GCSE RS at STM

I want to draw your attention to the new GCSEPod website. Podcasts on most GCSE subjects - including on Religious Studies - are available to buy. You could have a whole topic downloaded onto your mp3 player, and within a few minutes you will have been able to listen to the key points for the exam. The website suggests that your parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles might want to buy you a podcast or two as a present.

Many people find that listening to the key facts can help them to revise, and it is definitely easier to listen to revision notes while you are on the move than to read them in your books. I would definitely recommend trying them out.

The Christianity units written and recorded so far cost £12.95 for the six units. There will be more to come.

These are the units you will need to revise for your exams in May, with suggested GCSEPod units linked.

Year 11: Unit C (12 May)

C1: Believing in God
C2: Matters of Life and Death - Rites of Passage and Christian Beliefs and Values
C3: Marriage and Family Life - Christian Beliefs about Marriage and Rites of Passage
C4: Social Harmony - Christian Attitudes
C5: Religion - Wealth and Poverty - Christian Attitudes

Year 10: Unit J (18 May)

J1: Beliefs and Values - Christian Beliefs and Values
J2: Community and Tradition - Rites of Passage
J3: Worship and Celebration - Christian Festivals and Rites of Passage
J4: Living the Christian Life - Christian Beliefs and Values
J5: A Place of Christian Worship

The site also has a blog with revision tips on it.

I would be interested to hear what you think of these resources, as I am sure the site will be, so if you do download some of the podcasts, please leave a comment on how useful you think they are! Good luck with your revision!

This post is for all new Year 10s. I have uploaded a new podcast welcoming you to the start of your GCSE, and briefly outlining what you will be studying this year.

To listen to this episode, click the following link:
Listen to this episode

To download this episode (probably a good idea … it is over 10 mins long, so you might want to listen to it in bits!), click the following link:
Download this episode (right click and save)

I hope this gives you a good idea of what you will be learning about this year!

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Another reminder that the Unit C (Year 11) exam is on 14 May, and the Unit J (Year 10) exam is on 19 May.

Until then, every one of you should have the Year 10 and/or Year 11 revision guides, as well as the Revision Booklets which will help you go through the Revision Guides.

I am going to try and make some podcasts for you that can be downloaded onto mp3 players so that the audio learners amongst you can learn on the move by listening rather than just reading. Watch this space!

Click on the links below to listen to some revision notes. Drop me a comment to let me know if they are useful or not!

C1 Religious Upbringing

I have just started a new podbean account for podcasts. Click on the link to download GCSE revision podcasts. So far, these include:

C1.1 Believing in God: Catholic Upbringing
J1.1 Beliefs and Values: The Nature of God: Unity and Trinity
J1.2 Christian Beliefs about the Nature of God: the Father
J1.3 Christian Beliefs about the Nature of God: the Creator
J1.4 Christian beliefs about Jesus
J1.5 Christian beliefs about the Holy Spirit
J1.6 Symbols of the Holy Spirit
J1.7 Christian beliefs about Sin
J1.8 Christian beliefs about Salvation
J1.9 Christian values: Love of God
J1.10 Christian values: Love of Others
J1: Beliefs and Values - An Overview of the Key Facts