AT2: LEARNING FROM RELIGION AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE

This area of enquiry may include study of, eg experiences of amazement, wonder, sadness, disappointment, in connection with the natural world and life’s journey.

Pupils can:

1. respond, in the light of their own experiences and thoughts, to stories or pictures which may cause people to wonder/question
   
   
2. identify aspects of life which may cause people, including people with a faith commitment, to wonder/question
   
   
3. compare their own ideas about life on earth with those of others, including people with a faith commitment
   
   
4. ask a range of questions about life on earth and suggest appropriate answers, making reference to the teaching of religions where appropriate
   
   
5. express their own ideas about life on earth in the light of the range of responses made by other people, including people with a faith commitment
   
   
6. demonstrate a critical awareness of and respect for a range of views, including religious views, on ultimate questions about life
   
   
7. explain their own views on the nature and possible purposes of life on earth, with supporting arguments and evidence, in relation to religious and other views
   
   
8. evaluate religious, non-religious and their own views on the nature and possible purposes of life on earth with sensitivity to people's concerns and convictions.