Instant RE

Science fiction is often at its best when it explores, in creative ways, what it means to be human. The vast popularity of Doctor Who among some of the pupils in your school might make it a good idea to explore...

At the Cobbs Infant and Nursery School in Warrington, Higher Level Teaching Assistant Janet Lever taught her 6–7s about Christian understandings of God using music. The personal and thoughtful responses suggest that...

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...

Mike Keogh is a Buddhist. Use his letter with your pupils: should religious and spiritual practice be up for sale? Dear headteachers, company CEOs, local politicians, in fact anyone tempted to dip in their pocket and pay...

Kirsty Wharton responded to the need to enable pupils to stretch and challenge their thinking in RE, so she started a club for students who are Able, Gifted and Talented. Here’s how it’s going.

Love as you wish to be loved, treat how you’d like to be treated. The ‘Golden Rule’ of treating others how you wish to be treated yourself comes in many forms and in every different religious belief system. Here we...

Sophie Smith teaches at George Eliot School in Warwickshire. She wanted to use more creative hooks for her RE lessons. Here are some examples of what worked.

Gill Tewkesbury wanted to teach her primary pupils about diversity within the Christian community. Instead of thinking about Catholics and Protestants, she used music.

My dad and I would often sit and watch Deal or No Deal together when I used to take his evening meal to his house. I think he enjoyed watching my reactions more than watching the show. He encouraged me to go on the show...

Vicki Robinson-Powell is Key Stage 3 Manager at All Saints Catholic High School in Kirkby. She got her pupils to use the NATRE ‘Art in Heaven’ competition to explore beliefs and arguments about life after death....

St Dominic’s School, Brewood, in Staffordshire ran a Gifted and Talented pupil day for 60 students from three different schools in September, including a creative challenge: to express and explore religious beliefs...