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Celebrating RE - A national event for the month of March 2011
(01/03/2011)
Exciting opportunities and possibilities to celebrate and raise the profile of Religious Education in your school.
Celebrating RE - Information Flyer
Find out more at the website:- www.celebratingre.org
Report from the South West Conference for SACREs, 10th March 2010, Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset
(18/05/2010)
The theme was ‘Quality SACREs - Quality RE', and included a mix of keynote talks and workshops.
The first talk given by Dr Mark Chester, RE Officer at QCDA, looked at three key issues facing SACREs:
The revised RE guidance from DCSF
The new primary curriculum and RE
The QCDA project with local authorities / SACREs on collaboration in agreed syllabuses
We then dispersed to one of 3 workshops to discuss these issues:
After lunch we could choose a further two workshops - I opted for Graham Langtree exploring spiritual development and community cohesion through a range of teaching and learning activities - a very valuable exercise. Followed by Effective practice in RE and Community cohesion [Katy Staples].
An invaluable part of the day was the opportunity to chat with others and get a feel for the many different levels at which SACREs are working - and are being funded [a huge range here!]
About 35 attended , from local SACREs [Bristol, Somerset, North Somerset etc] and many were the representatives from local councils.
Jane O'Hara, 10 May 2010
Bath Interfaith Newsletter - May 2010
(18/05/2010)
Newsletter >>Recent guidance on the place and importance of Religious Education in schools
(10/05/2010)
The B&NES SACRE is currently reviewing the current syllabus, 'Awareness Mystery and Value' in the light of recent thinking and curriculum developments. A review of this syllabus is well under way. More news will be forthcoming when final decisions have been made.
Religious Education - A statutory subject supported by
a non-statutory programme of learning
Religious Education n English schools: Non‑Statutory Guidance 2010
A very good session at Saltford RE Resource Centre on World Religions
(10/03/2010)
Primary teachers were treated to a free half-day session to learn more about the SACRE world religion resources held at Saltford primary school.
Representatives from two world religions living in Bath led a practical workshop demonstrating how these resources were used in religious ceremonies. Kulamitra, a Buddhist, helped teachers see how they could make a shrine, meditate and understand Buddha's sayings and introduce this into their teaching.
Gary Webber, a Jew, showed how his family worshiped at home, giving teachers the chance to taste the special bread (challah) and kiddush wine. Both workshop leaders offered to visit schools as long as teachers borrowed the appropriate resources in advance.
NEWS ARCHIVE >>
(The News Archive page contains archived news items which previously appeared on the news page and may be of interest.)
Items include:
- Big Questions and Alternative Answers - Sixth Form Conference - Bath Spa University
- Yr 9 Animation Project 'The Miracles of Jesus'
- B&NES SACRE Newsletter - February 2009
- JTrails
- New pilot GCSE from OCR
- Creation and Evolution: incompatible explanations?
- B&NES SACRE - Newsletter - December 2008
- B&NES SACRE Newsletter - Autumn 2008
- BATH and NORTH EAST SOMERSET FAITH FORUM
- School's Peace Link to Hiroshima
- Locally Agreed Syllabus
- SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN SCHOOLS PROJECT
- NASACRE WEBSITE LAUNCHED
- RE SELF EVALUATION TOOLKIT
- GLOBAL GANG
- WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A DRUG EDUCATOR?
