blog feedback and learner response


WWW: Your blog is up to date which is fantastic – it shows your commitment to the subject and that you are organised and meeting your deadlines. This is so important across all of your GCSEs so well done!

EBI: You could attempt the extension tasks on more blogs to really push your understanding of the course content

LR: Copy and paste this feedback into a new blogpost called ‘Blog feedback and learner response’. Then, as your learner response write what you think the most difficult topic we’ve covered so far has been and why. See if you can complete one extension task as well.


 Read this Guardian review of His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies and also read some of the comments 'below the line' (BTL). Do you agree with the review? What about the comments? 

Religion, mortality and talking animals combine to gift us a series that captures Pullman's magnum opus in all its glory.


Try this critical Irish Times review of His Dark Materials. Why does it think the show is disappointing?

Thrust into the care of Rachel Wilson's intoxicating adventurer Mrs Coulter, and aided by an ornate clockwork device that "tells you the truth.


Here's another review of our CSP episode of His Dark Materials. What does it say about the difference for fans of the book versus fans of the TV show?

His Dark Materials ultimately advocates for the abolition of rigid, orthodox structures such as organized religion, by pushing against dogma and encouraging rational thinking and logic. As a result, the trilogy is frequently banned over objections about how it depicts religion.


The most difficult topic is doctor who because the blog tasks are hard to do.

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