WAKEFIELD WHERE GIRLS HAVE FOCUS RELIGIOUS STUDIES round-up
RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS DEPARTMENT
This academic year has been perhaps the most exciting one seen by the RPE Department during my time at WGHS. We have introduced a range of new initiatives to engage the whole school, which have been a resounding success so far. Our notice boards and displays in the Beaumont building received a brand new makeover. We now display recent student work, book recommendations, current news articles with relevance to the department, RPE-related careers and university courses, departmental news such as trips, information about Mrs Keegan-Phipps’ Japanese culture club, and our new Religion of the Month display. Religion of the Month was introduced to reflect the diversity of the school community and raise awareness of the festivals and religious practices that take place not only in the lives of our students but worldwide, beyond what there is space for in the curriculum. Each month, the Student Leader team works with Mrs Keegan-Phipps to write and present an assembly focused on a chosen
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festival. We started with Buddhism and Parinirvana Day in January, and hope to resume quickly when we all come together again. In addition to our usual GCSE clinics and A Level study groups, we re-introduced the school’s lunchtime philosophy club, now rebranded as ‘The Good Place’, at which I lead discussions about a wide range of philosophers, ethical theories and ideologies from different eras and origins. This has been such a wonderful experience so far that ‘The Good Place’ will be becoming an EDGE activity this autumn, enabling us to have many more in-depth discussions, as well as fit in a few more fun activities - I’m particularly excited for Philosophy Snap.
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