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Our latest issues and the archive
Winter 2023
Volume 41, Number 1
Theme: Messy religion and belief
In this issue:
- The Singh Twins the internationally acclaimed artists on uniqueness, unity and the power of art
- The Philosophers’ Daughters: Peter Vardy on young people and big questions
- A Buddha bauble on the Christmas tree?
- Professional REflection: new thinking in RE
- COMPETITION: A chance to win a prize worth £150!
Summer 2023
Volume 40, Number 3
Theme: What's worth celebrating in religion and RE?
In this issue:
- Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner and former RE teacher
- Bali Rai: young adults’ author interviewed by 12-year-olds
- Julian Stern: celebrate uncertainty
- Successes in RE: always worth celebrating
- Religion and football: telling stories of sport, faith and inclusion
- Doing festivals properly: Purim, Pesach, Bandi Chhor Divas
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MAPPING RE ACROSS TRANSITION
As a Head of Department in a large secondary school, transition is something that has always vexed me. To give some context, my school is in a multi-academy trust (MAT), although this is still ar relatively new...
What I wish I knew
Stepping into the classroom is still e singularly most terrifying and most empowering thing I have done. The empowering part, however, came quite a while later on! Teaching was not my first career, and I began...
UNVEILING CONNECTIONS
In the dynamic and ever-evolving world of primary education and curriculum design, the integration of various sciplines enhances the depth and breadth of student learning. And this is no different when approaching RE....
BEYOND the plate
Exploring the ethical dimensions of veganism offers a profound link to RE, where moral reasoning and the study of values are paramount.
“The problem with RE …IS THAT IT ISN’T RE!
Like many atheists I would be 100 percent in favour of RE if it restricted itself to what it says on the tin: education about religion.
THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK and his new book for young explorers
Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, has been a good friend to religious education over many years. Lat Blaylock caught up with him to talk about his new book PisforPilgrim(Hodder & Stoughton 2024), which can...
A TRANSATLANTIC ADVENTURE in moral education
Saima reflects on her experiences at the 49th Annual Conference of the Association for Moral Education in Texas in October 2023.
North Stars
CELEBRITY PILGRIMS explore faith, spirituality and life’s big questions on their journey through North Wales
Featured InstantRE
Cultural capital that makes a world of difference: re-building self-esteem
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...
Is it fair? Making sense of the story of Jonah
Gill Tewkesbury teaches in Devon. She explored fairness and unfairness in the Biblical story of Jonah with her 9–10s. This narrative is sometimes told with an emphasis on the prophet being swallowed by a big fish,...
A Jewish artist of the Holocaust and the dangers of hate speech today
As RE studies the Holocaust quite often, teachers need to approach this most harrowing of topics with care, but also sometimes with fresh resources. Here is Phillip Schwartz’s 2018 artwork based on the Prophet...
Six uses of the COMIC-BOOK BIBLE
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...
Showcasing RE
Good Muslims treat all animals with kindness
The Hadith: a Hadith is a saying or example of the Prophet, remembered and written down to help Muslims know how to live. Here is one example:
Planning suggestions using a question/investigation about religious expression and pilgrimages for 9–12s
Key question: what is the difference between a pilgrim and a tourist?
Mindfulness for free: Don’t pay for a pale imitation when the real thing is available as a gift
Why don’t you copy this? Education and Faith in Kirklees, Calderdale and Leeds
Helen Rivers of Kirklees Education reports on an innovative educational initiative aiming to bring West Yorkshire schools and faith communities together in a positive partnership. The ‘Faith and Education’ project...
Wisdom and independence for pupils with additional needs
Clayton Fountain
Murderer to monk