On 7th February 2022, Eduqas released the AI for exams this summer. This has raised a number of questions for most teachers of A level Religious Studies as we have tried to decide how to use this information to best help our students. Eduqas have stated that the purpose of this AI is to communicate […]
Read more The release of the Advance Information (AI) on 7th February 2022 brought a new flurry of activity and anxiety for most teachers of GCSE Religious Studies and questions have arisen as we have tried to decide how to use this to help our students. Eduqas have stated that the purpose of this AI is to […]
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In the light of the pandemic and the disruption it has caused to education, the government decided that for the exams in 2022, teachers and students should be made aware of the topic areas they have chosen for this year’s papers in advance. The chosen topics can be found here: H573 A Level Religious Studies Advance Information_Jun2022 (8).pdf (A Level) H173 AS Level Religious Studies Advance Information_Jun2022 (1).pdf (AS) This pre-release […]
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As you know, the pandemic has affected GCSE courses in the past two years. Students may not be confident in some areas of the exam specification or may have even missed other parts. So the Department for Education (Ofqual) has decided to help students in their revision for the 2022 summer exams. For GCSE Religious […]
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Our students have had a mixed experience with regards to completing the Religious Studies GCSE. At one end of the spectrum, some have had their full timetable of live teaching throughout lockdown whilst some have had the curriculum set for them to work through independently. And then we may have students that haven’t engaged with […]
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Well, StrictlyRE 2021 turned out to be a triumph in its new online format! By the end we were all shattered but came away with lots to think about and ideas to implement with our students. The sessions preceding the weekend were a great way of getting into some of the conversations around the main […]
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It’s hard to believe that it’s a year ago that RE teachers were gathered at a hotel in outer London for Strictly RE 2020. Little did we know how things would change for Strictly RE 2021. Everything has moved online and it’s already begun! This year, NATRE have thought carefully about how they can support […]
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“…there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know…” (United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, 2002) The Latin origin of the word revision suggests the student must “look again”. Sadly, we know that just ‘looking’ at work again is of little use. However, I’d go further – the whole concept […]
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Since early March, the subject of school closures and reopenings has dominated the news, as well as conversations between teachers, parents and students. They say that a week is a long time in politics; four months in education has felt like a rollercoaster! Whilst schools have remained open for vulnerable and key workers’ children – […]
Read moreWhilst we’ve all been working hard to ensure we provide students with learning resources, we don’t really know how much they’ve learnt over the lockdown period. Here are some thoughts on what we might do when we’re back in school with our classes to help identify gaps and move forward in our teaching. Keep it […]
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