RE assessment after Levels
"Helen Maltby has been experimenting with 11–14 assessment, developing new assessment tools based on the Curriculum Framework from the RE Council. She created sets of ‘I can’ statements from the threefold...
"Helen Maltby has been experimenting with 11–14 assessment, developing new assessment tools based on the Curriculum Framework from the RE Council. She created sets of ‘I can’ statements from the threefold...
John Catt is a Humanist and a member of Leicestershire SACRE.
There are clearly many models upon which a school interfaith forum can be based. We are grateful to Barbara Usher for outlining how such a forum began and developed in her own secondary school – Coopers’ Company...
Stephen Melzack is a Jewish musician who works with pupils in all kinds of schools. We asked him how music can help RE, starting with one of his most popular songs: ‘Two Candles Burn’, about Shabbat.
As the RE subject leader (and Year 2 teacher) at Akiva, a progressive Jewish primary school in Finchley, London, I am committed to finding interesting ways to enhance the curriculum and raise the profile of RE across...
The Religious Education Council of England and Wales has been at the forefront of much recent RE-related activity. But what is the Council, when was it founded and how does it go about its work? We are grateful to...
We asked teachers at the NATRE St Albans local group how to make best use of music in RE. Several responded, and here are their ideas. Thanks to Juliet Lyal (Cunningham Hill Infant School), Sarah Kropman (Cunningham...
Rachel Buckby teaches in Leicester. She wanted her infant pupils to explore an inspiring life in RE, so she told the story of Mother Teresa. The children were all given a sentence from the story (see the 24 sentences...
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...
At least since the inception of Ofsted in the early 1990s, there has been much talk about the need to promote children’s ‘spiritual development’. But what does this mean? We are grateful to Kate Adams for...