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Summer 2021
Volume 38, Number 3
Theme: JUSTICE AND RELIGIONS
In this issue:
- Tom Holland: revolutionary Jesus
- Kim Leadbetter MBE considers her sister Jo Cox’s legacy
- RE and the reduction of racism
- Great activities for understanding the Golden Rule
- Perspectives on justice from different religions and world views
- Karbala: the pilgrimage of a lifetime
- 30+ Active RE lesson ideas for 4-19-year-olds
Spring 2021
Volume 38, Number 2
Theme: Identities
In this issue:
- 30+ active RE lesson ideas Identities: a theme for RE
- Samira Ahmed: BBC journalist, on CoRE
- Professional REflection: academic research applied to the RE classroom from four key thinkers
- Being trans, being Christian: four interviews for your exam classes to consider
- Four perspectives on identities from different religions
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This article is for paying subscribers Investment from local authorities in RE: How much?
Paul Smalley, Edge Hill University, NASACRE Executive Assistant.
This article is for paying subscribers THE BIG PICTURE: Research Jewish culture with your pupils from the online British Library exhibit
Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word, an exhibition at the British Library, provides a fantastic way to study Judaism for primary and secondary pupils, exploring the history, culture and traditions of...
This article is for paying subscribers Events: What’s going on in the RE community
Our newest elected NATRE Executive met in the summer for the second time. It was a great meeting that was full of energy – we are lucky to have such a broad range of expertise on this Executive. I have been amazed...
This article is for paying subscribers Making every RE lesson count: our top tips
In our book Making Every RE Lesson Count (Crown House 2021) we apply the original six ‘Making every lesson count’ principles written by Andy Tharby and Shaun Allison to RE, drawing on research evidence to provide...
This article is for paying subscribers Researching the religions and worldviews in RE: perspectives from inside a faith/worldview
Each issue of REtoday includes a set of pages from different writers to help RE teachers understand insider views. This issue is about RE and research, and we invited responses to the questions below from...
This article is for paying subscribers Je suis RE teacher
How far RE lessons should go in exploring with students controversial issues that might offend certain sections of religious communities has always been a matter of lively debate. Here Neil McKain tackles this subject...
This article is for paying subscribers Reviews
There is a sense of ‘back to the future’ in this reviews section. We have reviews of two books to get you thinking and questioning: one review by Geoff Teece, the retiring Editor of Professional REflection, and...
This article is for paying subscribers Research update
Compiled by Rachael Jackson-Royal, Head of RE and a member of the NATRE Executive. [email protected]
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This article is for paying subscribers When pupils experience loss, what helps?
This article is for paying subscribers A Buddhist lantern festival
This article is for paying subscribers Concepts from Sikhs and Buddhists: making creative sense of wisdom
This article is for paying subscribers Doctor Who in RE
Science fiction is often at its best when it explores, in creative ways, what it means to be human. The vast popularity of Doctor Who among some of the pupils in your school might make it a good idea to explore...
This article is for paying subscribers Six uses of the COMIC-BOOK BIBLE
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...
This article is for paying subscribers Five tweets from the future
We asked pupils to think about how the climate crisis poses some dangers for the world, and to imagine they could send a tweet back to the people of today from far into the future, maybe giving us a warning or a...
This article is for paying subscribers RE and human rights
This article is for paying subscribers Why don’t you copy this? Education and Faith in Kirklees, Calderdale and Leeds
Helen Rivers of Kirklees Education reports on an innovative educational initiative aiming to bring West Yorkshire schools and faith communities together in a positive partnership. The ‘Faith and Education’ project...
This article is for paying subscribers A Muslim visitor making a difference
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.
This article is for paying subscribers Early Years RE provocations: lots of ideas for early learning RE
This article is for paying subscribers The Big Bible story
A resource from the Diocese of Guildford
Jane Whittington is the Schools Officer, Christian Distinctiveness, Diocese of Guildford
Rachel Boxer is an RE Adviser, Diocese of Guildford
This article is for paying subscribers StoryStack: a resource using upside-down cups for children to tell Bible stories
Sue Clutterham used to be a teacher and now works for Archway Trust as a local mission partner, in association with Scripture Union. Her work with children and families includes working in rural primary schools,...