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Year 9 Maths Exam Revision

31 Mar

Hi all,

I’m glad you’re all revising hard! Here are some links to useful stuff to practise with…

Firstly, there’s some stuff on the Learning Platform! Once logged in go to: Subject Areas > Maths > Key Stage 3 > Revision for Year 9 tests. Look at the D3 Revision sheet for some older stuff to review.

Secondly, there are loads of past papers (with answers) and resources at eMaths (you’ll be sitting the Level 6-8 papers).

You can also use myMaths to practise.

Finally, BBC Bitesize might be of use.

Good luck! You can leave a comment if you have any questions or find any other useful revision resources!

 
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Year 9 Maths homework

23 Mar

Hope you all had fun with Mr D today during Cover Wednesday.

Any work not complete from the 23rd March Cover Wednesday Handout needs to be done by next Tuesday please!

 
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Year 11 Revision Sessions

16 Mar

Out of the goodness of our hearts the RPE department have scheduled some revision sessions for you all. Each one covers a particular topic so have a look down the list and get them in your diary!

In years gone by people who have gone to revision sessions have, on average, done better than those who have not…

Unless otherwise stated the sessions are after school from 3pm to 4pm in RPE1.

  • Mon 21st Mar: Medical Ethics
  • Weds 23rd Mar: Human Relationships
  • Weds 30th Mar: Peace and Justice
  • Thurs 31st Mar: Equality
  • Mon 4th April: E part questions
  • Tues 5thApril: Exam technique
  • Tues 3rd May: Religion and Science
  • Thurs 5th May: End of Life
  • Mon 9th May: Good and Evil
  • Weds 11th May: Belief about Deity
  • Tues 17th May P1-2:Philosophy and exam technique
  • Tues 17th May PM: Philosophy Exam
  • Mon 6th June Lessons 3-4: Medical Ethics / Peace and Justice
  • Thurs 9th June 1:15-2pm: Human Relationships
  • Mon 13th June: Religion and Equality
  • Tuesday 14th June AM: Ethics Exam
 
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Year 7 Assessment: How do Buddhists account for the existence of suffering?

14 Mar

Your task is to produce an assessment that answers the question, “How do Buddhists account for the existence of suffering?”

You can present your work in a variety of ways if you don’t want to write an essay:

  • A poster
  • A PowerPoint
  • A booklet
  • A newspaper article
  • An essay if you’d like to write one!
  • If you have any other ideas please leave a comment and ask



To answer this well you need to:

  • Define suffering: What does it mean? What is the difference between moral and natural evil?
  • Give examples of the different types of suffering
  • Describe Buddhist beliefs about the causes of suffering – refer to the Three Marks of Existence and The Four Noble Truths
  • Explain how Buddhists believe suffering can be controlled. You’ll want to look at the Eightfold Path
  • Analyse Buddhist beliefs in relation to Christian beliefs. How do Christians explain evil? (The Devil? Free will? Adam and Eve? Suffering is a test? Suffering is a punishment?) What are the differences?
  • Conclude: Does Buddhism explain suffering well? Is there a better way to explain?



Resources:

Due Date: Thursday 7th April

Please get in touch with me if you need more time for any reason. Don’t turn up on the day without anything!

 
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GCSE: Rob Bell visiting Cambridge

14 Mar

Rob Bell is a big gun in modern Christian circles. He’s coming to Cambridge too! You should attend as it should be a really interesting talk. It’s on Thursday April 21st (during the holidays). Details are here!

 
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GCSE Revision Guides

14 Mar

Below are revision guides I put together from my last school. You may find them useful…

Philosophy:

Ethics:

 
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Posted in Further Reading, GCSE

 

Year 9 Maths Homework

10 Mar

There is some homework for you all to do on MyMaths. Please log on using the “comberton” username to start with (see me for the password), then use your personal username to get to the relevant tasks.

Due Tuesday!

 
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Year 10 Homework: Explain different attitudes to fertility treatment

07 Mar

Hello all. I hope you are looking forward to this homework!

Your job is to explain what different people might think about fertility treatment and why.

  • Why might a Roman Catholic think fertility treatment is almost always wrong?
  • Why might a Church of England Christian think some forms of fertility treatment are good an acceptable but not others?
  • What other issues might people have with fertility treatment?

Just in case you don’t have them in your book (if you don’t have one then PRINT IT OUT AND STICK IT IN!):

Issues with fertility treatment
The Legal Issues surrounding Fertility Treatment
Christianity and Fertility Treatment

 
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