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Newsletter 32: Winter 2011/Spring 2012 edition: download or view as an e-publication
LATEST NEWS
SACRE reports for 2010/11: These should now be send to sacrereports@nasacre.org.uk ideally in PDF or .doc format. Please keep the filesize as small as possible.
Letter to the HCMI: A joint letter from the REC and NATRE to Micheal Wilshaw - read
The 11th. St. Gabriel's Teachers Weekend: will be held at Wokefield Park conference centre on the weekend of 29th-30th September 2012. Funded by the St Gabriel's Trust, the conference is free to those teachers chosen to attend. The conference theme will be "From Here to Outstanding – Pushing the Boundaries for RE" and will provide professional development and discussion on the key issues in religious education today.
This weekend will create space for colleagues to engage and emerge confident in pushing the boundaries for outstanding RE. There are as many opportunities to reshape the subject as there are challenges. To register an interest in being invited to the conference, teachers are advised to contact Jessie Sim at the Culham Institute - jessie@culham.ac.uk
WRERU seminar: The Warwick bods are running a seminar "Dialogue with scripture" on Tuesday 6th of March, 2012. More details or contact if interested.
The NC review: This important review on the curriculum in England is now published - see the statement by the SoS (scroll to bottom of this link for the link to the documents) and the NC expert panel report and for those in a hurry here is the report on a page
FOI request: The Mail on Sunday and the request for information under the FoI act - download
Academies: Can/should the SACRE monitor the work of Academies in RE and collective worship or must they be allowed to 'go their own way'? - a discussion paper
SACRE RETool: This self-evaluation tool for SACREs can now be downloaded
Better RE online self-evaluation tool: A very useful tool that has already drawn responses from school from around 40 LAs - link
Resources for Christmas: Short bible based films with follow up RE Lessons, assembly ideas and much more for teachers and those who work with children in a religious setting - link
PM open mind on RE in EBac: David Cameron has left the door open to adding religious education to the Government's new flagship English Baccalaureate - link
Report on Collective Worship: A report on the state of collective worship in schools BBC poll - link and comment by Andrew Copson of the BHA
9/11 education website: A new website will launch on September 5th commemorating the 10th anniversary of this event - link
Information about the EBac: Can be found on the EBac-FAQs page and also links to more stories and news reports on the EBac-Links page.
EDM : There are now 116 signatures (15/8/11) on EDM 1375 - can you get your MP to support this?
REAct Campaign : Sign up to this on-line campaign to support the place of RE in the EBac - more
Older News
  • REC statement on Religious Studies A Level results: A statment on the A level results for this year can be found at the REC website
  • ComRes survey: Nearly three quarters (71%) of the British public believe society will become more divided, unless children and young people are taught about different cultures and religions ... more
  • New Report : NASACRE Survey of Local Authority Support for SACREs - see publications
  • RE Health Warning: A booklet from the REC outlining some of the key aspects of the concerns facing RE and the research that supports these concerns - download
  • Celebrating RE : The compendium album for the Celebrating RE month has now been completed. Thanks to Sharon Artley for her creative work on this - please do circulate the link to your networks - visit the on-line document now.
  • MPs debate the role of RE in schools: Fiona Bruce leads a debate in Westminster hall - watch here - and read the transcript from here.
  • Whose RE is it anyway?: Report from the March 31st conference - download
  • email exchange: between the chair and the DfE - more
  • Reply from the SoS: The chair wrote to the SoS in December 2010 expressing concerns [his letter] and has finally received a reply.
  • Bob Jackson : on multiculturalism on the Ekklesia website - link
  • Shap calendar continues: The Shap Working Party office in London is to close shortly, but the Calendar of Religious Festivals will continue and will be distributed by email in July this year. New format, New price, New photographs. Go to this link for more details.

    If you would like to sign up for this please send your contact details: Name, email, and the phrase “Yes, I would like to receive the email version of the Shap calendar” to calendar@shapworkingparty.org.uk

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