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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
Autumn 2020
Volume 38, Number 1
Theme: Climate Justice
In this issue:
- Jonathan Bartley, Green Party co-leader
- Greta Thunberg and the Pope: using our cover picture in your classroom
- 30+ learning ideas for ages 4-19 on faith and the love of the earth
- Laura D’Olimpio on teaching ethics in a green age
- Pupil art for climate justice
- Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam: where do the children play?
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How a NATRE-supported parental complaint resulted in improved provision for RE at an Academy
Sept 2018: The initial parental complaint The complaint focused on the academy’s failure to comply with its Funding Agreement (FA) with the DfE (Department for Education) regarding provision of RE. A subsidiary...
The Torah at the British Library:
The British Library recently launched its exhibition of Hebrew manuscripts – amazing online resources go with this. Have a look: www.bl.uk/events/hebrew-manuscripts. The big picture here shows the traditional silver...
Culture, identity, justice and context on the Religion and Worldviews curriculum
Multiculturalism/critical multiculturalism 1960s–1970s: integration of non-European cultures, rather than assimilation. Aim: cultural diversity, mutual tolerance. Method: learn about non-European cultures. Critique:...
Art in Heaven 2020 and 2021
The 2020 Art in Heaven and Spirited Poetry competitions attracted record entries – lots of teachers sent them during lockdown
Promote further study to your examination classes with films of graduates in Theology and RS
To study for a degree in Theology or RS is to open up a vast range of options for worthwhile careers. TRS-UK is launching a set of recently-filmed interviews with TRS graduates in fields as varied as television...
New CPD opportunity: teaching Islam as a worldview
What are worldviews? What could this mean in practice? What could a worldviews curriculum look like?
Enriching religion and worldviews education through classroom-ready vide
The University of Cambridge is delighted to announce an innovative project creating high-quality RS resources to inspire secondary school students and bring Cambridge into your classroom.
Understanding Christianity: access for community schools and academies across the UK
The Understanding Christianity project to resource a theologically literate set of ways of teaching Christianity in RE has been evaluated academically in a new report by Rachael Shillitoe of the University of...
Featured InstantRE
What is wisdom?
If the Earth were only a metre in diameter …
Read this poem (is it a poem?) aloud with your class, and then look at Amelia’s responses to it. She is 12.
Coco Movie
A great movie to explore a worldview and life beyond death
Cultural capital that makes a world of difference: re-building self-esteem
Winning a quarter million: Roop Singh
Musical hooks and sensory learning
Sophie Smith teaches at George Eliot School in Warwickshire. She wanted to use more creative hooks for her RE lessons. Here are some examples of what worked.
A British flag to lea n from British values
This example of work on the meaning of being British asked every pupil to contribute to a collage of the union flag, a piece of torn card in red and another in blue. All the contributions were to reflect children’s...
One-minute wisdom: stories from Anthony de Mello
Ten key points: how to defend RE in the primary curriculum
Rachel Buckby leads RE at St John’s School in Leicester, and is a member of the NATRE Executive. We asked her how she has built such a successful subject base in her school. Can you pick up tips?
The beginning of creative discussion
It’s Friday afternoon. Outside it’s cold, with an occasional lightly falling drop of rain hinting at imminent snowy weather, just in time for the weekend. Excited children, full of anticipation for tobogganing and...
Wisdom and independence for pupils with additional needs
Your stories and your identities: film in RE
When we really break it down, identity is about one thing: stories. Each person is the central protagonist in a narrative that is constantly unfolding. A person’s identity is wrapped up in their own story, but...