Religious Studies

It has been another successful year for the Religious Studies department with an exciting array of trips put on for the students.

Amsterdam

Our visit to Amsterdam was a defi nite highlight of the year. We had a fantastic time exploring the city, visiting the Anne Frank House, enjoying a canal trip, the Portuguese Synagogue, Rijksmuseum and a visit to a traditional Dutch village with windmills and crafts. The girls showed an incredible determination to shop, shop, shop, along with an uncanny ability to sniff out a sushi bar wherever we went.

“ Amsterdam is a beautiful city and I really enjoyed our trip there as it was a great mix of historical culture with modern touches as well. I most enjoyed visiting Anne Frank’s house because I had learned about her from a young age so to fi nally see it and hear more of her story was very interesting and moving.” Laura Daly, Year 12

Professor Emily Jackson

Our Sixth Form students have benefi tted from the expertise of several guest speakers this year, including Professor Emily Jackson, Head of Law at the London School of Economics, who has a particular interest in medical law and ethics. She delivered a thought-provoking lecture on assisted dying and the law.

The Religious Studies Department has continued to take girls to a variety of places of worship to bring to life the faiths studied in the classroom. Our most recent visit has been to the Bridge Church in Bolton, where Year 8 girls had the opportunity to explore a very modern church and discover the wide range of community projects supported by the church, including the Grub Tub urban outreach scheme to distribute food to those in need In our local area and which our School also supports. The girls asked some excellent questions including Christian attitudes to divorce, other faiths and same sex marriage.

Year 9s have used their iPads to create comic strips to explore how Buddhist teachings infl uence the way Buddhists live their lives. A modern interpretation of the Tibetan Wheel of Life. Year 9 creative response to the story of the Buddha and his enlightenment.