REtoday Magazine - Summer 2023

Magazine section: Opinions

External links:

Article: 'Good RE is a cornerstone for a modern, tolerant Britain' (Rachel de Souza interview)

• Children's Commissioner for England website
• The Big Ask survey

Article: REasons to be cheerful

• Culham St Gabriel's survey of parents
• Religious Education Council of England and Wales
• Big Ideas for Religious Education
• British Journal of Religious Education (BJRE)

Article: Celebrating innovation and creativity

• Culham St Gabriel's events programme
• Culham St Gabriel's: current grant-funded projects
• Religion Media Centre
• Jewish Museum London resources for schools
• Liverpool Community Spirit classroom resources for secondary schools
• Cumbria virtual voices in religious education (CDEC)
• NATRE Curriculum symposium
• REconnecting Lincolnshire: Empowering voices, exploring worldviews 2021-2023
• RE:online Research - in conversation

Article: A curious curriculum

• 'A curious curriculum' book by Mick Waters and Claire Banks
• UN Sustainable Development Goals

Article: Celebrating uncertainty in RE

• NATRE National RE Festival Database (survey results)

Magazine section: Classroom

Members only:

Article: Beyond Belief game

• PPT - Beyond Belief game: a classroom discussion game about life's big questions
• Worksheet to use with the Beyond Belief game
• PDF of article from pp. 22-23 of REtoday 40.3

External links:

Article: Email from a small primary school

• Easter Story Card - free, printable download
• Jelly Bean Prayer - a different version from the one in the REtoday article, but with a free, downloadable colour-in sheet
• Making an Easter garden
• Candle, penny and coloured water activity instructions
• Link to 'chatterbox' example, with Easter ideas

Article: ‘The real measure of a person isn’t the challenges but how you respond to them’ (Bali Rai interview)

• A selection of titles by Bali Rai is available from Scholastic
• DESIblitz Literature Festival

Article: Football and religion

• Aga Khan Centre Gallery: Football and Religion exhibition
• Aga Khan University Institutue for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
• Football and Religion: Tales of Hope, Play and Passion (Interviews) - film on YouTube (1 hour)

Article: The Letter

• Film The Letter is available to watch free online (80 minutes)

Magazine section: Instant RE

External links:

Article: How does faith contribute to local community?

• Nottinghamshire SACRE's films (YouTube)
• Religious Studies resources available from Nottinghamshire SACRE

Magazine section: Staffroom

eResources:

Article: Young Muslims' experiences of stereotyping

• Extended article, with additional responses (4 pages)

Members only:

Article: Young Muslims' experiences of stereotyping

• PPT to support article: Young Muslims' experiences of stereotyping

External links:

Article: Jack of all trades

• Ofsted Research Review: religious education
• CoRE Final Report (2018)

Magazine section: Events and resources

External resources:

• Belonging and believing: book series by Gill Vaisey, for use with 3-7s
• Inclusive Judaism, from Jewish Museum London
• Birmingham Faith Visits: resources to enhance a school visit or virtual visit to places of worship
• European Forum for Teachers of Religious Education (EFTRE) Conference (August 2023)
• Jerusalem Trust’s Small Grants to Schools Scheme: support for the teaching of Christianity within RE in England and Wales
• Spirited Arts 2023 competition (closes 31 July 2023)
• RE Hubs team
• ONS Census 2021 maps: showing responses to the question about religion in the 2021 census in England and Wales
• NATRE 'Welcome' webinars for new members (log in with your password to register for a webinar)
• NATRE Primary survey 2022: results and analysis

Magazine section: The big picture

Members Only:

Article: Golden Haggadah - priceless pages of art from the Jewish Bible

• PPT to support article about the Golden Haggadah - a way to learn about Pesach/Passover
• PDF of article from pp. 90-91 of REtoday 40.3

External links:

• The Golden Haggadah can be viewed on the British Library website (interactive pages)

Magazine section: Professional REflection

Article: Developing teacher voice (Editorial)

• Free to access Professional REflection article from Spring 2023 edition

Article: RE:Connecting RE and environmental crisis

• Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service’s cross-disciplinary Climate Crisis Project
• Chartered College of Teaching
• Farmington Institute
• Scriptural Reasoning: reflecting together on sacred texts
• Charlie Syson’s Green Worldviews project

Article: Suitcases of faith

• Liverpool Community Spirit: inter-faith grass-roots community education charity
• City of Sanctuary UK
• Become a School of Sanctuary
• Heart4Refugees
• Wirral Deen Centre

Article: Importance of defining and sharing purpose of RE

• NICER (National Institute for Christian Education Research): Science Religion Encounter

Article: Spirituality and RE in schools

• Living Difference IV: Locally Agreed Syllabus for RE in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton

Article: When you are teaching, what are you doing? (Research Update)

• Ethics for A-Level, by Andrew Fisher and Mark Dimmock (available free online)
• Prof Andrew Fisher's website

Article: Resources for teaching and learning argumentation (Research Update)

• OARS (Oxford Argumentation in Religion and Science) website, with free downloadable resource pack

Article: The future of (religious) education? (On Reflection)

• 2022 RExChange Conference: session recordings
• United Nations Strategic Development Goals
• Global Competencies: Preparing our youth for an inclusive and sustainable world (OECD)