Kathryn WrightDiocesan RE Adviser

May 2011

How many would be… Christians? Muslims? Hindus? Buddhist? Other religions? No religion?

To be able to share examples of creative curriculum planning with other members of staff back in school

To have applied some simple tools to enable creative curriculum planning with RE at the heart

Effective RE has these characteristics: - it stimulates the children’s imagination - it links to other curriculum areas,

especially English, art, drama and music - creative activities have a clear focus of

learning - there are high expectations through the

use of enquiry

A stimulus to motivate and engage A clear conceptual focus so RE can link to

other curriculum areas easily e.g. ‘belonging’, ‘community’, ‘commitment’, ‘journey’…

Pupil led questioning and activities designed to elicit a range of creative responses

High expectations where assessment is part of the planning process and embedded in the enquiry framework

A framework which allows for creativity

Building blocks for an effective enquiry in RE

The Lord’s Prayer Project Journeys Values Eco RE A Time for Everything Community of enquiry Godly Play

The issue of withdrawal. RE must be discernable in planning. Consider integration and discreet RE

False links- beware…don’t make links that aren’t there…!

Creative approaches must enhance the RE- remember Transforming RE…

Use one of the resources provided today Use the proposed AS enquiry framework to

explore a concept in RE and link to other curriculum areas

Explore ways of using the outside space at school to develop cross curricular approaches to the environment