Religious Studies Information
Course Details and where to find the specification, course content and exam papers:
You have been studying GCSE RE (A) Christianity, Islam and Themes. The specification is linked here:
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/religious-studies/gcse/religious-studies-8061/specification/specification-at-a-glance
What is the exam structure?
There are two separate exams, usually a week apart from each other:
Exam 1: Christianity and Islam Paper
Exam 2: Ethical Themes Paper
Each paper is 1hour 45mins long. They follow the same structure of 5 different styles of question ranging from 1-marks to 12-mark essays,
This is an example of a past exam paper:
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/p28bar15/green/4d1bd7ee364cb7ce0dd767759ba74968feacd1a8.pdf
Online resources we subscribe to and recommend for studying and revision:
We have no specific subscription, however, we recommend BBC Bitesize and on Youtube there are very good revision resource by BEN WARDLE for RE:
Christianity - Beliefs, Teaching, Practices:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okooj9pZvAo&list=PLKt35O75wIr2ctda18EnE-GXykpk1zEgO
Islam - Beliefs and teachings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfdeNK6IIDs&list=PLKt35O75wIr3tW5FpiALoxBJmLF1XpTGl
What other resources do we recommend to students?
BBC Bitesize offer lots of video clips on all the subjects covered in the RE exam:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zjgx47h
What does revision in this subject look like?
Weekly Quizzes are sent to you on SatchelOne to test your knowledge of the key concepts.
Your knowledge organiser also has the key topics in it to check gaps in your knowledge.
You have your own copy of the Revision guide which you should be reading through, making flashcards, mind-maps or notes.
Attend the weekly lunchtime revision sessions held every Wednesday.
Are there any specific exam tips or strategies?
As the exam is based upon your ability to discuss, explain and make an opinion in the form of an essay, you should be working on your essay writing skills.
Remember we use the FAD/FAD style, and you could plan all of your answers in advance.
FOR the argument paragraph
AGAINST the argument paragraph
DECIDE with EVALUATION paragraph
Repeat the process and this will gain you top marks.
