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This article is for paying subscribers Tell the stories better!
Bob Hartman is an amazing Christian storyteller, who works a lot in schools, so we asked him for some help for any teacher of RE. Here’s his advice.
This article is for paying subscribers Call yourself a Christian?
The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP urges a fair playing field for Christianity, and a revaluation of twenty-first century faith.
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 A custom from Rwanda for learning from Easter
14 key moments in Jesus’ last hours: getting creative with the Stations of the Cross
‘God made Adam and Eve because he had no one to love’
Rachel Buckby teaches RE to Reception pupils at St John’s School in Leicester. She asked her 4–5s to think about why the world is like it is. If God made the world, then why did God make things just as they are?...
This article is for paying subscribers Is it credible to be a Christian philosopher of science?
In April 2017 Doctor Alvin Plantinga, an American scholar whose rigorous
writings over a half century have made theism – the belief in a divine reality
or God – a serious option within academic...
Two paths to truth?
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This article is for paying subscribers 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...
This article is for paying subscribers 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.
This article is for paying subscribers Teach through song: songs for the secondary classroom
In this article Chris Hancock offers two sets of songs to use for secondary RE. On this page are songs through which you might teach some basic concepts in subject knowledge, and on the next page there are some songs...
This article is for paying subscribers Christians singing their own song in Calais’s refugee camp
We wanted to explore the controversy that arose when BBC’s Songs of Praise was broadcast from a makeshift church in the ‘Calais Jungle’ refugee camp last summer.
This article is for paying subscribers The search for God
Martyn Joseph, singer songwriter, released ‘I Searched for You’ in 2015. We asked Martyn some questions about the song, and provide below some learning ideas about the search for God.
This article is for paying subscribers ‘Jesus has big shoulders’ asking the ‘Big Questions’ with songs
Stephen Fischbacher is a musician from Edinburgh with a large following wherever RE, music and Christianity intersect. We asked him what tunes up his guitar.
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This article is for paying subscribers Eight ways to make primary RE more musical
We asked teachers at the NATRE St Albans local group how to make best use of music in RE. Several responded, and here are their ideas. Thanks to Juliet Lyal (Cunningham Hill Infant School), Sarah Kropman (Cunningham...
This article is for paying subscribers God’s pencil: a life story in 24 pieces
Rachel Buckby teaches in Leicester. She wanted her infant pupils to explore an inspiring life in RE, so she told the story of Mother Teresa. The children were all given a sentence from the story (see the 24 sentences...
This article is for paying subscribers Creation Incarnation Salvation: Three Christian concepts for young children
Our children are always making things; they are naturally creative. Creation is about God making things, and about a human responsibility to care for creation.
Our children love to dress up and become someone...
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