Curriculum Studies Guide 2018

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Curriculum Studies Guide 2018
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YEAR 9
Status Compulsory
Prerequisites None
Periods per week One
Description
The course for this year contains an introduction
to a variety of topics: the life, context, and
ministry of Jesus of Nazareth; Church History;
the religious history of Aotearoa New Zealand;
the Bible and various significant biblical stories
(to facilitate this study every student is provided
with a Bible which becomes his to keep); Baptism,
the Eucharist, the Church’s worship life, and the
Church year.
YEAR 10
Status Compulsory
Prerequisites None
Periods per week One
Description
This course continues and consolidates the
previous year’s. This includes a deeper exploration
of the teaching of Jesus, the Eucharist, the Bible
and biblical stories, and Church History. As well
as Christianity and its wide variety of expressions,
students learn about Hinduism, Buddhism,
Judaism, Sikhism and Islam. This pluralistic world
provides the context for students to explore their
own personal beliefs and principles, and deepen
their appreciation of philosophy, ethics, and
wellness
YEAR 11
Status Compulsory
Prerequisites None
Periods per week One
Description
This course includes a systematic exploration
of the importance of story and how the various
books of the New Testament, and particularly
the Gospels, came to be written. Major features
of the four Gospel accounts are explored. In
Church History, a deeper examination of our
current environment is explored with reference
to the Church’s history. Study of the world’s major
religions builds on their introduction in Year 10.
Major contemporary moral issues are explored,
and different ethical theories are introduced.
AS 90817
Describe a significant aspect within the
development of a religious tradition.
(6 credits – internal)