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"Greg Barker and Kate Blackie have methods to help students doing A levels or Highers to ‘see’ what they can accomplish."

"From September 2020 relationships and health education will need to be evident on all school timetables, with ‘teaching about LGBT relationships expected in secondary schools and encouraged in primary’ (Lord...

Nelson Mandela’s signed Sunday School Card quotes Mark 8:34: 'If anyone wants to follow me, they must give up themselves, pick up their cross and follow.'

I have taught RE and PSHE for the past 20 (ish) years, but I perhaps should confess that my academic background is in philosophy rather than theology. I have always enjoyed teaching both subjects (and philosophy for...

A photo of Andrew Graystone standing guard outside his local mosque in response to the shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, was shared across the world. Here he reflects on the experience. Read the article with your...

Margaret O’Sullivan’s RS short-course GCSE was taken away, so she needed to devise a course made up of a single ‘pure’ RE lesson every two weeks with a focus on pupils’ spiritual and moral development.

What is a worldview, how does it differ from or connect to
a religious belief, and how can we make this visible in RE?

Kate Christopher suggests practical approaches to teaching a sticky topic.

In an issue themed around religion being attacked and defended, we wanted to help teachers by showing them ways to tackle the toughest topics. Here, Fiona Moss suggests ways to teach about jihad – Islamic struggle. See...

Sonia Brooks wanted her pupils to really get to grips with Jesus’ teaching in the parables. Here’s how she did it with her 11–12s. The average classroom today contains a variety of learners: students who have...

Naomi Anstice is the assistant head teacher at Frodsham Manor House Primary School in Cheshire, and is a member of the NATRE Executive. Her school is a Global Learning Expert Centre. She has undertaken a term-long...

Ruh Al-Alam is a British artist, Arabic calligrapher and designer. He was born in London. Ruh has a background in fine art and studied at Central St Martins College of Art and Design. He was trained in traditional Arabic...

Katie Gooch wanted her pupils to have the chance to develop more thoughtful ideas about God, so she started awarding good thinkers the title ‘Theologian of the week’. REtoday asked how it was going. In your school,...

Julie Thornton-Hayes has been linking RE and dance. Here’s how. St Fidelis Catholic Primary School in Bexley, Kent, has been running a project to celebrate faith through the expressive art of dance. After a special day...

At Bottesford Church of England Primary School in Nottingham, RE subject teacher Liz Mills has been using bigger ideas to promote bigger thoughts in her work with the ‘Understanding Christianity’ project. Here’s...

Trish Ebbrell, from St Werburgh’s and St Columba’s Catholic Primary School, Chester, wanted her pupils to get to grips with the Beatitudes. They’re tough texts for 9-year-olds, so she tried an approach that linked...

Tania ap Siôn invites teachers in the Infants and Early Years to join Aled and Siân as they explore religious diversity within their neighbourhood and among their friends. Early Years and Infants RE needs a range of...

Alice Sarbicki, teacher of RE at Redland Green School, uses The Great British Bake Off as a metaphor for the assessment challenges RE teachers face presently. All a piece of cake? Well, not really. Although the...

Pope’s recent visit to the United ArabEmirates (UAE) was unprecedented: it was the first time any Pope had set foot in the Gulf. Around 130,000 Christians attended an open-air Mass in the peninsula where Islam began....

Compiled by Linda Rudge (REQM Project Manager); contributors:
Finola Jackson (Shocklach Oviatt VC CE Primary School, Shocklach, near Malpas, Cheshire), and Sophie McNee and Alice Hampson (both
Newman RC...