Instant RE

Naomi Anstice was appointed the National Ambassador for RE Networks in October 2018. Since then a team of ten Regional Ambassadors has been appointed and started working together in January 2019. Here Naomi explains...

RE and the humanities in primary schools Primary teachers know how important it is for children to learn about the world they live in and their relationships with other people. RE provides unique opportunities in the...

Recently, over 950 people gathered for a traditional Shinnyo Buddhist lantern floating ceremony at the peaceful, serene Shinnyo-en Buddhist Centre in Long Ditton in Kent. As well as lantern floating, there was Buddhist...

In Year 1 they love nothing more than trying new food, but in Year 6 many are less open to new experiences and unwilling to try things.

Ann Andrews is RE adviser for the Diocese of Oxford. She recently ran a competition for schools in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, asking if places of worship are necessary. The aim of the competition, which...

Becky Ross teaches at a British Forces primary school in Cyprus, where her pupils show their achievements through class ‘big books’ that are kept as a record of progress towards the outcomes of their Agreed...

The comic-book genre taps into children’s ease with combining visual and text information, and comics have become a useful supplementary resource in today’s classroom. They are considered a great way of engaging...

A great movie to explore a worldview and life beyond death

A resource from the Diocese of Guildford
Jane Whittington is the Schools Officer, Christian Distinctiveness, Diocese of Guildford
Rachel Boxer is an RE Adviser, Diocese of Guildford

The teaching resources from the Salvation Army are often referred to as hidden gems, and they are well worth exploring.

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?

Lat Blaylock The North Wind boasted of great strength. The Sun argued that there was great power in gentleness. Their argument raged. The North Wind was wild, and on the attack: ‘You, Sun, you are nothing but a great...

One reason teachers of RE are struggling with the new GCSE specifications is because the longer essay-style answers required of students are taxing the skills students have gained in putting together their thoughts in...

St Chad’s CE (VC) Nursery and Infant School in Derby has been doing some work on values with children in the Reception class. Executive Head Teacher Jonathan Gallimore uses the acronym ‘LOVE’ to stand for...

REtoday features youth journalism every term. Here RE teacher Lisa Hickman commends a response to an RE roadshow, written by Luke Stephenson, 12.

Nichola Gannon teaches Year 2 pupils at the Cobbs Infant and Nursery School in Warrington. She wanted her 6- to 7-year-old pupils to respond to the Christingle service in RE with some thoughtful ideas, so she set up...

The title of this article is taken from a 12-mark question at GCSE, and it raises an interesting question. We will think about answering this question to GCSE standard using the music of Canadian Muslim hip hop duo...

The winners of the Art in Heaven 2017 competition came from Newman School, a special school in Rotherham. Here Rebecca Turnbull explains what was involved.

At St Matthew’s we are keen to show the contribution rich RE can make to other areas of the curriculum. National Poetry Day gave us the perfect opportunity for cross-curricular links. Here is just one example of how...

We are always pleased to publish some good-quality work by students in REtoday. Here, two students who participated in our conferences called ‘An Evil Day’ submitted their thoughts.

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