‘The True Story of Christmas’ is a well-structured lesson which aims to help students to engage in a meaningful way with this festival and to clarify some misconceptions they may have about the Christmas Story by looking at the biblical accounts of the first Christmas. This resource is designed to last 1-2 periods. ‘The True Story of Christmas’ complements <strong><a href=https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/exploring-festivals-christmas-11417888> Exploring Festivals: Christmas.</a></strong> The resource contains a mixture of stimulating and attractive activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: brainstorming activity, words sort, group work, write your story, KUI activity etc. There are many opportunities for class discussions (when reading Biblical accounts) to encourage young people to present their own opinions and respect the views of others. All activities are clearly linked to success criteria. <strong>CONTENT</strong>: ✵ Cover ✵ Teacher Notes (including learning objectives, ways of differentiating, detailed instructions on how and when to use this resource and printing tips) ✵ PowerPoint Presentation (fully editable and with animation) ✵ Worksheets (available in colour and blackline for your convenience) ✵ TOU/Credits <strong> Page Count</strong>: 55 <strong>Related Resources</strong> ✵ All Festivals Resources ✵ All Christmas Resources

‘Remembrance Day Lest we Forget’ is a well-structured lesson which aims to help students to engage in a meaningful way with this event and to understand the meaning and significance of Remembrance Day. This resource is also the third lesson of the unit ‘Exploring Autumn and Winter Festivals’ (unit plan can be found here) and it is designed to last 1-2 periods. The resource contains a PowerPoint to give structure to the lesson, a flip chart with engaging activities for students and worksheets. There is a mixture of stimulating and attractive activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: give me 3, watching video-clips, reflective questions, KUI activity etc. There are many opportunities for class discussions to encourage young people to present their own opinions and respect the views of others. All activities are clearly linked to success criteria. All activities proved to be very successful in helping pupils consolidate their knowledge and understanding of Remembrance Day. I have included a sample of pupils’ feedback which was very positive. 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 and printing tips) ✶ PowerPoint Presentation (fully editable and with animation) ✶ Flipchart Interactive Activities ✶ Worksheets ✶ TOU/Credits Page Count: 43 ********************************************************************************** Related Resources All Festivals Resources **********************************************************************************

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 resource contains a wide range of colourful and motivating certificates. As you complete each RE topic, you can celebrate your students’ success by issuing one of the relevant certificates. As my festival product range increases, I will continue to add celebration certificates to this resource, so be sure to buy now, as the resource will grow in time, but you will not need to pay again! Just print, personalise and laminate! <strong>OPTIONS</strong>: Editable PDF (contains fillable boxes 1-4). Type the required information, print and laminate. Box 1: Name/Surname Box 2: Achievement Box 3: Date Box 4: Signature Printable PDF Handwrite names, print and laminate. <strong>CERTIFICATES INCLUDED</strong>: General (suitable for all topics) Thanksgiving Christmas (2) The Holocaust St. Columba <strong>CONTENT</strong>: ★ Certificates - Editable PDF (fillable boxes) ★ Certificates - Printable PDF ★ TOU

‘Hindu Festivals: Diwali’ is the third lesson of the unit ‘Exploring Hinduism’ (unit plan can be found here and the complete unit of study here) and it is designed to last 1-2 periods. ‘Hindu Festivals: Diwali’ complements ‘Diwali Fun Activity Pack’ and ‘Diwali Jigsaw Puzzles’. The resource contains a PowerPoint to give structure to lessons, a flip chart with engaging activities for students and worksheets. 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 is relevant Diwali or to change the order of slides, the PowerPoint is fully editable to allow all of these. There is a mixture of stimulating and attractive activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: give me 5; think pair share, missing words activity, class discussions, drawing Rangoli patterns etc. There are many opportunities for class discussions to encourage young people to present their own opinions and respect the views of others. All activities are clearly linked to success criteria and they proved to be very successful in helping pupils consolidate their knowledge and understanding of Diwali. I have included a sample of pupils’ feedback which was very positive. 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 this resource and printing tips) ✶ PowerPoint Presentation (fully editable and with animation) ✶ Flipchart Interactive Activities ✶ Worksheets ✶ TOU/Credits <strong> Page Count</strong>: 42 <strong>Related Resources</strong> All puzzles All Hinduism Resources

This activity pack consists of a set of 10 activities to use with your students when teaching about Remembrance Day. There is a mixture of engaging and attractive activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: scrambled sentences, acrostic poem, cartoon storyboard, crossword, 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. 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. ********************************************************************************* This resource contains: ✶ Cover ✶ Contents ✶ Teacher Notes ✶ 10 Activities and answer keys:         Activity 1: Crossword         Activity 2: If these are the answers, what were the questions?         Activity 3: Note taking and cartoon storyboard         Activity 4: Reflective questions         Activity 5: Crack the codes         Activity 6: Work snakes         Activity 7: Word Jumbles         Activity 8: Scrambled sentences         Activity 9: Acrostic poems         Activity 10: Wordsearches ✶ TOU/Credits Page Count: 43 ********************************************************************************** Related Resources All Puzzles All Festivals **********************************************************************************

Bring some festive vibe and fun into your classes with this interactive Christmas PowerPoint Game - the perfect resource to end the year with! It can be played after teaching The True Story of Christmas. Students have the task of reading some Christmas related sentences and working out, from a choice of three answers, what the missing word should be. If students click on the incorrect answer, the box and the word will fall away. If they click on the correct answer, the word will do a happy dance! The correct word will then appear in the gap, accompanied by a sound. This quiz type game can be played independently or in small groups. The game opens in presentation mode, so that it cannot be edited or deleted by mistake. ********************************************************** CONTENT: ✶ Cover ✶ 20 Christmas Questions ✶ TOU/Credits Page Count: 25 ********************************************************** Related Resources All Puzzles All Christmas Resources **********************************************************************************

In America, Thanksgiving is one of the most important days of the year. This is when people give thanks to God for food and all of the good things they have in their lives. ‘Thanksgiving Day Sampler’ is a well-structured lesson which aims to help students to engage in a meaningful way with this festival through a mixture of attractive activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: give me 3, Think-Pair-Share, watching a video clip, 3-3-1 activity, class discussions and designing a Thanksgiving Card. All activities are clearly linked to success criteria. I have included a few pictures of completed work from my students. This resource is also the third lesson of the unit ‘Exploring Autumn and Winter Festivals’ (unit plan can be found <strong><a href=https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/exploring-autumn-and-winter-festivals-unit-plan-11142078>here</a></strong> and the complete unit of study here) . ‘Thanksgiving Day Sampler’ complements ‘Thanksgiving Day Activity Pack’ which can be found here and ‘Thanksgiving Day Jigsaw Puzzles’ which can be found here. <strong>Learning intentions</strong> The lesson was designed to help most pupils: ✶ to give 2 - 3 examples of key features of Thanksgiving; ✶ to identify the key events of the story of the first Thanksgiving; ✶ to describe 3-4 practices associated with Thanksgiving. <strong> This resource contains</strong>: ✶ Cover ✶ Teacher Notes ✶ PowerPoint Presentation (fully editable and with animation) ✶ TOU/Credits <strong> PAGE COUNT</strong>: 24 <strong>Related Resources</strong> All Festivals

This St. Nicholas: the Truth and the Legend teaching pack: ✵ is fully resourced ✵ lasts 1-2 periods ✵ is suitable for KS3/KS4 Learning Intentions: the lesson is designed to help most pupils to: ✵ identify 4 – 5 facts about St. Nicholas’ life; ✵ clarify some misconceptions regarding St. Nicholas; ✵ explain the reasons for St. Nicholas’ fame as a saint. ‘St. Nicholas: the Truth and the Legend’ is a well-structured lesson which aims to help students interact in a meaningful way with St. Nicholas’ life, through a mixture of engaging activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: 3:3:1; crack the code, watching a video clip, class discussions, exit tickets etc. PLEASE NOTE: 1. The resource complements ‘St. Nicholas Presentation’ and is also the sixth lesson of the unit 'Exploring Autumn and Winter Festivals' (unit plan can be found here and the complete unit of study here). 2. The PowerPoint, created with clearly defined progression and eye-catching images, can be used to boost vocabulary, to consolidate understanding and encourage confident thinking. 3. If you need to leave this with a sub 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 ✵ PowerPoint Presentation (editable) ✵ Worksheets ✵ TOU/Credits PAGE COUNT: 37 + 22 PPT SLIDES ********************************************************************* Related Resources: All Christianity Resources *********************************************************************

This activity pack consists of a set of 10 activities to use with your students when teaching about Thanksgiving Day. There is a mixture of engaging and attractive activities which ensure high-quality learning experiences for all students: scrambled sentences, acrostic poem, cartoon storyboard, crossword, 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. 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. ********************************************************************************* This resource contains: ✶ Cover ✶ Contents ✶ Teacher Notes ✶ 10 Activities and answer keys:         Activity 1: Crossword plus keys         Activity 2: Thanksgiving Day Sentences         Activity 3: Note taking and cartoon storyboard         Activity 4: Reflective questions         Activity 5: Crack the codes plus keys         Activity 6: Work snakes         Activity 7: Word jumbles plus keys         Activity 8: Scrambled sentences plus keys         Activity 9: Acrostic poem         Activity 10: Wordsearches plus keys ✶ TOU/Credits Page Count: 43 ********************************************************************************** Related Resources All Puzzles All Festivals **********************************************************************************

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 **********************************************************************************

Regardless of their age, all students love a puzzle - learning and satisfaction at completing a challenging puzzle 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 Remembrance with the enjoyment of playing. When and how to use this resource The puzzles are suitable to be used as part of the lesson ‘Remembrance Lest We Forget’ 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 **********************************************************************************

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 which have the advantage of combining learning about Diwali with the enjoyment of playing. Differentiation All your students can benefit from this resource. There are five jigsaw puzzles included (1 text puzzle and 4 image puzzles) which are of different levels of difficulty to help all students to achieve the learning objectives. Ask pupils to pick one which they are most comfortable with. When and how to use this resource The puzzles are suitable to be used as part of the lesson ‘Hindu Festivals - Diwali’ 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 Hinduism Resources **********************************************************************************

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

Are you looking for a fun way to learn more about St. Andrew? This set of seven differentiated jigsaw puzzles is perfect for you and your class. Use the puzzles with your students to build up vocabulary, reinforce comprehension of key concepts, and deepen knowledge of St. Andrew’s life and work. Perfect for the secondary classroom, for homeschool or Sunday School students, these puzzles can be easily used in a variety of ways: as part of the lesson ‘St. Andrew’ during class activities, for revision, or as a stand-alone activity for early or fast finishers. Students can work on them individually, in pairs or in mixed-ability groups. All you need to do is to print off the puzzles (as many copies as you need), laminate them for durability, cut them out carefully to ensure close matching and finally, store all the pieces in Ziplock bags or envelopes. Each jigsaw puzzle can be number-coded for organisational convenience. Please be aware that all image-puzzles are graphic heavy and require a colour printer and lots of ink! This resource contains: ☓ Cover ☓ Teacher Notes (including detailed instructions on how and when to use this resource, the benefits of using a jigsaw puzzle and printing tips) ☓ Text-puzzle ☓ Image-puzzle 1 ☓ Image-puzzle 2 ☓ Image-puzzle 3 ☓ Image-puzzle 4 ☓ Image-puzzle 5 ☓ Image-puzzle 6 ☓ Image-puzzle 7 ☓ Number-coding for the reverse side of all puzzles ☓ TOU/Credits PAGE COUNT: 27 Related Resources: All Puzzles

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 St. Nicholas Presentation teaching pack: ✵ is fully resourced ✵ lasts 1-2 periods ✵ is suitable for KS3/KS4 Learning Intentions: The presentation is designed to help most pupils to: ✵ identify 4 – 5 facts about St. Nicholas’ life; ✵ clarify some misconceptions regarding St. Nicholas; ✵ explain the reasons for St. Nicholas’ fame as a saint. This eye-catching and informative lesson presentation on St. Nicholas helps pupils to rediscover the spiritual dimension of his life and encourages them to explore and reflect on their personal faith or values and to put these into action in ways which benefit others, as St. Nicholas did. Choosing to learn about St. Nicholas also helps pupils deepen their understanding of how religion and values can shape and contribute to the lives of individuals and communities. PLEASE NOTE: After this presentation has been shown and discussed, you may want to spend one more period on a range of engaging activities to reinforce students’ learning which can be found here and here. The PowerPoint, created with clearly defined progression and eye-catching images, can be used to boost vocabulary and to consolidate understanding. If you need to leave this with a sub teacher, this NO PREP resource is the perfect solution: the resource contains everything needed to deliver the lesson and it is easy to follow. Just download, print and go! CONTENT: ✵ Cover ✵ Teacher Notes ✵ St Nicholas the Wonderworker PowerPoint Presentation: a. Editable, animated PowerPoint Presentation (25 slides) b. The presentation in PDF format (30 pages - print and file for planning) ✵ TOU/Credits PAGE COUNT: 55 Related Resources: All Christianity Resources

Regardless of their age, all students love a puzzle - learning and fun at the same time! (learning and satisfaction at completing a challenging puzzle at the same time!) Motivate and enthuse your students with these six differentiated jigsaw puzzles (1 text puzzle and 5 image puzzles) which have the advantage of combining learning about St. Nicholas with the enjoyment of playing. When and how to use this resource The puzzles are suitable to be used as part of the lesson ‘St. Nicholas – the truth and the legend’ 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! 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) ☆ Numbered-coded image puzzle 5 (8 pages) ☆ TOU/Credits Page Count: 54 Related resources All Christianity Resources