For the classroom

Helen Kowal has been involved in a research project to consider whether there is ample support and resources for teaching RE in the Early Years Foundation Stage in light of the revised Early Learning Goals.

Mark Roques, who used to be an RE teacher, works in schools to present Christian visions and philosophical arguments. He remembers when ‘worldviews’ was a younger concept than it is today

Yatra is the Sanskrit term often translated as travel, journey or procession and within the Dharmic traditions
is typically used to denote a pilgrimage.

Anna Saunders presents an approach to the Abrahamic faiths through the objects of the Ashmolean Museum.

We wanted to alert REtoday readers to some of the new learning opportunities for our subject in fresh examples of social media. Here are some of our favourite recent examples, compiled by Fiona Moss.

In Islamic spirituality, the heart, not the brain, is responsible for deep understanding, and the place where true knowledge is kept. In Arabic, the word for heart is ‘qalb’, which literally means ‘that which...

Charlotte Newman likes travelling and teaching RE. Here are her examples of the times when these two passions line up.

This idea invites your pupils to spend imaginary money on a fantasy school trip. Read the boxes carefully in your group of four and respond to the six tasks in order, discussing each one until you agree. Keep careful...

Adam Robertson, adviser with RE Today, considers the case of holy journeying to Walsingham for the classroom.

Caroline Ward

In defining ‘powerful knowledge’, Michael Young describes it as taking students beyond their direct experience of the world. Fortunately, in RE this is something we do almost without thought – if we teach more...

Dan Romani, who works for the charity ‘Faith in Cowal’, collected some insights from those who have been using the pilgrimage around Cowal, between the Firth of Clyde and Loch Fyne. There are dozens of sites that...

Rebecca Ostler teaches RE in Hertfordshire. After the COVID-19 lockdowns ended, she took her class on a healing RE journey, with exceptionally deep results. There is much more on the website, including lots of...

Manni Kaur’s remarkable story took her from a Birmingham classroom to the famous Pingalwara in Amritsar, India. Use her article to teach about
Sikhi approaches to compassion and hope. A PowerPoint online...

This classic image was first published in an RE Today book 15 years ago, but it still oozes with potential good learning. The eight activities can be adapted across the primary age range as you see fit. The lessons...

Gemma Hathaway shares some key ideas for building a more investigative RE.

Willow Sivyer interviews two people enjoying an interfaith marriage. Read the article with your students and get them to list the issues John and Khadija faced and overcame.

Andrew Bolton and Saffron Gallup share ideas about peace and the remembrance of war.

Wayne Buisst, who teaches in Suffolk, describes how he created a refreshed RE curriculum alert to current research issues.

Jennifer Jenkins is a teacher and the RE and Spirituality Officer at Coventry Diocesan Board of Education. She has ten ways to help your pupils read and think like theologians