This lesson focuses on what the Eight Fold Path is. It is suitable for KS3. In school we use the accelerated learning cycle to teach our subjects so please feel free to change 'Connect' to 'Starter' and 'Consolidate' to 'Pleanary'. The ppt. contains the following: A questioning connect task to encourage students to think of the rules we live by in society A video task to introduce the topic with a question to initiate pair work. A differentiated written task. (The differentiated task is a favourite of Ofsted, having under gone various in the past number of years) Pair work for a 'Consolidate' task. As always the .ppt and .doc are editable for your needs. Any questions - claddaghclassrooms@gmail.com Enjoy

This is a 40 page revision booklet and checklist for the WJEC Religious Studies 9-1 spec. The booklet is for the Short Course Component One entitled 'Religious, Philosophical & Ethical Studies in the Modern World' It has revisionmaterial for the first two themes o Theme 1: Issues of Relationships o Theme 2: Issues of Life & Death The booklet contains A revision checklist List of key terms and definitions An explanation of how to answer each type of question Revision material for each section. Each issue os dealt with in terms of both Christian & Muslim attitudes (Only two religions need to be studied) All material is editable and adaptable to your classes individual needs. My students find this material very easy to revise with abd it works really well when printed as an A5 revision booklet. Any questions please email - claddaghclassrooms@gmail.com

This lesson focuses on what the features of a Catholic Church are. It is suitable for KS3. In school we use the accelerated learning cycle to teach our subjects so please feel free to change 'Connect' to 'Starter' and 'Consolidate' to 'Pleanary'. The ppt. contains the following: A questioning connect task to encourage students to think about what they see in a church A card sort task to encourage students to discover knowledge for themselves. This consists of 5 images, 5 definitions and 5 descriptions. A fyrther questioning task asking students to look at the plan of a Catholic Church and suggest reasosn for why these features have a particular location. A differentiated written task. (The differentiated task is a favourite of Ofsted, having under gone various in the past number of years) Pair work for a 'Consolidate' task. As always the .ppt and .doc are editable for your needs. Any questions - claddaghclassrooms@gmail.com Enjoy

This is a very simple lesson used to introduce the topic of Islam to a Year 7 group. The lesson outline is as follows: The lesson contains a simple picture starter, some basic facts about Islam, a fact-finding task with a challenge task and finally a ‘Gimme 5’ plenary. There is also a homework task if needed.

This is a very simple lesson used to continue the introduction to the topic of Islam to a Year 7 group. The lesson outline is as follows: Starter Task - Ascertaining students previous knowledge Activity 1 - Time line Task - Reading Information and creating a Time line of the prophets life. Activity 2 - Video Task - This video leads to a differentiated piece of work students complete in accordance to their current ability. Success criteria are included. Plenary - Peer assessment. Claddagh Classrooms

This lesson focuses on what features there are in a Vahara. It is suitable for KS3. In school we use the accelerated learning cycle to teach our subjects so please feel free to change 'Connect' to 'Starter' and 'Consolidate' to 'Pleanary'. The ppt. contains the following: A picture connect task to engage students A video task to introduce the topic with some questions. A fact finding activity A differenctiated written task. (The differentiated task is a favourite of Ofsted, having under gone various in the past number of years) Pair work for a 'Consolidate' task. As always the .ppt and .doc are editable for your needs. Any questions - claddaghclassrooms@gmail.com Enjoy