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This article is for paying subscribers Creation Incarnation Salvation: Three Christian concepts for young children
Our children are always making things; they are naturally creative. Creation is about God making things, and about a human responsibility to care for creation.
Our children love to dress up and become someone...
This article is for paying subscribers The art of Bible reading: a new approach
This article is for paying subscribers The passion of the choral tradition of music in Christianity
Doug Rice Bowen is an RE teacher in West Yorkshire, and a member of the NATRE Executive. Before becoming an RE teacher he was a classical singer, and encourages you here to access the traditions of Christian choral...
This article is for paying subscribers Talking to children about what is most important
Professor Robert Winston gave the keynote speech at the Board of Deputies of British Jews’ first Teaching Judaism conference, run in conjunction with the Catholic Education Service. RE teacher Adina Bernstein went...
This article is for paying subscribers Lourdes: opening the doors of wisdom
Rosalynne Wallis took her students to Lourdes. Lots of RE teachers study this example of pilgrimage, and consider whether miracles happen at Lourdes, so use her article to sharpen your own understanding and...
This article is for paying subscribers Sing your own song
Everybody sang. The original musical instrument is the human voice.
This article is for paying subscribers Wisdom from young minds
We thought it might be fun to crowd-source some wisdom from pupils, so we asked on Facebook for wise comments and questions heard in recent RE lessons. Here are a few of our favourites. Why not make a ‘wall of...
This article is for paying subscribers The wisdom of fairness
What is a sermon? Does it impart wisdom? Alan Bennett, playwright, gave this ‘Sermon’ at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, last year, calling for Christian fairness and the phasing out of fee-paying schools. The...
Wisdom or vision?
Welcome to this issue of REtoday. The theme is wisdom. Scriptures from many traditions can be seen as collections of wisdom passed down the centuries, and if RE has an offer to pupils beyond the merely academic, then...