A lesson to support the teaching and learning of the 'Design argument&' at GCSE level. This lesson is specifically for the Edexcel &';Believing in God' topic. Please comment and let me know if particular activities work well or you require links to clips. I am also on twitter @Mr_Betts for more discussion.

Lesson 1. Learning mat for AS students studying the Cosmological argument. Encourage active independent learning alongside solo taxonomy. I also have a powerpoint that shows students what symbols represent and a bit more to the lesson itself. Please feedback any further ideas!

See for yourself, be inspired by Dick and Rick Hoyte! (An RE themed assembly that students will remember)

This lesson is part of the 'Peace and conflict' topic within GCSE Edexcel Religious Studies. Students really enjoy passing through the different tasks. Details and ideas for the activities are within the slide notes for you to adapt if required. The Edexcel 'Religion & Society' textbook is required or a suitable alternative that has an example of a conflict where the United Nations has tried to resolve. A couple of the activities can then be very easily adapted to fulfil your needs. Common examples are Kosovo and Darfur in textbooks. Students show very clear progress in this lesson.

Here are some GCSE Religious Studies revision activities on the topic of Medical Issues but could easily be adapted for other subjects and topics.

This resource will be of great use for anyone applying for the NPQH course from 2019 onwards. Completed on the latest form this will give you a clear idea of what kinds of examples and comments to write based on your own experiences.

For the new Edexcel 2.0 GCSE English Language: Here are sentence structures for Section A (Reading) which may support students to manage their time and produce well-structured paragraphs for Q2, Q4 & Q6 that hit the mark scheme. Q1 & 3 do not require ‘planning’ a response. Each slide can be printed as needed as a starting template.

There are a variety of active learning slides that can be used here - also adaptable for other specification. The examples are written for the Jekyll & Hyde Edexcel English Literature course. Slide 1. Structure strips to indicate how students should produce their PEETER paragraphs. The aim is to align the section of the paragraph approximately to the structure strip / writing frame. Slide 2. Connectagons - Students populate the hexagons with key words / character names / themes (edit for your topic) and then complete a piece of writing which attempts to justify as many linking hexagons as possible This is an amazing activity that supports retrieval also. Slide 3 & 4. A pre-populated example of a ‘explode the quote’ hexagon. This can be completed as group work if you provide each group with a different quote form the extract. Can then produce a ‘whole class model essay’ Slide 5. Blank template Slide 6. Same activity as above but using an exam question. Students read an extract and then write their select quotes/analysis them in details in the segments before writing it up. Slide 7. An example of some activities to get students reflecting upon their independent answers. See if they can note where they did well or missed something key!

Specifically for the 'Edexcel&' specification &';Philosophy of Religion' & &'Ethics&';. Students use this worksheet to mark past essays and their peers. I then write my own comments and specific questions to address in the margin of their timed essays.

A series of homeworks ready to use for Edexcel's Unit 8. Religion & Society based on Christianity & Islam. Perfect to hand out in class or to upload to platforms such as show my homework. In each homework students must correctly match up the answers with the corresponding question. There is also an answer sheet for teachers. In the lesson due in we then complete a 10 question class quiz (same homework Q's but without notes) and collect in the scores. We have found this has a big impact - lower ability students simply learn the facts., higher ability must match them up - differentiate the homework! You can also view the class quiz leaderboard I have uploaded as this can be used alongside the homeworks/quizzes and add a competitive element to even homework/fact learning! L1 homework questions/answers are marked using the first ten and then second ten to fit in with how the scoreboard works however. I will be adding a few more questions from this topic - even if you get the resource you can get the additions.

Some ideas to present the real meaning of Christmas from a Christian perspective. Youtube clips required. (Harvey Nichols Christmas advert 2013, Black Friday Fight ASDA, Christmas in a nutshell - all available on youtube and downloadable using keepvid). Enjoy!

A series of short answer questions related to any A Level course studying Kant/Deontology. Students rate their own understanding out of 10, review any areas they need to review and then the teacher also rates their understanding for mark book purposes. This also allows for whole class intervention and to easily observe common areas of misunderstanding. These can be used to consolidate learning as homework questions.

A series of questions to consolidate learning on the teleological argument. Students rate their own understanding out of 10, comment upon areas they need to review and finally the teacher also assesses their understanding for mark book purposes. These AFL sheets could be used as homework tasks to consolidate learning. It allows you to easily identify common misunderstandings in the class quickly before moving on to new information.

A generic spreadsheet for any subject/faculty leader to forecast photocopying costs for the whole year. Helps to budget, plan expenditure and bid for more!

This resources provides students with signpost words / key features of theories and arguments for the topics (Edexcel AS Religious Studies / Philosophy & Ethics) - Teleological argument - Problem of evil and suffering - Situation ethics - Utilitarianism Prepare for students as a card sort - each topic in a different colour. Project different past questions onto the board, students must select most relevant headings and order from the cards to address the question. Repeat this process and swap topics around between pairs. Follow-up activity could include mind mapping what students know about the key features/how they connect then pass the mind map on to another pair to add what they think has been missed.

A series of active learning strategies to encourage memory skills and engagement with any revision guide you give to students for Unit 8 Religion & Society. Activities could be adapted for different specifications and topics and/or to the needs of the specific guide you may give to students. This lesson familiarises students with their guide and gives some useful tips to remember facts and encourage close reading skills. There are also some suggestions of further activities in the slide notes. If you would like a copy of the revision guide we use please comment below.

A series of revision activities for most AS Religious Studies/Philosophy & Ethics specifications that include Utilitarianism.

Team based quiz for AS students studying the teleological argument. Activities could be slightly adapted depending upon exam board/quotes you would like students to memorise/learn. I created one of these for each AS topic prior to their mock exam.

You can use this resource with any subject and key stage. The excel document helps you to RAG students test/quiz scores, see cumulative scores and nominate a gold, silver and bronze winner after a topic/term/year. I often have students peer assess then call out results during the register. There is enough space for 30 students and 20 quizzes. The document automatically colours codes scores - red=1-3, yellow=4-6, green=7-10 to show understanding. Also helps to plan intervention with student flagged as 'red'. If students are absent the box remains blue.

Do you have a central way to log all students progress and comments? Here's what I use