For the classroom
Exploring varied worldviews with pupils in Early Years
Steph Shirra teaches at Oxon CE Primary School in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
We asked her to explain some of her Early Years RE practice.
Engagement 8: tackling the problems
The best of religion: our top 20
The REtoday Editorial Team considered this term’s theme. We made this list of our top 20 manifestations of religion globally. What an arrogant idea! Make your own list if you wish before reading on: did you share...
Art for RE
Jewish compassion in action: Triptych on Charity
Karen Van Coevorden, a former RE teacher, works for the Jewish Museum in London. We asked her for an example of the best of the museum’s collection. This one really repays study! There is a PowerPoint sequence on...
The spirit of the city:
India and Maddy, both 17, went on an amazing school trip with their teacher, Debbie Lewis, from James Allen’s Girls’ School in Dulwich, to Israel.
‘Here I stand. I can do nothing else.’
Ten fresh ideas for RE visits with soul
Katie Clemmey is a Senior Lecturer in RE at Canterbury Christ Church University. She is also RE Hub leader for Kent and Medway and a member of AULRE Executive. Here she shares her tips on how to make RE visits hum and...
A scheme of work on Judaism: what influences the Jewish people?
Rebecca Ostler wanted more thinking in her lessons on Judaism. Here is how she aimed to get it.
Fiction and RE: From Dahl to Dharma
Connecting RE and British Values:
Julie Dunbar is Head Teacher at Stretton Handley CE (VC) Primary School in Derbyshire. She wanted all her pupils to connect their work on British Values with their RE and with the values the school promotes. She used...
The angel’s message:
At Riverside Primary School in Southwark, our 5- to 6-year-olds were learning about Islam. They thought about the messages that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) received from the Angel Jibril, and began to learn about the...
Important words that changed the world –
He stood quite still, almost overwhelmed by the moment, listening to his heartbeat pounding in his head as well as his chest. He was very aware of the silence that seemed to be closing in on him and the anticipation...
Losing my identity:
On reading the Gospel of Mark as if it were fiction
A baby called Peace
Emma Harwood is an RE teacher and a Christian mother. She faced an agonising dilemma when she was pregnant in 2015. Generously, here she shares her experience to open up moral and spiritual questions about the...
The ‘Islam in Britain’ quiz in action:
My Year 11s were greeted with REtoday’s ‘Muslims in Britain today: a reality check’ on their first day back after the holidays. It looked like a win-win; they show off their knowledge, I gain a sense of any...
The stories we tell ourselves:
Creation stories of the world:
We teach many creation stories, especially to younger children in the primary phase. However, older children can benefit from returning to well-loved creation stories and taking a sociological or psychological view,...
Retelling the Bible in comic-book style
Sergio Cariello has drawn for Marvel and for DC Comics. Now he has created The Action Storybook Bible: key stories from Christian scripture in comic-book style for children aged 4–8. It is drawn for those inside the...