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Summer 2020

Volume 37, Number 3

Theme: Visions

In this issue:

Professor Richard Swinburne on the reality of God
Packed with over 40 practical RE classroom ideas
Six viewpoints from different faiths and worldviews on visionary living
Professional REflection: from Paul Smalley and 6 others
20 ideas for GCSE learning
Julian Stern on insight
Stephen Asma on religion as therapy

Spring 2020

Volume 37, Number 2

Theme: Intent, implement, impact in RE

In this issue:

Discovering Sacred Texts:
the brilliant new RE offer from the British Library
Intent, implement, impact:
Three ‘I’s from the inspectors
25+ ideas for your classroom today
Professional REflection:
academic research applied to the RE classroom
Developing the place and status of RE:
how is it done?

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Last word

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Damn the syrup!

Julie Grove

What’s the problem with how we teach the Christmas story? It’s expected that Christmas and Easter, the two main Christian festivals, will appear on every long-term plan for RE for all year groups in the primary...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 1
Tagged: Christianity, Christmas

The big picture

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Prayer at Varanasi

Julie Grove

Julie Grove, of the RE Today Editorial Team, provides learning ideas from the Big Picture.

Published in: Volume 32, Number 1
Tagged: Hinduism, Varanasi

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REVIEW: Critical Friend – the Work of Governors in Church Schools

Rachel Hill

John Cox, Kevin Mayhew 2013,133pp, pbk, £12.99, ISBN 978-1-84867-589-6. It might sound hackneyed to label a book a ‘godsend’ but, as a newly appointed foundation governor, this release certainly proved more than...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 1
Tagged: governors, Church Schools

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REVIEW: Family Time

Jackie Metcalfe

Andrew Brannigan, Church of Ireland Publishing, 70pp, pbk, free, ISBN 978- 1-904884-41-5. www.cip.ireland.anglican.org This book is a free resource available online at www.familyfaith.co.uk or from selected booksellers....

Published in: Volume 32, Number 1

For the staffroom Adult

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REVIEW: Not About Being Good: A Practical Guide to Buddhist Ethics

Joyce Miller

Subhadramati, Windhorse 2013, 156pp, pbk, £10.99, ISBN 978-1-909314-01-6 www.windhorsepublications.com Subhadramati’s book is a practical and reflective, rather than academic, guide to ethics that will enable teachers...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 1
Tagged: Buddhism, ethics

For the staffroom 16-19

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REVIEW: Father Paul’s War

Alison Phillips

Mark Chand, Alliance Publishing 2013, 323pp, pbk, £8.99, ISBN 978-0-9569992-5-2. www.alliancepublishingpress.com This is a beautifully written and moving novel based on a true story of the life of Catholic Monks in post...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 1
Tagged: Christianity, Catholic, Communist, China

For the staffroom 16-19

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REVIEW: Authentic Youth Bible

Amanda Head

Nick Page, Claire Page, Liza Hoeskma, Bible League International 2013, 1401pp, £14.99, ISBN 978-1-86024-818-4. https://store.bibleleague.org If you have been waiting for a more relevant, accessible Bible, this could be...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 1
Tagged: Christianity, Youth Bible

For the staffroom 16-19

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REVIEW: Gandhi: My Life is My Message

Anstice Hughes

Jason Quinn, illus. Sachin Nagar, Campfire 2013, 210pp, pbk, £8.99, ISBN 978-93-80741-03-1. www.campfire.co.in This is a beautifully produced graphic ‘novel’ (in fact autobiography) told in Gandhi’s own words, as...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 1
Tagged: Ghandi

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photo of the lanterns at a lantern festival

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A Buddhist lantern festival

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Recently, over 950 people gathered for a traditional Shinnyo Buddhist lantern floating ceremony at the peaceful, serene Shinnyo-en Buddhist Centre in Long Ditton in Kent. As well as lantern floating, there was Buddhist...

Published in: Volume 34, Number 2
Tagged: Buddhism, festival

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The value of LOVE: learning in the Reception class

Katie Gilsenan

St Chad’s CE (VC) Nursery and Infant School in Derby has been doing some work on values with children in the Reception class. Executive Head Teacher Jonathan Gallimore uses the acronym ‘LOVE’ to stand for...

Published in: Volume 35, Number 1
Tagged: British Values, Values

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Coco Movie

REtoday

A great movie to explore a worldview and life beyond death

Published in: Volume 37, Number 1

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Teachers Talk

REtoday

‘Brand new blog space for teachers of RE to share their views and ideas and discuss topical issues relating to the fabulous subject of RE’

Published in: Volume 36, Number 3

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Showcasing RE

REtoday

Here we introduce a new series of pages directed at heads, governors or senior leadership teams (SLTs). This edition has a primary focus but over time we will represent both primary and secondary phases of education....

Published in: Volume 36, Number 1
Tagged: Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, festival, Quality Mark

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The Golden Rule

REtoday

Love as you wish to be loved, treat how you’d like to be treated. The ‘Golden Rule’ of treating others how you wish to be treated yourself comes in many forms and in every different religious belief system. Here we...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 3

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Satan’s dozen

Lat Blaylock

12 ideas about the Devil for classroom thinking

Published in: Volume 33, Number 2
Tagged: Evil

A secondary pupil putting a turban on another boy while the teacher watches

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Concepts, identity and tradition in Sikhism

Simon Bennett

Faith week in a primary school It is like we are all learning together all at the same time, which is challenging for both teachers and the pupils. We know we cannot know everything about the faith but this week that...

Published in: Volume 33, Number 2
Tagged: Sikhism

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A seriously thoughtful approach to Holy Week and Easter

Lat Blaylock

The thinking skills structure called ‘Responsibility pies’ is useful for analysing any complex phenomenon where responsibility can be attributed to multiple parties. Who is responsible for the whales that die in...

Published in: Volume 37, Number 2

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Teaching Christian diversity through music in RE

Gill Tewkesbury

Gill Tewkesbury wanted to teach her primary pupils about diversity within the Christian community. Instead of thinking about Catholics and Protestants, she used music.

Published in: Volume 34, Number 1
Tagged: Christianity, music

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Thinking about evil: two students respond

We are always pleased to publish some good-quality work by students in REtoday. Here, two students who participated in our conferences called ‘An Evil Day’ submitted their thoughts.

Users of the article...

Published in: Volume 35, Number 2
Tagged: Evil

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HUMANITIES 20:20 A new vision for primary schools

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RE and the humanities in primary schools Primary teachers know how important it is for children to learn about the world they live in and their relationships with other people. RE provides unique opportunities in the...

Published in: Volume 36, Number 3