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.
Included in this pack is a 2 minute timer with music!
Following on from our Arranged Marriages Lesson . This is the second lesson based on the Hindu wedding ceremony.
This is a fully resourced Grab & Go lesson based on Hindu Marriage.
PowerPoint: 18 Slides & Work Booklet: 11 pages
Starter: Give me 5 activity
Discussion on marriage within Hinduism
Information on the Hindu marriage ceremony
A fun activity that allows the pupils to ‘dress up’ the figures with the attire worn by the bride and groom at a wedding.
Learning Map: Hindu marriage ceremony &symbols
The order of a Hindu marriage ceremony.
Diamond Ranking activity on the promises made by the husband and wife.
A literacy task on writing a letter about a wedding ceremony.
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This is a ‘ Grab and Go ‘ two hour session on the Jewish Hanukkah The PPT is completely editable if you want to alter anything yourself. Also included is an evaluation task on celebrating festivals in the UK.
Included in this pack is…
Bell Task
Discussion Points
Clear Aims & Objectives
YouTube Link
Doodle Notes
Exam Style Questions
Peer Assessment
Internet Research Task
Letter Investigator Plenary
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This is a fully resourced two hour long lesson on the topic of puja within Hinduism. Pupils will have the opportunity to lable and colour their own puja tray and also create their own shrine from a cardboard boxes or a shoe box. It is suggested that you pre-warn pupils the lesson before so that they arrive with their items for creating their own shrine.
Included in this pack is:
Bell Task
YouTube Clip
Learning Placemat
Labelling Task
Information Sheet
Exam Style Question
Peer Assessment
Create a Shrine Kinesthetic Task
Emoji Minefield Plenary
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This is a 1 hour fully resourced ‘Grab & Go’ lesson on the topic of Christian funeral rites.
Included in this pack is:
PPT (30) & Workbooklet (8) consisting of…
Bell Taks
YouTube link
Learning Placemat
Comic Strip
Exam Style Questions,
Peer Assessment,
Opinion Line
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This is a two hour long ‘grab and go’ resource on the Gospels. Pupils will learn of the similarities and differences of the Gospels and then be tasked with creating an infographic on them.
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This is a ‘Grab & Go’ fully resourced one hour long lesson on the topic of the features of an ANGLICAN Church. It has individual, pair and group tasks.
Included in this pack is:
Bell Task
Clear Aims & Objectives
Thinking Skills Tasks
Chilli Challenge
Exam Style Questions
Peer Assessment
YouTube Link
Interactive Plenary
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This is a fully resourced one hour long lesson on the topic of worship. It can be used for any religion as it is a neutral lesson so can be approached from any religious faith.
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Bell Task
Clear Aims & Objectives
Thinking Skills Tasks
Chilli Challenge
Peer Assessment
YouTube Link
Interactive Plenary
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The Trimurti Hinduism
This is a fully resources 1 hour lesson with worksheets and a PPT and a link to a 3 minute YouTube video about the Trimurti
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Bell Task<br />
Link to a YouTube<br />
Learning Placemat<br />
Comic Strip task<br />
Creative Mobile Phone task<br />
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This is a fully resourced grab and go lesson on the topic of ethics and morality. Included in this resource is:
Bell Task
Clear aims and objectives
Ethical Dilemma
YouTube video links
TeachElite Timer
Chilli Challenge
Creative Plenary
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Never plan a starter or a plenary again with this fantastic selection of starter and plenary resources.
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High Quality resources! 15 Lessons that are designed to achieve an ‘outstanding’ using inspection guidance.
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Christian Denominations: his 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.
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.
The Last week of Jesus’ Life: Pupils are provided with six events in the last week of Jesus’ life and are tasked with ordering them correctly and writing a sentence about each event. The attached PowerPoint takes you through the narrative with sentences for the lower ability pupils. Enjoy!
Introduction to Christianity: This lesson is designed to be a summary of some of the key concepts of Christianity. 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.
Jesus- This is your life (2 hour resource):
This is a Grab and Go Lesson! Zero prep. 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.
The Existence of God: The Existence of God.
This 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.
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.
The Death of Jesus: This is an interactive guide surrounding some of the key concepts used to explain the reasons for Jesus’ sacrifice. Pupils will have use of a poem, Biblical quotes and these key terms to discuss, analyse and select the most relevant information relating to the beliefs about death in Christianity. They will then be tasked with answering an exam style question: “Explain why the death of Jesus is important? (4)”
Life after Death Quotes: This is a single resource sheet that includes Biblical quotes that are based on life after death. We usually give these to pupils at the beginning of the topic so that they can refer to them when we are studying different aspects of the beliefs, teachings and practices that surround death. This is particularly useful when pupils are answering exam style questions. They can refer to this sheet to help them support their answers with Biblical teachings.
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It is late on Christmas Eve and Santa is delivering the presents to Holly Close. Join Ivy the elf as she checks off the gifts being delivered. As he drops the gifts into each chimney take note to see if you can guess who lives there. Each character is connected with the Nativity story.
A really visual fun activity for all!!
A Grab and Go Resource! Zero Prep Required.
This is booklet with is really useful to sum up rites of passage. Pupils can be given a a few lessons to research, use their existing work and complete the worksheets within the booklet.
They are then tasked with creating their very own revision aid on the topic. We usually collect these in and photocopy them and distribute to the class as a handy home revision summary.
The Booklet includes information and worksheets on the four main rites of passage:
Brit Milah,
Bar Mitzvah,
Marriage,
Death
Also Included: The role of the parents in these and a page in which there are arguments for which rite of passage is superior (to answer a specific exam style question).
To view the contents of this booklet, please check out our sample available at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/judaism-rites-of-passage-revision-booklet-sample-11586091
An A-Z vocabulary booklet based on WJEC Specification A: Judaism. This contains specific vocabulary that pupils need to know for the exam 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).
A planning sheet on how to set out a guide for pupils to use when visiting the local Synagogue.
The plan should give pupils an idea of what information should be included on each page.
Debate - Philosophical Questions P4C Debate starters.
This is a fully interactive PowerPoint. pupils are able to choose an icon, click on it and they are taken to a slide with a question relating to that icon. There is an arrow icon to click on to take you back to the main screen. There are 15 philosophical questions in total.
This is a ZERO PREP, Grab & Go Lesson!
This resource is the fourth and fifth lesson in the series of eight into an ‘Introduction to Religion’. This series of lessons id designed to introduce pupils to the six of the major world religions.
This resource is designed to be taught over the course of two lessons. Usually pupils will research three religions per lesson, making a total of six religion researched over the course of two lessons.
The classroom should be set up into six groups, with resources based on each of the six major world religions. We usually place an iPad on each table along with any textbooks that we have relating to that religion so that pupils can research the religion independently in the given time frame.
There are two worksheets that the pupils can be given. There is a general two-sided worksheet with space for information on all six religions to be placed. There is also a more detailed fact sheet for pupils to fill in (one side of A4 for each religion). The choice is yours as to whether you give both worksheets to the pupils or just a single worksheet based on the ability of the class.
Pacifism
A free SAMPLE video of this resource can be viewed and downloaded here
This was an Estyn inspected ‘Excellent’ lesson. These resources were taken by the inspector as an example of good practice.
It is a ‘Grab & Go’ resource-a complete lesson. It is based on the true cost of war, the various forms of non-violent protest and enables pupils to somewhat understand how this relates to pacifist belief. The PowerPoint is fully editable. This contains a literacy task in the form of a letter to the Prime Minister about War.
There are a variety of tasks contained in this resource-more than a lesson’s worth of material, making it possible for you to spread this over the course of a few lessons or to pick and choose activities to suit the needs of your class.
Contained in this pack are resources that we have on sale in our tes shop:
Letter Investigator PPT
Letter Investigator WS
Writing a Formal Letter
Pacifism & War
Pacifism Activity
Pacifism Speed Talking
Pacifism Individual Activity
Judaism : Judaism Revision
This Bundle is designed to help you and your pupils with that last minute cramming needed for the GCSE Judaism exam! The resources included are:
Pre-Exam Last Minute Tips!! GCSE Judaism Last Minute Revision session: This PowerPoint is designed to be delivered during a 15-20 minute session just before the pupils enter the exam room. It has a few handy hints and tips for pupils to use, that it is hoped, will be fresh in their minds during the exam.
GCSE Judaism Flashcards: A set of flash cards based on the WJEC Specification A Judaism paper. Past paper questions with specific content. Included in this resource is a topic overview sheet for teacher and pupil. This is basically a breakdown each topic we teach for this course.
Death & Afterlife according to Judaism-Key Concepts: An activity sheet based on the key words used to revise about death and the Afterlife according to Judaism.
Judaism Rites of Passage Revision Booklet: A Grab and Go Resource! Zero Prep Required.
This is booklet with is really useful to sum up rites of passage. Pupils can be given a a few lessons to research, use their existing work and complete the worksheets within the booklet.
They are then tasked with creating their very own revision aid on the topic. We usually collect these in and photocopy them and distribute to the class as a handy home revision summary.
The Booklet includes information and worksheets on the four main rites of passage: Brit Milah, Bar Mitzvah, Marriage, Death. Also Included: The role of the parents in these and a page in which there are arguments for which rite of passage is superior (to answer a specific exam style question). To view the contents of this booklet, please check out our sample available at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/judaism-rites-of-passage-revision-booklet-sample-11586091