This fun activity pack consists of a set of four differentiated puzzles to use with your students when teaching about Diwali: ‘wordsearches’, ‘word jumbles’, ‘word snakes’ and ‘crack the code’. ‘Diwali Fun Activity Pack’ is designed not just for creating ‘busy-work’ for students, but for engaging students in the learning process while consolidating their learning about Diwali. The key words used in these puzzles have been carefully chosen to offer the repetition needed for this new word list to be integrated into the students’ growing RE vocabulary. <strong>When to use these activities?</strong> The resource can be used <strong>during class activities</strong>, <strong>for homework</strong> or for <strong>revision</strong>. Answer keys are provided for all activities! Just print as many copies of each activity as you need. You may want to give each student a copy or, you may consider giving the students the option to work in pairs. At the end of this topic you can celebrate pupils’ success with one of these certificates. <strong> This resource contains</strong>: ✶ Cover ✶ Teacher Notes (including learning objectives, ways of differentiating, detailed instructions on how and when to use these activities and printing tips) ✶ 4 Activities and Answer Keys:         Activity 1: Crack the code         Activity 2: Wordsearches         Activity 3: Word snakes         Activity 4: Word jumbles ✶ TOU/Credits <strong> Page Count</strong>: 36 <strong>Related Resources</strong> All Puzzles All Hinduism Resources

This mind map is a perfect tool for helping pupils revise effectively and quickly for Higher RMPS. It includes information about the meaning and importance of worship in Buddhism and about worship in Mahayana and Theravada traditions. The mind map can also be printed off, laminated and displayed.

Regardless of their age, all students love a puzzle - learning and fun at the same time! Motivate and enthuse your students with these five differentiated jigsaw puzzles (1 text puzzle and 4 image puzzles) which have the advantage of combining learning about Thanksgiving with the enjoyment of playing. When and how to use this resource The puzzles are suitable to be used as part of the lesson ‘Thanksgiving’ during class activities, for revision or as a stand-alone activity. Pupils can work on them individually, in pairs or in mixed-ability groups. All you need to do is to print off the puzzle (as many copies as you need), laminate them for durability, cut them out carefully to ensure close matching and finally, put the pieces in envelopes. Each jigsaw puzzle is numbered-coded for organisational convenience. Please be aware that all image puzzles are graphic heavy and will require a colour printer and lots of ink! At the end of this topic you can celebrate pupils’ success with one of these certificates. ********************************************************************************** This resource contains: ✶ Cover ✶ Teacher Notes (including learning objectives, ways of differentiating, detailed instructions on how and when to use this resource, the benefits of using a jigsaw puzzle and printing tips) ✶ Numbered-coded text puzzle (8 pages) ✶ Numbered-coded image puzzle 1 (8 pages) ✶ Numbered-coded image puzzle 2 (8 pages) ✶ Numbered-coded image puzzle 3 (8 pages) ✶ Numbered-coded image puzzle 4 (8 pages) ✶ TOU/Credits Page Count: 46 ********************************************************************************** Related Resources All Puzzles All Festivals **********************************************************************************

In order to engage a wide range of students and abilities it is important to find ways to integrate religious education with other subject areas. Do you have pupils who love Maths? Do you have pupils who also love Religious Education? If so, this is the activity for them! ‘Christmas Maths’ brings together Maths skills whilst consolidating students’ knowledge of this festival. <strong>DIFFERENTIATION</strong> These differentiated activities have the advantage of combining students’ Maths skills with the enjoyment of playing. They are well differentiated to engage all students in the learning process and to enhance their learning experience. The activities are set at different levels of difficulty to help all students to achieve the learning objectives. Students can choose the activity they feel comfortable with. <strong>LEARNING INTENTIONS</strong>: The sentences / words are developed in alignment with the learning objectives for the lesson ‘Exploring Festivals Christmas’: ❄ to identify the four key features of Christmas; ❄ to explain the deeper meaning of Christmas. The activities are suitable for homework or during class activities (as a starter or plenary). Answer keys are provided for all activities! <strong> This resource contains</strong>: ❄Cover ❄Teacher notes ❄Choice 1: 10 activities ❄Choice 1: Answer Keys ❄Choice 2: 10 activities ❄Choice 2: Answer Keys ❄TOU/Credits <strong> PAGE COUNT</strong>: 31 Related Resources All puzzles **********************************************************************************

This activity pack consists of a set of 12 activities to use with your students when teaching about Palm Sunday. There is a mixture of engaging and attractive activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: scrambled sentences, acrostic poem, text cloze, crack the code etc. Pupils are also encouraged to debate, to express their own opinions and to think more deeply about this topic by, for example, answering some reflective questions. The resource can be used during class activities, for homework or for revision. Answers are provided for all activities! Just print as many copies of each activity as you need. You may want to give each student a copy or, you may consider giving the students the option to work in pairs. At the end of this topic you can celebrate pupils’ success with one of these certificates. This resource contains: ✶ Cover ✶ Contents ✶ Teacher Notes ✶ 12 Activities and Answer keys:         Activity 1: Scrambled Sentences         Activity 2: Text Cloze         Activity 3: Palm Sunday Summary         Activity 4: Palm Sunday Sentences         Activity 5: If these are the answers, what were the questions?         Activity 6: Reflective Questions         Activity 7: Acrostic Poem         Activity 8: Palm Sunday Maths         Activity 9: Crack the code         Activity 10: Wordsearches         Activity 11: Word Snake         Activity 12: Word Jumbles ✶ TOU/Credits Page Count: 48 Related Resources All Puzzles All Festivals

‘The True Story of Easter Presentation an Activities’ NO PREP teaching pack is fully resourced, lasts 1-2 periods, and it is suitable for KS3/KS4. This well-structured lesson aims to help students interact in a meaningful way with this feast, through a mixture of engaging activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: brainstorming, word sorting, group work, ‘write your story’, KUI activity etc. This resource also clarifies some misconceptions students may have about the Easter Story by looking at the Biblical accounts of it. Learning Intentions: the lesson is designed to help most pupils to: identify the events of Jesus’ life that are celebrated at Easter; describe 2-3 of Jesus’ appearances after the Resurrection; clarify some misconceptions about the Easter story. PLEASE NOTE: The PowerPoint, created with clearly defined progression and eye-catching images, can be used to boost vocabulary, to consolidate understanding and encourage confident thinking. The animation added to all slides helps teachers to pause whenever necessary to explain, expand or clarify any questions pupils may have. Should the teacher want to add other pieces of information which he/she thinks are relevant to the Easter story, or to change the order of the slides, this PowerPoint is fully editable to allow all of these. If you need to leave this with a supply teacher, this NO PREP resource is the perfect solution: the resource contains everything needed to deliver the lesson. The lesson is easy to follow and fun to teach. Just download, print and go! CONTENT: ✠ Cover ✠ Teacher Notes ✠ The True Story of Easter’ PowerPoint Presentation a. Editable, animated PowerPoint Presentation (23 slides) b. The presentation in PDF format ✠ Worksheets (available in colour and blackline for your convenience) ✠ TOU/Credits PAGE COUNT: 46 pages PDF format (print and file for planning) + 23 PPT SLIDES Related Resources: All Christianity Resources

Nibbana NO PREP teaching pack is fully resourced, lasts 2-3 periods, and it is suitable for the new Higher Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies (in Scotland); OCR AS and A-level, Religious Studies (Developments in Buddhist Thought); AQA A-level Religious Studies, Component 2: Study of religion and dialogues; WJEC Eduqas, A level in Religious Studies, A Study of Religion, and Edexcel A Level Religious Studies, Study of Religion. This well-structured lesson aims to help students interact in a meaningful way with this topic, through a mixture of engaging activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: think-pair-share, brainstorming, group activities, 3:3:1, class discussions, exit tickets etc. The principles and strategies of formative assessment are embedded in the lesson and all activities are linked to success criteria. The activities proved to be very successful in helping students consolidate their knowledge and understanding of Nibbana. Learning Intentions: the lesson is designed to help most pupils to: explain the meaning of Nibbana analyse the Mahayana and Theravada views about Nibbana identify benefits and difficulties of this teaching PLEASE NOTE: The PowerPoint, created with clearly defined progression and eye-catching images, can be used to boost vocabulary, to consolidate understanding and encourage confident thinking. The animation added to all slides helps teachers to pause whenever necessary to explain, expand or clarify any questions pupils may have. Should the teacher want to add other pieces of information which he/she thinks are relevant to Nibbana, or to change the order of the slides, this PowerPoint is fully editable to allow all of these. If you need to leave this with a supply teacher, this NO PREP resource is the perfect solution: the resource contains everything needed to deliver the lesson. The lesson is easy to follow and fun to teach. Just download, print and go! CONTENT: Cover Teacher Notes ‘Nibbana’ PowerPoint Presentation a. Editable, animated PowerPoint Presentation (25 slides) b. The presentation in PDF format Worksheets (available in colour and blackline for your convenience) TOU/Credits PAGE COUNT: 52 pages PDF format (print and file for planning) + 25 PPT SLIDES Related Resources: All Buddhism Resources