Religious education newsletter - June 2024

Final call to book for the new RE syllabus launch events

Nationally renowned presenters and syllabus writers Fiona Moss and Stephen Pett from RE Today will be leading these days:

• Mon 17 June (Bideford)

• Tues 18 June (Exeter)

• Wed 19 June (Plymouth)

• Wed 10 July (online)

This will be an excellent inset opportunity for teachers of RE in primary, secondary and special schools.

The new syllabus (in pdf form) will be sent to all schools by email on Thurs 20 June. From that date it will also be available to be downloaded here. Password: DevonREsyllabus2024

LTLRE hub (twilight) meetings are free and open to all teachers of RE, primary and secondary. See LTLRE website for full details.

SWIFT SW RE hub: Thurs 6 June book here

Special schools hub: Tues 11 June (online)

Guest speaker: Victoria from rhyming multi-sensory stories- highly recommended!

Cornwall: Wed 19 June (online)

RE in the future

Exeter, East Devon, North Devon: Thurs 20 June (online) Ofsted deep dives

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LTLRE Conference 2024

Religion and worldviews: a deep and meaningful approach to RE

Fri 4 October 2024, St Mellion Conference Centre

Keynote: Gillian Georgiou- national expert on curriculum development, plus loads of useful RE workshops for all ages. £70.  Book here

Find out more details here

Hajj: Big Zuu goes to Mecca

With Hajj coming up very soon (14 - 19 June) millions of Muslims will be preparing to travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

This excellent TV show follows chef and rapper Big Zuu as he makes a pilgrimage to Mecca on a personal spiritual journey to try and understand more about his faith and what it means to be 'a good Muslim’.

Follow the X (Twitter) link for a worksheet.

FREE religious stories

Sign up to get 50 FREE religious stories! From ‘Noah and the Rainbow’ to ‘The Night of Power’ and more… Well-known stories from 6 major world faiths are available. Each story is accompanied by key questions/activities for classroom use.

Secondary: successful curriculum design

This resource helps secondary RE leaders to learn about the choices of the most successful departments. Use it to find, read and filter on aspects of their curriculum practice which makes them stand out.

Primary RE survey 2024

Primary teachers: could you spare 15 minutes to complete the NATRE bi-annual teacher survey? This really helps NATRE to support great teaching and learning about Religion and Worldviews in schools.