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Any GCSE Religious Studies teachers around please?

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Celeriacacaca · 12/04/2018 11:52

DS is revising, of sorts, and I am trying to work out what his RS exams consist of - can anyone advise please?

I have his timetable (AQA) which says on 14th May at 2pm he'll do 8062/13 RS A P1-3 Christianity and at the same time 8062/15 RS A P1-5 Islam but the timetable doesn't show how long these papers are or whether they're the Beliefs papers. He's doing practice questions but I can't work out how long he gets for each and am trying to ensure timings are realistic. I've looked at the AQA site here www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/religious-studies/gcse/religious-studies-a-8062/scheme-of-assessment but can't see the timings outlined.

His timetable then says on 16th May he's doing 8062/2A RS A P2A Excl Text for 105 minutes - is this the part of the papers about ethics etc please?

I'm very, and easily, confused, but have picked up some great revision tips on other threads to get him working. Thanks for any help.

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mmzz · 12/04/2018 15:48

I'm not a teacher, but its all in the exam specification:
filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/rs/specifications/AQA-8062-SP-2016.PDF

Ohmygoodness1 · 13/04/2018 21:09

On 14th May there is one exam for 1hr 45 mins where he will answer 2 questions on Islam (one beliefs and one practices) and answer 2 questions on Christianity (one beliefs and one practices) so he should plan to spend around 25 minutes per question.
On 16th May he will have one more exam of 1hour 45 minutes where he will choose to answer 4 questions on the Themes (philosophy and ethics type questions) Again spending approx 25 mind per question. Hope that helps.

Celeriacacaca · 14/04/2018 21:46

Thank you both very much - that's really helpful.

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