Support for Schools - Religious Education
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The Agreed Syllabus:
The Northumberland agreed syllabus for religious education 2022-2027 was adopted from RE Today.
It is the syllabus to be used by all community schools and is recommended for, academies and free schools. Schools that attended the launch day in June 2022 received a hard copy.
Schools that still require an electronic or hard copy should contact Dave Cookson (Lead Officer for SACRE)
An extract from the agreed syllabus is available here. Schools are welcome to add this extract to their websites.
To comply with copyright requirements the agreed syllabus licensed for use in Northumberland schools must not be distributed to schools or teachers working outside of/beyond the local authority.
Visits and Visitors
Developing Disciplinary Knowledge:
One of the key things highlighted in the Ofsted RE Review was the different types of knowledge studied in RE. The following links will support you with thinking about how to develop ‘ways of knowing’ or disciplinary knowledge in RE:
An explanation of three of the main ‘ways of knowing' in RE (theology, philosophy, human & social sciences):
Some practical advice for developing disciplinary knowledge in RE - What does it mean to ‘get better’ at the ways of knowing in RE?
Non-religious worldviews:
NATRE Spirited Arts Competition
Get creative through this cross-curricular competition! Join hundreds of schools worldwide participating in this year's Spirited Arts competition! NATRE welcome entries in (almost!) any art form your pupils can think of, including:
- Art (painting, drawing, sketching, etc)
- Poetry
- Photography
- Dance
- Music
- Drama
- Sculpture
RE network meetings:
Network meetings take place each term and are suitabe for all phases/ages.
The meetings are hosted by Caroline Weir (Northumberland LA RE consultant), and are free to all schools.
There will be updates from the wider RE world, resource sharing, support with implementing the NCC RE syllabus, time to meet with others leading RE in their schools, and space to ask RE questions.
- To register your attendance for the autum term click here
- To register your attendance for the spring term click here
- To register your attendance for the summer term click here
All attendees will receive the Zoom link prior to the meeting, so please keep an eye on your inbox.
Training:
On demand subject knowledge sessions:
You will be able to watch when and as many times as you wish over the academic year so these sessions are suitable for PPA, staff meetings, alliance inset meetings etc.
The following are available (all cover EYFS-KS3):
- Muslim worldviews (59 minutes) -from EYFS to KS3 – subject knowledge, planning ideas, resource links- - book here
- Jewish worldviews (72 minutes) - from EYFS to KS3 – subject knowledge, planning ideas, resource links - book here
- Hindu worldviews (64 minutes) - from EYFS to KS3 – subject knowledge, planning ideas, resource links - book here
- Sikh worldviews (73 minutes) - from EYFS to KS3 – subject knowledge, planning ideas, resource links. With a focus on the KS3 unit in the Northumberland Agreed Syllabus - book here
- Understanding Christianity refresher (90 minutes) - A reminder (or introduction) for schools already using the Understanding Christianity resource) - book here
Simply click on the link; you will receive an auto response email with a password which you use to access the video. If any materials or links are needed during the training, these will be sent with the password or will be accessible underneath the video itself to click on. Once you complete the online evaluation form they can get a .pdf of the slides.
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