Nativity, Advent & Christmas Bundle This Bundle contains 4 lessons on the Nativity, Advent & Christmas (two 120 minute PowerPoints) These are… Includes: Lots of Fun activities, Exam Style Questions, a revision placemat & an Interactive Quiz (WITH MUSIC). For more fun activities based on the Christmas Season please click here. This resource was originally planned to span a 2 hour double lesson, but can easily be split into a series of lessons. This pack includes: PowerPoint: 70 slides!!! Resource Booklet: 14 Sheets. This lesson is designed to take pupils through the Nativity story and the myths that surround it. Starter activity: Completion of last lesson’s Give me 5 activity. Summary of Tasks: Letter Generator: Pupils have to come up with as many words using the letters of the alphabet as they can using the stimulus given. Beat The Teacher: There is a task on Biblical references based on the prophecies of the Messiah- for a bit of beat the teacher fun!! Cartoon Strip: Pupils will then have the opportunity to retell the story of the Nativity as their remember it using the Cartoon Strip resources. 2 Video clips: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS SUGGESTED THAT YOU USE THE NATIVITY STORY’ (2009) FILM FOR THIS LESSON. If this is not available, then feel free to use any clips you see fit. Biblical Accounts: Pupils are given the Biblical accounts as found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. They are tasked with completing a Venn Diagram on these passages. YouTube Clip: Pupils will then watch as short video based on the myths surrounding the Nativity and fill in a worksheet accordingly. Finally…There is a Revision Placemat based on the information needed for the exam. Pupils can be given this or we use it initially as an A3 laminated work mat. Pupils can use this to answer the new style exam questions a)-d). Homework: Pupils must fill in the Unwrapping the Nativity worksheet with as much information as possible. Plenary: The Nativity Quiz-18 questions and answers based on the birth narratives-pupils absolutely love this!! This section is interactive and includes music. Advent & Christmas (120 minutes worth of content!): Advent & Christmas (120 minutes worth of content!) A Grab and Go Lesson! Zero prep. For more fun activities based on the Christmas Season please click here. This resource was originally planned to span a 2 hour double lesson, but can easily be split into a series of lessons. This pack includes: PowerPoint: 32 slides!!! Resource Booklet: 8 Sheets. This lesson contains a really fun starter activity Who live in a house like this? The Nativity that can be purchased as a standalone resource for £2. The lesson takes pupils through the importance of advent and the advent wreath. They have to complete a posted on the advent wreath and Christingle based on internet research they carry out. If you do not have access to the internet during lessons it is advisable that the lesson prior to this you give them a research homework on these items. There is a match up activity on the various symbols of Christmas and their significance. Pupils are taken through a Christmas Mass within the Roman Catholic Church and have to complete an order task based on this. Following which, pupils can complete a summary sheet. Plenary is one of our interactive activities-the 5Ws. This is used to summarise the lesson. Assessment: Jesus-Man or God? This is a fully resources Grab and Go lesson based on the statement ‘Jesus was just a man’. Pupils will have to answer a 12 mark evaluation question based on the evidence they gather from lesson 1 and formulate a response as to whether they think Jesus was Man or God. Lesson 1: Starter: This is our Starter and Plenary Prompt Selector, which alone is worth £3 Pupils will have the opportunity to look back at their previous assessment level and determine what they will need to be doing in next lesson’s assessment to gain the same or a higher level. This will aid their planning of the assessment task and prepare them for the assessment. Pupils will have to read a handout on the person of Jesus and 4 main aspects of his life and deduce what parts of his life point towards him being God or man. They will also be given a Biblical quotes placemat that they will use to decide what the Bible says about the person of Jesus. Using a Youtube clip (link provided with the PPT) pupils will have to determine which quotes point to Jesus being human and which point towards him being man. There is a choice of two worksheets following this whereby pupils can fill in a Venn diagram or a table using the information they have gathered to distinguish what the teachings say about Jesus’ personhood. Pupils are then introduced to how to complete an evaluation question. Using a worksheet provided in the pack, pupils will follow the framework to answer the evaluation question. Homework: Pupils must take the worksheets home in order that they can revise for he assessment. Lesson 2: Pupils will have this lesson revise for 10 minutes and 30 minutes to complete the assessment. Plenary: pupils must fill in the Exit Pass Included in this pack is two of our Loading Timers. The full editable version can be purchased by following the link. Various other mini activities for the month of December. Namely, Nativity Diamond Ranking: A worksheet that is differentiated (High, Middle and Lower abilities) based on the Nativity story. Christmas Bingo, Christmas Behaviour Managemnt Reward Jars & Christmas Secular or Religious Conveyor Belt activity. 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. We really do value your feedback! If you review this resource, you can choose another of the same value for FREE. Head over to our Facebook Page: @TeachElite and message us with your selection.

OVER 10 HOURS OF CONTENT!! Perfect for sparking debate at KS3 or KS4! This is a collection of resources on life, death and the afterlife in Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism. We hope that you enjoy this resource! We would love your feedback, if you like what you see, please follow us: on Tes TeachElite’s Shop click the’Follow this Author button’ . We will keep you updated on any sales we throw or FREEBIES we upload. You can find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeachEliteRE and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeachElite/ #BACKTOSCHOOL

High Quality resources! 15 Lessons that are designed to achieve an ‘outstanding’ using inspection guidance. Included in this pack is: 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. We hope that you enjoy this resource! We would love your feedback, if you like what you see, please follow us: on Tes TeachElite’s Shop click the’Follow this Author button’ . We will keep you updated on any sales we throw or FREEBIES we upload.

This is an unmissable bundle that contains 11 of our resources that you can use in any lesson. ESPECIALLY GREAT FOR stirring abit of excitement up during TRANSITION LESSONS! The Back To School Lesson Kit Contains loads of great PowerPoints and Worksheets!

This Bundle Includes 4 of our tutor time /assembly / collective worship resources. Tutor Time / Assembly Pack - October: Tutor Time Pack - October is another of our INTERACTIVE tutor time resources. It contains a range of different tasks that can be completed during Tutor Time. If this is used throughout the school, it is designed to be cascaded through lessons throughout the week. The PPT contains 38 slides. Included in these slides are: Key dates for the month of October, Word of the Week (x 4) Literacy Task for the Week (2 separate tasks) Numeracy Task For the week (2 separate Tasks) Debate topic (4 debate questions, each based on the word for the week). This is useful for instilling literacy and numeracy maintaining continuity throughout the school. You can either print off the word of the week placemat and laminate it and then, each week, stick a different word on it. This also comes with our 30 second countdown timer, our 60 second bubble timer for use with literacy and numeracy activities and our 5 minute Loading Timer. Black History Month : Assemblies / Tutor Time / Collective Worship THIS IS A WHOLE MONTH’S WORTH OF TUTOR TIME for BHM + 1 ASSEMBLY. 1 Assembly and 4 x Tutor Time sessions This pack contains 1 Assembly resource and 4 separate Tutor Time resources for Black History Month. All PowerPoints are fully resourced with YouTube links and activities to discuss the topic in question. Assembly pack contains a PPT (9 Slides) and a handout for you to make notes on each slide should you so wish. The assembly introduces pupils to the background of Black History Month. It includes a link to a YouTube clip educating them on BHM in the UK and people’s thoughts on this. Pupils are also made aware of the influential figures Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. This resource includes inspirational quote and an OPTIONAL Christian prayer. The pupils exit this assembly listening to the ‘I have a dream Speech’. Tutor Time pack contains 4 x Fully Resourced PPT (20 slides in total) Worksheets (3 A4 sheets) The Topics to be discussed are: 1. History of Slavery 2.Martin Luther King Jr. 3. Malcolm X 4. Should Black History Month be Celebrated? The resource booklet to accompany this pack contains an Emoji Graph, 5W s sheet and Venn Diagram worksheets. This resource also contains two of our plenary activities- The Interactive 5W activity and the Opinion line activity. COMPLETE WITH MUSIC. Diwali: Diwali: 2 x Tutor Time / Collective Worship / Autumn activities This pack contains 2 separate Tutor Time resources for Diwali. All PowerPoints are fully resourced with YouTube links and activities to discuss the topic in question. The PPT consists of 14 slides and work booklet consists of 2 sheets. Tutor Time 1: This introduces pupils to the significance of Diwali and directs you to a youtube clip on Rama and Sita. Pupils have to make a cartoon strip based on this session. Tutor Time 2: This develops pupil’s knowledge of Diwali and introduces them to one of the decorations used during this festival, the Toran. Pupils have to design and decorate their own Toran. Halloween and Day of the Dead Assembly /Tutor Time / Collective Worship Pack This resource pack contains + 1x Assembly and 2 x tutor time sessions. It also includes our Halloween / Day of the Dead Pin Skeleton worth £2.50. BONUS RESOURCE: A 2 Minute Full Moon Timer We have also included our FREEBIE Design your own Halloween Costume to run as a competition alongside the assembly and tutor time activities. All PowerPoints are fully resourced with YouTube links and activities to discuss the topic in question. Assembly pack contains a PPT (20 Slides) and a handout for you to make notes on each slide should you so wish. The assembly introduces pupils to the history of Halloween. It includes a link to a YouTube clip educating them on Halloween and its history. This resource includes inspirational quote and an OPTIONAL Christian prayer. There is a True or False activity entitled ‘Boo or False’ with 6 facts about Halloween. The pupils can ‘Boo’ for a true statement and groan like a zombie for a false statement. Tutor Time pack contains 2 x Fully Resourced PPT (16 slides in total) Worksheets (9 A4 sheets) The Topics to be discussed are: 1. History of Halloween-Fully resourced with you tube clips and activity sheet. 2.Day of the Dead COMPLETE WITH MUSIC. Fully resourced with a pin skeleton activity. The resource booklet to accompany this pack contains a fact file for tutor time 1 and all the resources you need to create a Day of the dead pin skeleton. Whole School Resource: Emoji Selector: This is a really fun AFL Activity! Teacher Instructions: You can copy and paste the Emoji selector slide into any presentation you wish or use the slide as a standalone resource. Click on the spin button to start the selector and the stop button to stop it. You can reset the selector at any time to restart the process. Class Instructions: The Emoji Selector will generate three emotions. You must press ‘spin’ to start the selector and ‘stop’ to stop it spinning. The pupils will have to give reasons as to how each of the selected emotions relate to the lesson. I.e. if the selector lands on ‘Happy, Frustrated & Shocked’ the pupils have to give one thing that made them happy, one thing that frustrated them and one thing that shocked them during the lesson. If you review this resource we will give you another resource of the same value for FREE. We hope that you enjoy this resource! We would love your feedback, if you like what you see, please follow us: on Tes TeachElite’s Shop click the’Follow this Author button’ . 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