Spring 2023
Theme: Religion and RE - yesterday and tomorrow
Highlights from this issue:
- ‘Where is Anne Frank?’ An animation feature by Ari Folman to use in RE learning
- RE yesterday and tomorrow: some of RE’s big thinkers share their thoughts about the subject’s history and future
- Interview with authors Peter Dray and Matt Lillicrap about their new book: ‘Reality and Other Stories: Exploring the life we long for through the tales we tell’
- A Jewish artist of the Holocaust and the dangers of hate speech today: the astonishing artwork of Phillip Schwartz, with practical classroom ideas to inspire study and discussion
- Teenage Muslim voices: young British Muslims express what they value about the life of the mosque
- Good learning from our history: seven teachers from the UK and Spain look at how the study of religions is interwoven with the study of our past
- The Gita for children: a version newly available in the UK brings Hindu scripture to life for your classroom
- Professional REflection: includes teaching humanism and non-religious worldviews, and a ‘Research update’ considers a different look at Buddhism
Select a topic to explore resources
Where is Anne Frank?
Reality and other stories
A synagogue through time - Merthyr Tydfil
Rais Bhuiyan: an amazing story of forgiveness from Islam
The Gita for children
Sharing space goes to the movies - an RE film club blog
- ExternalBuladó (Keplerfilm 2020)
- ExternalThe school that tried to end racism (Channel 4 2020), available on Amazon Prime
Jerusalem: a mosaic of cultures and identities
Floor books in RE: record, share, evaluate
Ask the teachers about RE in your school
A Jewish artist of the Holocaust and the dangers of hate speech today
- ExternalPhillip Schwartz website (NB The nature and content of the images will require the teacher to check them beforehand for suitability of use with pupil age group)
- ExternalLoading a Funeral Cart
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A Jewish artist of the Holocaust and the dangers of hate speech today
- Internal
A Jewish artist of the holocaust PPTPowerPoint on Phillip Schwartz's artwork during the Holocaust, exploring themes of resilience and memory.
Cracking 16-19 RE
- ExternalWarwick University: Definition and information about interdisciplinarity, including case studies
Eight ideas to open your senior students' minds to university
- ExternalWillie Jennings on the Black Lives Matter movement, at AGM of Society for Post-Supersessionist Theology (SPST), 2021 (YouTube,at 23:25)
- ExternalGresham College lectures
- ExternalScriptural reasoning
- ExternalChristianity through its scriptures (free course from Harvard University)
Why are humans religious?
- ExternalCogito Education
Inclusive Judaism
Regional RE Hub Leads
Free ECT webinars, for primary and secondary
NATRE Strictly RE exhibitors 2023
- ExternalREonDemand
- ExternalJewish Museum London
- ExternalCulham St Gabriel's
- ExternalPearson
- ExternalCambridge Assessment
- ExternalOCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA examinations)
Member Only Content
This content is available exclusively for members. Not yet registered? Sign up today.
A Sikh festival of freedom: Bandi Chaur Divas
- Internal
Big picture: A Sikh festival of freedom – Bandi Chaur Divas PPT (RET 40.2)Overview of Bandi Chaur Divas, exploring its significance as a Sikh festival of freedom.
Scottish Teachers Association of Religious and Moral Education (STARME)
- ExternalSTARME website
'Are you religious yourself?' Being non-binary between 'religious' and 'non-religious'
Teaching about humanism and non-religious worldviews
- ExternalUnderstanding Humanism
Worldviews ... it starts with people (On reflection)
Select a topic to explore resources
OpinionClassroomInstant REStaffroomEvents and ResourcesThe big picture The last wordProfessional REflection
Where is Anne Frank?
Reality and other stories
A synagogue through time - Merthyr Tydfil
Rais Bhuiyan: an amazing story of forgiveness from Islam
The Gita for children
Sharing space goes to the movies - an RE film club blog
- ExternalBuladó (Keplerfilm 2020)
- ExternalThe school that tried to end racism (Channel 4 2020), available on Amazon Prime
Jerusalem: a mosaic of cultures and identities
Floor books in RE: record, share, evaluate
Ask the teachers about RE in your school
A Jewish artist of the Holocaust and the dangers of hate speech today
- ExternalPhillip Schwartz website (NB The nature and content of the images will require the teacher to check them beforehand for suitability of use with pupil age group)
- ExternalLoading a Funeral Cart
Member Only Content
A Jewish artist of the Holocaust and the dangers of hate speech today
- Internal A Jewish artist of the holocaust PPTPowerPoint on Phillip Schwartz's artwork during the Holocaust, exploring themes of resilience and memory.
Cracking 16-19 RE
- ExternalWarwick University: Definition and information about interdisciplinarity, including case studies
Eight ideas to open your senior students' minds to university
- ExternalWillie Jennings on the Black Lives Matter movement, at AGM of Society for Post-Supersessionist Theology (SPST), 2021 (YouTube,at 23:25)
- ExternalGresham College lectures
- ExternalScriptural reasoning
- ExternalChristianity through its scriptures (free course from Harvard University)
Why are humans religious?
- ExternalCogito Education
Inclusive Judaism
Regional RE Hub Leads
Free ECT webinars, for primary and secondary
NATRE Strictly RE exhibitors 2023
- ExternalREonDemand
- ExternalJewish Museum London
- ExternalCulham St Gabriel's
- ExternalPearson
- ExternalCambridge Assessment
- ExternalOCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA examinations)
Member Only Content
A Sikh festival of freedom: Bandi Chaur Divas
- Internal Big picture: A Sikh festival of freedom – Bandi Chaur Divas PPT (RET 40.2)Overview of Bandi Chaur Divas, exploring its significance as a Sikh festival of freedom.
Scottish Teachers Association of Religious and Moral Education (STARME)
- ExternalSTARME website
'Are you religious yourself?' Being non-binary between 'religious' and 'non-religious'
Teaching about humanism and non-religious worldviews
- ExternalUnderstanding Humanism
