Extension activities for RE pupils

Motivate more-able RE students and challenge them with this range of extension activities

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Stretch and challenge able students with this selection of thought-provoking activities

RE lessons are naturally filled with complex concepts and while some students may struggle to get to grips with the key ideas, others will crave time to think about them more deeply. Reflective tasks and extension activities are a great way of keeping the more-inquisitive engaged throughout the whole lesson.

We’ve hand-picked a range of resources designed to encourage pupils to ask probing questions and investigate challenging topics in more detail. 

Plenary/Extension Cards
pablo_75

Plenary/Extension Cards

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These are a set of cards I came up with to stretch G&T students or those who finish a task early. The idea is that instead of giving students extra question to answer, you can plop one of these cards in front of them and ask them to reflect on one of their answers based on the question on the ca...
Extension Tasks - Choose your own (Brain Buffett)
LPM1980

Extension Tasks - Choose your own (Brain Buffett)

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A menu of 16 activities that are weighted in differing difficulties, allows ownership over extension activities by the students and can easily translate to rewards. Easily adaptable for all subjects and all ages.
Religious Studies GCSE Revision Maps
SBReligiousStudies

Religious Studies GCSE Revision Maps

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A bundle of fun, clearly laid-out revision maps to help condense a unit into memorable revision notes. These revision maps are for Religious Studies GCSE. They are specifically made for WJEC/Eduqas but could also be used to support students in AQA and Edexcel. They are best printed on A3 for stude...
The GCSE Religious Studies Stretch and Challenge Grid
mikegershon

The GCSE Religious Studies Stretch and Challenge Grid

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The GCSE Religious Studies Stretch and Challenge Grid is one of the easiest ways to stretch and challenge the thinking of your students. The resource combines three separate grids. The first contains 25 subject-specific questions and tasks mapped to the curriculum. The second contains 25 challe...
GCSE RS Extension Mats | AQA Paper 2: Themes
freshvisionresources

GCSE RS Extension Mats | AQA Paper 2: Themes

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**Description** Need something easy and purposeful for those early finishers in your GCSE RS lessons? These Themes Extension Mats are just the ticket packed with 96 different retrieval and challenge tasks covering all 6 AQA Paper 2 themes. Each mat includes a mix of engaging activities designed ...
Religious Studies A level essay writing frame and structure
mcb1630

Religious Studies A level essay writing frame and structure

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These documents are designed to help A level students structure and write their essays (specifically designed for Part B AQA) * RS A Level Essay Structure- a help sheet that explains clearly how students should structure their essay. * RS Essay writing Frame- students can use the writing frame to w...