Progression.pdf

- ability to ask reflective questions about religion
- understanding of how beliefs, values, and practices cohere
- independence, originality, and creativity in thinking
- ability to link study of religion to personal reflections
- wide knowledge and deep understanding of various religions and beliefs
- engagement with ultimate questions about existence

Key stages and milestones include:
- Element 1: Making sense of beliefs, identifying and describing core beliefs and concepts
- Element 2: Understanding the impact, examining how people put beliefs into practice
- Element 3: Making connections, evaluating and reflecting on beliefs and practices, and connecting to personal lives and worldviews

Progression of knowledge and skills is demonstrated through:
- Identifying and describing core beliefs and concepts
- Making links between texts and core concepts
- Offering informed suggestions about what texts mean to believers
- Describing examples of ways people use texts to make sense of core beliefs
- Giving meanings for texts, comparing with believers' interpretations
- Examining how people put beliefs into practice
- Making connections between beliefs and practices, and personal lives and worldviews
- Evaluating and explaining importance to different people
- Reflecting on and articulating lessons from beliefs and practices.