by Alice Sarbicki  Do you think you could say with confidence what the aims of RE are in your school? In your city? In the UK? Would your answer be the same as your colleagues, senior leadership, parents or students? In response to these questions are you likely to lament why, oh why, are we […] … More Why are we still talking about the aims of RE? — Reforming RE

When I was a younger man, my mother always chided me for playing video games online. “Go outside, make real friends, play real sports etc…”. At the time, I was sure that my online friends were real friends, and my online experiences brought me as much joy as anything reality had to offer. I played […] … More A Community Online — Buisst_Teaching

One of my favourite aspects of the Lockdown, or at least Lockdown 1 (I found the sequels derivative at best), was the increased capacity for reading and developing subject knowledge. Twitter was alive with RE bookclubs, and people were discussing the best and brightest texts they could come across. As the second and third lockdowns […] … More A Philosophy Teacher’s Reading List — Buisst_Teaching

At the start of the first lockdown I wrote a blog post for RE Online about how I was setting remote learning for my students. I did acknowledge that … How I am setting remote learning for key stage 3 students.

The aim here is to outline the history of Religious Education in England. The hope is that this blog post, and the following posts in this series, … A *very brief* history of RE in England. 1) The 1870 Education Act and why it matters

By Mary Myatt The Commission on RE (CoRE)’s report[1] made the case for religious education to have a national entitlement, along the same lines as the national curriculum subjects. The reason for religious education being part of the basic curriculum, and having its content determined locally via locally agreed syllabuses, is a complex one rooted […] … More Curriculum design in a post-commission world — Reforming RE

This by no means exhaustive but I wondered whether this might help! in-our-time-gcse-and-a-levelDownload Useful In Our Time Podcasts — Teaching ideas

by Matthew Lane As Mary Myatt explained in our last blog post, change on a fundamental scale is in the air for Religious Education. The 2018 CoRE report offered many suggestions and changes in how RE is delivered. In response to these fundamental changes, many SACREs (the local bodies that set RE curriculums) have updated […] … More Primary Curriculum – Branching out from you — Reforming RE

It’s been an odd year in teaching (would be an understatement) but not one that has lacked fun and opportunity. Debating on switching to booklets for a term (to see) has allowed me to create some. They may work, they may not, they will need tweaking/destroying BUT I think it has been a useful process … More Booklets in RE — MissBorwickTeach

by Saima Saleh Why not take a more critical look at your curriculum. Does it give enough opportunities to explore diversity? Let’s not wait for Black History Month to plug those gaps. Make the change that’s needed- we owe it to our pupils. Our journey through anti-racist teaching needs to go beyond Black History Month. […] … More Teaching about Diversity in the Primary Classroom — Reforming RE