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title: "Religious Studies"
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school: "Parklands High School"
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# Religious Studies

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 RS Curriculum Vision  31 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/parklandshighschool/files/Curriculum/Visions2026/RS_Subject_Vision.pdf)

### RS Curriculum Overviews

 RS Year 7  18 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/parklandshighschool/files/Curriculum/Overview2026/Curriculum_Overview__Religious_Studies_-_Year_7_(1).pdf)

 RS Year 8  19 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/parklandshighschool/files/Curriculum/Overview2026/Curriculum_Overview__Religious_Studies_-_Year_8_(1).pdf)

 RS Year 9  21 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/parklandshighschool/files/Curriculum/Overview2026/Curriculum_Overview__Religious_Studies_-_Year_9_(1).pdf)

 RS Year 10  19 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/parklandshighschool/files/Curriculum/Overview2026/Curriculum_Overview__Religious_Studies_-_Year_10_(1).pdf)

 RS Year 11  18 KB  [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/parklandshighschool/files/Curriculum/Overview2026/Curriculum_Overview__Religious_Studies_-_Year_11_(1).pdf)

### [AQA Religious studies specification](https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/religious-studies/gcse/religious-studies-8062/specification/specification-at-a-glance)

### **Revision guides/supporting resources**

The following course textbooks are useful in supporting pupils in their learning:

***GCSE AQA 1-9 Religious Studies Specification A***

- Author Lesley Parry, Jan Hayes, Sheila Butler
- Publisher: Hodder Education
- ISBN 9781471866852

***GCSE Religious Studies A CGP Revision Guide***

- Author - CGP
- ISBN 978 1 78294 641 0

In addition to the core literature accompanying the course, there are many fictional texts that relate specifically to many of the issues and subjects discussed during Religious Studies lessons. The list below contains a small sample of the texts pupils might read:

- **Pig Heart Boy:** Malorie Blackman
- **Noughts And Crosses:** Malorie Blackman
- **Before:** Jojo Moyes
- **My Sister’s Keeper:** Jodi Picoult
- **Life Of Pi**: Yann Martel
- **Empire Of The Sun:** JG Ballard
- **The Other Side Of Truth:** Beverley Naidoo
- **Does My Head Look Big In This?:** Randa Abdel-Fattah
- **Sophie’s World:** Jostein Gaarder
- **The Wind Singer:** William Nicholson
- **The Book Thief:** Markus Zusak
- **The Fault In Our Stars:** John Green

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