We are Science and Religious Education specialist with with a combined 30 years of experience as middle managers both academic and pastoral. We have experience teaching Science, PSHE, PE, Humanities, Philosophy , Ethics, Psychology, Sociology. Lots of our resources are aimed at whole school whether they be AFL activities to Tutor Time resources.
We are Science and Religious Education specialist with with a combined 30 years of experience as middle managers both academic and pastoral. We have experience teaching Science, PSHE, PE, Humanities, Philosophy , Ethics, Psychology, Sociology. Lots of our resources are aimed at whole school whether they be AFL activities to Tutor Time resources.
Here is our grab and go 10 hour unit based on the Sanctity of Life.
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This bundle includes the initial lessons needed to introduce pupils to the new RS specification. This can be used for Short Course or Full Course.
Included in this bundle is:
Lesson 1: Welcome to GCSE Religious Studies-This is the first of many new resources that we will be uploading over the next few months in preparation for the NEW WJEC GCSE Specification that is due to commence in September. An introduction lesson for WJEC GCSE pupils informing them of what the Short Course will entail. This lesson is an overview of Unit 1. We have added a second religion of Judaism. However, we have left the resource partially editable so that you can add your own religion of choice should you wish to do so. NB This lesson can be used with year 9 pupils as we are aware that more and more schools are opting for a 3 year GCSE course. The activities included are: What is religion? , Overview of the Course placemat, Christianity beliefs and practices Key Concepts sort task and worksheet.
Lesson 2: Introduction to Christianity-This lesson is designed to be a summary of some of the key concepts of Christianity. It is the second in the series of resources we are creating for the new RS GCSE. The starter activity is based on our Conveyor Belt activity and is designed to ascertain pupil prior knowledge. Pupils have to complete a peer assessment task based on this also. This PowerPoint has interactive features in the form of a ‘Fidget Spinner Selector’ whereby different religious concepts can be randomly selected. There is a Christianity placemat that is designed to be enlarged to A3 size for pupils to make notes as they progress through the lesson. Pupils have opportunity to use the Religious Studies Vocabulary Booklet to add any additional Key Words they learn during the lesson. Additionally, There is an order activity on the Apostles Creed that can be printed out and laminated for pupils to complete should you wish. The plenary activity is our Rainbow Game interactive activity. There are 20 questions provided for pupils to take part in a class quiz prior to exiting the lesson. You can view a sample of the booklet here http://fliphtml5.com/gonfq/yuzr
Lesson 3: The History of Christianity-This is a Grab & Go Lesson! Zero prep. This lesson is designed to be a summary of some of the key events in Christian history. It is the 3rd in the series of resources we are creating for the new RS GCSE. The starter activity is based on our the fidget spinner activity from last lesson and is designed to ascertain pupil understanding of last lesson’s topic. There is a Fidget Spinner Placemat that is designed to be enlarged to A3 size for pupils to make notes as they progress through the starter activity. There is also a fidget spinner sheet (without space for notes) that you can print in colour and laminate for classroom use. Pupils have opportunity to use the Religious Studies Vocabulary Booklet to add any additional Key Words they learn during the lesson. Additionally, There is an order activity on key events in the Bible and Christianity to date. There are lots of events included to give you the option to use them all or select the events that you would like to include in your own lessons. The plenary activity is our Emoji Graph. Pupils are asked to choose some of the key events in Christian history and create an emoji graph based on this. The number of events for them to choose has been left to your discretion depending on the ability of the class. This PPT also includes a video link to Christianity in our society today.
Lesson 4: Christian Denominations- This is a Grab & Go Lesson! Zero prep. It is the 4th in the series of resources we are creating for the new RS GCSE. This pack includes: PowerPoint: 34 slides Resource Booklet: 15 Sheets. This lesson is designed to be an overview of the main Christian denominations. The starter activity is based on our Stop the Clock activity on prior learning of Christian key words. This is a really fun activity, pupils love it! Thinking Skills Task: There are 8 slides on the PPT that take pupils through the basics of 8 Christian denominations. It is recommended that these be printed out and either laminated or given to pupils for this Task. Pupils must cut out the statements provided and categorise them on the Christian Denominations placemat (Print this out as A3 to ensure that there is enough room for all of the statements) Religious Vocabulary: Pupils have opportunity to use the Religious Studies Vocabulary Booklet to add any additional Key Words they learn during the lesson. Homework Activity: Working in groups of three, pupils must create a teaching aid on the Christian Denominations. Plenary activity: Trump this! There are 12 cards based on the denominations studied during the lesson.
Lesson 5: The Trinity: This is a Grab & Go Lesson! Zero prep. It is the 5th in the series of resources we are creating for the new RS GCSE. However, it can easily be used with KS3. This pack includes: PowerPoint: 20 slides Resource Booklet: 5 Sheets.This lesson is designed to be an introduction to the concept of the Trinity. Starter activity: Pupils are tasked with making an acrostic poem based on prior learning of three key words. Summarise Task: Pupils are given information about the Trinity and asked to summaries this on an A4 map. There is also a link to a youtube video on the Trinity. They will then be required to condense their learning even more into one paragraph. Religious Vocabulary: Pupils have opportunity to use the Religious Studies Vocabulary Booklet to add any additional Key Words they learn during the lesson.
Homework Activity: To research facts about Jesus in preparation for their next lesson. Plenary activity: Tweet it.
Lesson 6 & 7: The Existence of God: his is a ‘Grab & Go’ Lesson-Zero prep Required and is designed to get pupils thinking about the existence of God through the Ontological Theory. Included: PowerPoint (53 slides) & Work booklet (10 pages) This lesson slots into any year 9 SoW or can be used alongside our GCSE resources designed for the new specification. (This is lesson 5 in the range). This can either be a fast paced 60 minutes or span two lessons. Giving pupils the initial lesson to research and plan and then the second lesson as a P4C lesson to thoroughly debate this topic. It is a fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint and worksheets with a card sort sheet that can either be printed and pupils can cut the information out to stick in their books or you can laminate the cards for group tasks. There is also a help sheet included on how to come up with a convincing argument. Homework: Pupils have to research famous Theist, Atheist and Agnostics and their principles along with some very important religious vocabulary. The aim is for pupils to come up with plausible arguments whether there is or is not a God (using the Ontological Theory as evidence) and to present this in a group discussion.
Lesson 8 & 9: Jesus- This is your Life (2 lessons)…
This is a Grab & Go Lesson! Zero prep. It is the 8 & 9 in the series of resources we are creating for the new RS GCSE. It was originally planned to span a 2 hour double lesson, but can easily be split into a series of lessons. It can most definitely be used @ KS3 too! This pack includes: PowerPoint: 73 slides!!! Resource Booklet: 9 Sheets. This lesson is designed to be an overview of the life of Jesus. Starter activity: Give me 5 activity Summary of Task: Pupils are asked to draw what they think Jesus looked like and then watch a 5 min clip on what he probably looked like. There is a handy diagram illustrating the life of Jesus too. Pupils are taken through some facts about his lifestyle. Beat the Teacher: The next task pupils have to find Biblical references about the Messiah (Bibles are needed for this activity). Jesus, this is your life (in 10 mins) The PPT guides pupils through the life of Jesus and the main events that occurred. There is a match up activity on the names of Jesus and a HW task on the I am sayings. Plenary is our Moo or False activity-pupils absolutely love this!! Religious Vocabulary: Pupils have opportunity to use the Religious Studies Vocabulary Booklet to add any additional Key Words they learn during the lesson. Homework Activity: To research facts about Jesus in preparation for their next lesson.
GCSE Religious Studies Vocabulary Booklet. (Unit 1)-An A-Z vocabulary booklet based on the new WJEC Specification Unit 1. This contains specific vocabulary that pupils need to know for the exam, with other relevant key words together with space for pupils to add their own specific content. The majority of pages are dedicated to a letter. were as come letters (Y & Z, for example) share a page. The booklet is 39 pages long, this will allow you to have it printed back to back in magazine form as either an A5 (printed on A4 paper) or A4 booklet (printed on A3 paper).
Worship & Ritual Unit
Here is a selection of resources for you to teach a unit on Worship within the Judaism, Christianity and the Hindu Faith.
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Christianity Dropdown Day
Here is a selection of fully resourced lessons for you to carryout a transition for year 6.
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Have fun learning about the story of Moses and the Exodus with this comprehens Captivate your students with this fun and engaging lesson series based on the Prince of Egypt movie and the story of Moses and the Exodus with this extensive 3-hour lesson pack. Perfect when putting the story of Easter and Passover into context. Delve into this epic tale with a comprehensive workbook and PowerPoint, complete with contextual information, cartoon strips, biblical references, viewing questions, and more.
The Details:
This resource is your key to unlocking the narrative’s depth and significance, whether in a classroom setting or as a home learning activity. With options for both hard copy and digital use, it provides maximum flexibility in your teaching approach.
Here’s what you will get:
Prologue: An informative context sheet that sets the stage for understanding the Israelites’ enslavement in Egypt.
Cartoon Strip: Visualize the events leading up to the Exodus in a creative and engaging format.
Biblical References: Dive into the religious aspects of the story with biblical references.
Viewing Questions: Evaluate student comprehension with thought-provoking questions, complete with teacher answers.
Chilli Challenge Sheet: Encourage critical thinking and deeper exploration of the narrative.
Learning Journal Sheet: Provide a structured approach to reflecting on the learning journey.
Ideas for Use:
Imagine your students immersing themselves in the story of Moses and the Exodus through the engaging medium of the Prince of Egypt movie. This resource is versatile and adaptable to various teaching environments, ensuring a comprehensive and immersive learning experience.
Why you’ll Love It:
Educators and students will appreciate this resource for its depth and ability to make a classic narrative come to life through modern media. It not only saves preparation time but also creates an engaging and interactive learning adventure.
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Your download includes a workbook and PowerPoint, available in both printer-friendly black and white and color versions, making it accessible and adaptable to your needs.
This Prince of Egypt and Moses and Exodus lesson resource will stand out as a memorable lesson series. It is a comprehensive and engaging way to explore this timeless narrative. Get your copy today and embark on an unforgettable journey through history and storytelling!
This unit covers Hinduism, Judaism and Christianity.
It explored the nature of God according to these three religions and allows the pupils to gain a deeper understanding of the view of God form these faith perspectives.
This resource includes:
God-Ontological Argument
Passion CSI
Resurrection CSI
Trinity
Jesus Man or God
Jewish Messiah
Judaism & God
Fully Resources & Interactive
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CHRISTIANITY: The Triune God Bundle
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This is perfect for any GCSE lesson and can easily be adapted for KS3!
This Bundle Includes:
Lesson 1- The Trinity:
This is a Grab & Go Lesson! Zero prep. It is the 5th in the series of resources we are creating for the new RS GCSE. However, it can easily be used with KS3.
This pack includes: PowerPoint: 20 slides Resource Booklet: 5 Sheets.
This lesson is designed to be an introduction to the concept of the Trinity.
Starter activity: Pupils are tasked with making an acrostic poem based on prior learning of three key words.
Summarise Task: Pupils are given information about the Trinity and asked to summaries this on an A4 map. There is also a link to a youtube video on the Trinity. They will then be required to condense their learning even more into one paragraph.
Religious Vocabulary: Pupils have opportunity to use the Religious Studies Vocabulary Booklet to add any additional Key Words they learn during the lesson.
Homework Activity: To research facts about Jesus in preparation for their next lesson.
Plenary activity: Tweet it.
Lesson 2- The Existence of God: his is a ‘Grab & Go’ Lesson-Zero prep Required and is designed to get pupils thinking about the existence of God through the Ontological Theory.
Included: PowerPoint (53 slides) & Work booklet (10 pages)
This lesson slots into any year 9 SoW or can be used alongside our GCSE resources designed for the new specification. (This is lesson 5 in the range).
This can either be a fast paced 60 minutes or span two lessons. Giving pupils the initial lesson to research and plan and then the second lesson as a P4C lesson to thoroughly debate this topic.
It is a fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint and worksheets with a card sort sheet that can either be printed and pupils can cut the information out to stick in their books or you can laminate the cards for group tasks. There is also a help sheet included on how to come up with a convincing argument.
Homework: Pupils have to research famous Theist, Atheist and Agnostics and their principles along with some very important religious vocabulary.
The aim is for pupils to come up with plausible arguments whether there is or is not a God (using the Ontological Theory as evidence) and to present this in a group discussion.
Lesson 3 & 4- Jesus- This is your Life (2 lessons):
This is a Grab & Go Lesson! Zero prep.
It is the 6 & 7th in the series of resources we are creating for the new RS GCSE. It was originally planned to span a 2 hour double lesson, but can easily be split into a series of lessons. It can most definitely be used @ KS3 too!
This pack includes: PowerPoint: 73 slides!!! Resource Booklet: 9 Sheets.
This lesson is designed to be an overview of the life of Jesus.
Starter activity: Give me 5 activity
Summary of Task: Pupils are asked to draw what they think Jesus looked like and then watch a 5 min clip on what he probably looked like. There is a handy diagram illustrating the life of Jesus too. Pupils are taken through some facts about his lifestyle.
Beat the Teacher: The next task pupils have to find Biblical references about the Messiah (Bibles are needed for this activity).
Jesus, this is your life (in 10 mins) The PPT guides pupils through the life of Jesus and the main events that occurred. There is a match up activity on the names of Jesus and a HW task on the I am sayings.
Plenary is our Moo or False activity-pupils absolutely love this!!
Religious Vocabulary: Pupils have opportunity to use the Religious Studies Vocabulary Booklet to add any additional Key Words they learn during the lesson.
Homework Activity: To research facts about Jesus in preparation for their next lesson.
GCSE Short Course Vocabulary Booklet:
An A-Z vocabulary booklet based on the new WJEC Specification Unit 1. This contains specific vocabulary that pupils need to know for the exam, with other relevant key words together with space for pupils to add their own specific content. The majority of pages are dedicated to a letter. were as come letters (Y & Z, for example) share a page.
The booklet is 39 pages long, this will allow you to have it printed back to back in magazine form as either an A5 (printed on A4 paper) or A4 booklet (printed on A3 paper).
Judaism : Judaism & God
This is a fully resourced 1 hour ‘Grab & Go’ lesson on the Jewish beliefs about the nature of God.
Included in this pack is:
Bell Task
Discussion Points
YouTube Clip
‘Picture This’ Activity
Doodle Notes
Key Concepts Task
G’Doodle Task
Diamond Ranking Task.
Also included in this resource is one of our Teach Elite 2 minute timers.
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This is a great way of brightening up your classroom for the new academic year. This Religious Education Synagogue Display Pack contains…
Main Synagogue Objects
Instruction Sheet
2 Synagogue Plan Sheets
Display Signs
2 Printing Options
2 Sign Options
***Explanation ***
Included in this pack is signs for the key items in the synagogue as well as images for you to print out.
It is suggested that you create an outline of the synagogue our of florist ribbon or simply draw the outline with a marker.
Then print out the items and signs. You can follow the instruction map that is in this instruction handout to help you set up your synagogue Display…
Please note that you may wish to print out these items on A3 or A4 paper. There are two options for you to use. These have been included as we recognise that there will be different requirements due to the size of your display board.
Option 1: We have included two items on each page
Option 2: A single item on each page
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This Easter, Resurrection. of Jesus CSI is a FULLY resourced Grab & Go resource that can be taught over two hours.
Let your pupils take ownership of their lesson with this Easter CSI on the resurrection of Jesus / The Easter story
Included in this pack is a PPT (21 slides) & Work Booklet ( 10 worksheets)
8 Biblical study ’witness accounts’ of the Easter story ’
Evidence Chart
Final Report worksheet
2 TeachElite timers
Navigation Interactive Plenary
& Music!
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Christmas: Christmas Mandalas Activity
This resource contains 20 pre-drawn mandalas and then 5 differentiated sheets/options for pupils to create their own mandalas.
Also included:
10 minute snowflake timer and 10 minute Icicle timer
When pupils create their own it is recommended that you encourage them to explain their creation. i.e. the significance of the items and shapes within their drawings and the symbolism of the colours used too.
Have a very merry Christmas!
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This is perfect for instilling mindfulness and helping pupils focus during this special month of Ramadan.
Included in this pack is:
170 Different A4 Sheets
Geometric Colouring pages
Design your own Islamic Calligraphy
Fun, contemplative & Calming
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Here is a grab and go research lesson on the topic of Christian pilgrimage. Included in this resource is:
Clear Aims & Objectives
YouTube Links
Chilli Challenge
Evaluation Exercise
Emoji Exit Task
2 x Teach Elite Timers
Links to YouTube Clips
Knowledge Hunt Activity
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Complete Advent Kit. This is a Fully resourced pack with a 1 hour lesson, Advent Challenge Task and an Advent Calendar. With various other Advent activities.
Included is:
Who lives in a house like this
INTERACTIVE PLENARY-5Ws
Religous & Secular Symbols
The Advent Wreath.
Class Advent Challenge
In detail description:
There are three INDIVIDUAL resources here with worksheets .
Resource 1: An Interactive Advent Calendar that MUST be shown in presentation mode. Each day pupils can open the calendar and have a different thought for the day.
Resource 2: Reverse Advent Calendar. This takes pupils through the concept of giving at Christmas and promotes an act of social justice in the class. During the last week of term pupils can then give the advent boxes to a charity of their choice.
Resource 3: This is a fully resourced lesson with a small section that requires research on the internet.
Pupils play the INTERACTIVE game ‘Who lives in a house like this?’, designed as a recap of what they know about the nativity.
The aims and objectives slide caters for all abilities and is therefore fully differentiated.
The slide show discusses what Advent is and the different candles, then the pupils are tasked with a small amount of research on the internet.
Following which, there is an activity on the secular and religious items of Christmas (fully animated PPT slides with answers too).
Next, pupils are taken through the midnight Christmas Mass, there is opportunity for group work here discussing the order in which they think they should appear.
Lastly there is another INTERACTIVE resource asking pupils to recount the information they have learned from this lesson.
This has been rated 5* by Tes and is an inspected resource that has been rated ‘outstanding’.
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Islam , An Introduction
This is a fully resourced, two hour long ‘Grab & Go’ lesson that will require zero prep (aside printing the worksheets ;-) )
It introduces the pupils to some of the most important concept and symbols within Islam.
Takes students through some of the fundamental building blocks of Islam such as Allah, the Five Pillars. Icluding: Prayer, Almsgiving, Hajj.
It includes:
Bell Task
Conveyor Belt Activity
Fidget Spinner activity
Facts about 8 key concepts and symbols.
Peer Assessment
Teach Elite Timer
Worksheets
Research Homework Task.
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10 Hours of content for KS3 & 4!
Here is our Hinduism: Hindu Worship bundle.
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