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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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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

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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

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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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‘Following Acts 7–10 is impossible for a Muslim living in a non-Muslim country’

John Gooddy

The title of this article is taken from a 12-mark question at GCSE, and it raises an interesting question. We will think about answering this question to GCSE standard using the music of Canadian Muslim hip hop duo...

Published in: Volume 35, Number 3
Tagged: Islam, Muslim, music

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The Golden Rule

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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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Six uses of the COMIC-BOOK BIBLE

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The comic-book genre taps into children’s ease with combining visual and text information, and comics have become a useful supplementary resource in today’s classroom. They are considered a great way of engaging...

Published in: Volume 37, Number 1
Tagged: Christianity

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Mindfulness for free: Don’t pay for a pale imitation when the real thing is available as a gift

Mike Keogh

Mike Keogh is a Buddhist. Use his letter with your pupils: should religious and spiritual practice be up for sale? Dear headteachers, company CEOs, local politicians, in fact anyone tempted to dip in their pocket and pay...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 3
Tagged: Buddhism

James, aged 7, expressed his own ideas about worship in his song. The Wonderful God When God comes down to earth I'll kneel in humbleness. I will obey his commands and kiss his feet in awe. I will eat a crumb of pizza and give the rest to him. I will say hello to Jesus and treat him like a God for he destroyed my sin.

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Musical theology in the infants

Janet Lever

At the Cobbs Infant and Nursery School in Warrington, Higher Level Teaching Assistant Janet Lever taught her 6–7s about Christian understandings of God using music. The personal and thoughtful responses suggest that...

Published in: Volume 35, Number 2
Tagged: music

Pupils holding up their flags they had made

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RE and human rights

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A week of special events RE Today loves connections: human rights connected to the Ten Commandments, and festivals in religions connected to the celebration of a human and humane achievement: the 25th anniversary of the...

Published in: Volume 33, Number 2
Tagged: UN's rights of a child

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A Muslim visitor making a difference

Karen Jones

Staff at Selby Community Primary School wanted to deepen their pupils’ understanding of Islam, so they invited Imran to come and run some workshops there. We asked how it went.

Published in: Volume 33, Number 2
Tagged: Islam, Muslim

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Wisdom and independence for pupils with additional needs

Jo Richardson, Pamela Donoghue-Freeburn and their colleagues at Bishop John Robinson CE Primary School in Thamesmead have set up a ‘wisdom room’ for pupils with additional learning needs. The school aims to meet all...

Published in: Volume 36, Number 1
Tagged: wisdom

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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Where is God? A Sikh story

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His majesty was puzzled. He thought to himself, ‘A great king
like me should not just be able to win battles and make laws.
I ought to be able to make sense of life.’ Every time he went
to the...

Published in: Volume 36, Number 2
Tagged: Christianity

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Wisdom in poetry: A student’s example

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St Dominic’s School, Brewood, in Staffordshire ran a Gifted and Talented pupil day for 60 students from three different schools in September, including a creative challenge: to express and explore religious beliefs...

Published in: Volume 32, Number 2

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Good Muslims treat all animals with kindness

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The Hadith: a Hadith is a saying or example of the Prophet, remembered and written down to help Muslims know how to live. Here is one example:

Published in: Volume 37, Number 2