very good.
The department is well resourced with text books, artefacts, CD-Rom software, DVD’s and Video’s and all classrooms have their own computer terminal and over-head projector.
There have been extensive new building works during the year and from November 2008 the department will be moving into new accommodation. A new school chapel will also be under construction .
During Key Stage 3, the main content of study is Christianity based, including an exploration of scriptures and modern Christians. We also study two other world religions - Islam and Judaism.
The department also has an interesting and varied programme of trips and annual events. The photograph above shows pupils with the model they madel of a concentration camp to mark Holocaust Day.
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