He knew the game was up. Like the hundreds before, he’d chosen the team but they were no longer truly his. The dazzling displays over the last 20 years had fizzled out; he’d turned worse situations around before, but deep down he knew this was a journey too far.The harsh whistle cut through the December air … More He knew the game was up. | Iain Botterill
We were welcomed at the Jain Samaj Manchester by Suresh Mehta, the Chair of Trustees at the temple. They are just building a large new annexe which has cost £1M. The centre was opened 18 years ago by Gerald Kaufman MP Suresh showed us a picture of the huge temple complex at Palitana. Jains have … More Dharma in Manchester | Paul Smalley
Year 2 QTS undergraduates spent a day looking at two forms of Buddhism in Merseyside. Our first visit was to the Triratna Buddhist Centre in Liverpool. Sumnadipa and Janet welcomed us and offered us a drink. Sumnadipa explained her name meant graciousness and lamp, and she was given it when she was ordained. She reminded … More Merseyside Buddhism | Paul Smalley
Year 1 Undergraduates QTS students gained their first experience of school with a day at Hope Academy. We were met in the foyer by Rachael Critchley (Head of RE), Catha Seddon (Assistant Head of RE) and Jayne Cantwell (A very experienced RE Curriculum Mentor) and given a tour of the school. We met the Head … More A Hopeful school experience | Paul Smalley
Programmatic secularism is the policy of separating religious and public life, ensuring that the state is free of religious influence and leaving religion as a purely private matter for citizens. Both the USA and France are secular republics, which means that religious leaders have no place in government, religious holidays do not necessarily coincide with … More Secularism does not pose a threat to Christianity. Evaluate this statement. [40] | vardycharlotte
Final Year Undergraduate QTS students visited Carmel College to discover how it is different to teach in a Sixth form college. We were met by Sarah Daley, who is in charge of 10:10 RE, the general RE provision for all students, and a Glenn Skelhorn, who is in charge of the A Level Philosophy and … More Back to the Sixth Form | Paul Smalley
The PGCE cohort visited the Quwwat Ul Islam Mosque in Preston as part of their subject knowledge development. In addition to touring the mosque and observing Friday prayers, the group also had a fantastic opportunity to speak to some Yr10 pupils from Preston Muslim Girls High School about their experiences of Islam and what their faith means … More PGCE RE: Juma Prayers at Quwwat Ul Islam Mosque 30.11.18 | Sjay Patterson
In my training, I remember being criticised for asking ‘closed’ questions. The assumption was that open questions require much more analysis and evaluation and would get me higher up Bloom’s Taxonomy and therefore, I would be pushing my students harder and they would learn better. Yet, I’m learning that this isn’t necessarily the case and … More Closed questions are often the most important questions… | mrslhteach
In my training, I remember being criticised for asking ‘closed’ questions. The assumption was that open questions require much more analysis and evaluation and would get me higher up Bloom’s Taxonomy and therefore, I would be pushing my students harder and they would learn better. Yet, I’m learning that this isn’t necessarily the case and … More Closed questions are often the most important questions… | mrslhteach
For a large part of my lessons, I expect students to take notes. This is from years 7-11. At the start of year 7 we show them a quick powerpoint going through the expectations of note making; what it is and what it isn’t. We show them examples of a good use of notes and … More Student note taking; Guided notes & Cornell notes | missdcox
The RE and Philosophy Echo Chamber 