I work as a Head of Philosophy, Religion and Ethics in one of the country's highest achieving state schools.
I am passionate about ensuring that my subject is engaging, relevant and academically rigorous.
I devote time imagining, creating, differentiating and tailoring my resources so that the students benefit from quality teaching materials and I hope that they are of real benefit to your own practice.
I work as a Head of Philosophy, Religion and Ethics in one of the country's highest achieving state schools.
I am passionate about ensuring that my subject is engaging, relevant and academically rigorous.
I devote time imagining, creating, differentiating and tailoring my resources so that the students benefit from quality teaching materials and I hope that they are of real benefit to your own practice.
Firstly, I’d like to say a HUGE thank you to the more than 1000 of you who have downloaded this display pack! I hope your classrooms look gorgeous!
This is a complete 200+ page pack of a number of classroom displays that I have developed over the last couple of years to invigorate my department. Two updated booster packs have already been added.
Original Display Pack:
- Philosophers and Religious Figures Timeline (Over 40 thinkers with pictures, dates and outlines of their thinking).
- Famous quote callouts to add along the timeline (one for almost every philosopher). Get students talking!
- Custom-made colourful lettering for timeline eras.
- Over 20 ethical and philosophical questions in colourful speech bubbles to inspire thinkers in your classroom (A great one for open-evenings or tutor time discussions!)
- Steps/Levels display with optional number arrows. Department levels policy documents included.
- ‘How to’ guides for all displays.
Booster Pack 1:
- Philosophical Language Literacy Display with sentence starters for knowledge/explanation and assessment/evaluation.
- Agree --> Disagree continuum signposts to make human bar charts in your classroom!
- Blooms thinking guidance for teachers with question prompts. Great for shrinking and sticking on desks or displaying at the back of the room.
Booster Pack 2:
- A raft of additional thinkers to give greater flexibility to the Philosopher Timeline across exam boards.
- Quotes for every new thinker of course!
I’ve also added another high-quality display pack covering Logical Fallacies and Cognitive Biases. Find it here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/logical-fallacies-and-cognitive-biases-display-pack-philosophy-psychology-11925635
This is a full 10-page A3 workbook designed to engage and support our students with the key information needed for AQA Religious Studies A Christianity Beliefs and Teachings (Q1 of Paper 1). It is designed to be used in conjunction with the OUP textbooks but can be used without.
The pack consists of full colour landscape pages for the whole unit that really clearly points out key terms, teachings and key beliefs and concepts.
There is a wide range of activity styles to keep students engaged and motivated. Students will be working from memory as well as looking up information. Pages of the textbook are subtly shown to indicate where the information can be found if needed.
A wide range of extension tasks to allow students to delve more deeply into each topic area in the unit. Plenty of ‘tips’ to point out important guidance to students.
At the end is guidance and practice opportunities for the different question styles. Included are model answers. There is also a knowledge audit to allow student to RAG rate their confidence in different areas.
It should be printed double-sided and blown up to A3. There is just too much included on each page for it to scale to A4 comfortably.
I have designed this to be high on impact for students and totally no-fuss for yourself as a teacher. Just print it and go, use in class time or set as independent work. Do sections at a time or give it out as a full pack.
A new bundle combining the best-selling ‘Complete RE/Philosophy Display Pack’ that’s now sold over 800 copies and my new high-quality ‘Logical Fallacies and Cognitive Biases’ displays to root out any irrationality in your classroom.
Between them there is plenty to cover any classroom’s wallspace:
The awesome Philosophers Timeline with 68 thinkers and pop-out quotes for each
Bloomin’ good questions display
RE skills/levels wall-chart
Blooms questioning chart
Classroom opinion line
Philosophical Language display
21 Common logical fallacies display
18 Cognitive biases we’re all guilty of
Make your classroom a joy to look at!
BRAND NEW scheme of work which runs over 9-10 lessons on the topic of human nature, for use with KS3. Addresses questions of human nature, value, purpose and free will. Builds critical thinking, analysis and independent learning. Student-led and with rigorous AfL throughout. All resources of a wide variety for all lessons are included. Games, card sorts, learning grids, reading and much more.
Complete SOW document included with lesson sequence, differentiation, key skills and suggested homework/continuation opportunities. Powerpoint for every lesson. This really is ready to go straight out of the box!
Lessons include:
1. What makes you, you?
Explore ideas of body and soul with your students and introduce them to dualist and materialist views.
2. How much is a person worth?
Ask your students to make some tough decisions and pin down what gives life value. Compare and contrast these with philosophical and religious standpoints.
3. Are humans special?
Consider what sets us apart from other creatures and address the question of our unique position and status.
4. What is the purpose of human life?
Give your students an opportunity to reflect on their ideas of the good life and what gives life meaning. Compare these with others and consider the implications for us as people. Compare their views with philosophical and religious perspectives.
5. How free are human choices?
Assessing the idea of free will and outline some constraints on freedom.
6. What does the future hold for humanity?
Reflect on the modern world and our technological advancement and consider the ethics of memory manipulation, artificial intelligence and designer babies.
7. Creative assessment which runs over 3-4 lessons with planning and reflection.
And finally, a massive thank you to the more than 150 of you who have purchased the SOW!
Markbook Extra is an incredibly powerful yet wonderfully simple automated electronic markbook.
How does it work?
In brief, you enter the student’s raw marks for any assessment and the markbook uses sophisticated analysis to present you with all the data you’d want to see on an individual student or whole classes.
Highlights of v5:
Overhauled from the ground up to improve on almost every aspect of the original ‘markbook ultra’.
Store all of your classes (KS3-5) in one simple Excel workbook.
Suitable for any subject area regardless of how or what you assess. Show or hide up to five different assessment objective columns for each assessment.
Supports GCSE (9-1 or A*-G), A Level and Pre-U. Goodbye to using different workbooks for different types of grades!
Supports Foundation, Intermediate and Higher tier students in the same class and will limit grades accordingly.
Supports more than just male and female gender identity.
Set your own regularly used grade boundaries in eight quick presets or choose them individually for each assessment.
Powerful ‘at a glance’ and on the go analysis of individual student progress, each assessment or classes as a whole.
One-click export for headline data for all KS4 and KS5 classes for use by colleagues or line managers.
Live analysis of Gender gaps, SEND gap, and PP gap.
One click button to print a summary sheet for any student or the whole class at once. This gives a breakdown of all assessments and their marks. Shows progress against targets. Great for handing out and discussing at parents’ evening.
Filter by assessment type to offer even more powerful analysis of class strengths and areas for improvement.
KS3 markbooks support custom levels/grades or RAG rated strand systems.
Sample class included which is packed with helpful tips on how to use the markbook.
All Macros work on PC and Mac. This is truly universal and made for everyone!
If you have any questions prior to purchase please do get in touch: markbookultra@gmail.com
Custom-made versions of Markbook Extra are available. Have your school branding added and modifications made where necessary. Email me directly for a quotation.