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Winter 2023
Volume 41, Number 1
Theme: Messy religion and belief
In this issue:
- The Singh Twins the internationally acclaimed artists on uniqueness, unity and the power of art
- The Philosophers’ Daughters: Peter Vardy on young people and big questions
- A Buddha bauble on the Christmas tree?
- Professional REflection: new thinking in RE
- COMPETITION: A chance to win a prize worth £150!
Summer 2023
Volume 40, Number 3
Theme: What's worth celebrating in religion and RE?
In this issue:
- Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner and former RE teacher
- Bali Rai: young adults’ author interviewed by 12-year-olds
- Julian Stern: celebrate uncertainty
- Successes in RE: always worth celebrating
- Religion and football: telling stories of sport, faith and inclusion
- Doing festivals properly: Purim, Pesach, Bandi Chhor Divas
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Trevor Cooling on Virtuous RE?
I cannot remember a time when RE teachers were not interested in teaching about values and ethics. Early in my RE career, I was encouraged to think that teaching Bible stories would lead to my pupils absorbing ethical...
We can’t eat money
As the Spirited Arts Competition enters its twentieth year, we showcase a winning entry from 2023 that fits well with our theme of 'values and ethics'.
John Holroyds’s’ Judging Religion
ISBN 9781781328637
Published Sep 2019
312 pages
£16.99
www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/
judging-religion-by-john-holroyd
IN PRISON WITH JESUS
CLIVE MCKIE talks about his work as a prison chaplain.
REAL PEOPLEREAL OPINIONS: Real Voices
We asked people questions to get them thinking about their perspectives on values and ethics. You might want to use these personal, real-life reflections in your RE lessons, or perhaps invite pupils to respond to the...
STARTING OUT in research
Starting a doctorate is clearly a big decision and one that I debated for a long time. My journey from undergraduate to doctoral scholar has taken over 30 years. When I first graduated, I never imagined that pursuing...
REVIEWS
The value of effective mentoring in school cannot be overestimated, and in the first review in this issue Linda Whitworth recommends a book that will provide support for mentors and teachers of RE in secondary schools...
Research Update
Both pieces in this research update are a little different from the norm. The first is a short piece outlining the results of some work undertaken by the Woolf Institute looking at how widespread anti-semitism was on...
Featured InstantRE
Teaching Christian diversity through music in RE
Gill Tewkesbury wanted to teach her primary pupils about diversity within the Christian community. Instead of thinking about Catholics and Protestants, she used music.
How does faith contribute to the local community?
Nottinghamshire SACRE explored the question of how faith contributes to the local community with young people in Years 5/6 who visited social justice programmes organised by different faith communities in...
A vision of dialogue in the RE classroom and beyond
‘Don’t pinch the corners!’
Rebecca Ostler teaches 8–10s in Cambridgeshire. She discovered that it was worth doing the cooking to learn about the Jewish celebration of Purim.
The Trinity in lockdown
During lockdown in February 2021, Years 3 and 4 were looking at a module on Christianity. To support our virtual learning and because we could not visit churches to help with our understanding, I asked local Anglican...
Fair or unfair?
Using the human bar chart with younger pupils to explore what they believe about fairness and justice
Big books and class displays for RE
Becky Ross teaches at a British Forces primary school in Cyprus, where her pupils show their achievements through class ‘big books’ that are kept as a record of progress towards the outcomes of their Agreed...
The value of LOVE: learning in the Reception class
RE and human rights
Higher standards for 9–11s: Interpretation and insight into rules for living
A Holy Land tour for RE teachers
It’s not every summer that you get the opportunity to visit the Holy Land. Last summer I joined a group, led by Kevin Baldwin, to visit some of the most amazing sites on Earth, and have returned equipped with...
Personal worldviews: who are we? Who is she? Who am I becoming?
Exploring identity questions with 11–14s is an important part of enabling pupils to develop their own understanding of their position in relation to the world, including the worlds of religion and belief. These two...