Course Date: 08 February 2012
This one-day course of professional development enables primary school teachers of 9-11 year olds to approach the values and relationships part of SRE with confidence because it provides all you need to teach engaging, well planned units of work that link SRE with PSHE and RE.
The course is held at The Pavilion, Christian City Church, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, GL51 6PN, and is led by Fiona Moss, RE Adviser with RE Today Services.
For details of the day and the booking form see the document below.
Glos_Body_and_Soul_days_Nov_2011_Feb_2012_Booking_form.pdf
Glos_Body_and_Soul_SRE_course_2012_Booking_form.doc
For enquiries about the course, or if you want to book a similar course in your school, local authority or diocese please email Fiona Moss.
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Course Date: 06 March 2012
Aims of the day:
This course will explore a variety of approaches to teaching and learning in RE in order to engage pupils and help them to make good progress. There will be a focus on practical activities to try out and take away, including varied approaches to RE, engaging pupils in handling texts, using visual resources effectively, planning enquiry-based learning in RE and applying research into how the brain works.
Teachers will take away at least ten practical and ready to use classroom ideas for 11-16s, including access to the presentations, downloadable from the RE Today website after the course.
For an outline of the day, information and details of how to book, see the downloadable document below:
ActiveRE_2012.pdf
Tutor: Stephen Pett, RE Adviser, RE Today Services.
Venue: London
Cost: £160 (RE Today subscribers); £190 (non subscribers)
Booking: Book online or contact our Courses Administrator by email or phone (0121 472 4242).
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Course Date: 12 March 2012
Aims of the day
This one day course will enable primary teachers of 9 - 11 year olds to approach the values and relationships part of SRE with confidence beause it provides all you need to teach engaging, well-planned units of work that link SRE with PSHE and SRE.
Each participant will receive a copy of Body & Soul (RRP £37.50), a teaching and learning pack exploring Relationship Education, designed to sit alongside KS2 Science/PSHE work on Puberty and Sex Educxation for 9 - 11s. There are 30+ hours of classroom exploration with templates for planning through RE and PSHE time. Body & Soul explores six themes: Love and Intimacy; Working Together and Thankfulness; Promises and Respect; Forgiveness and Reconciliation; Sharing Hard TImes; Celebration and Pleasure.
The pack contains a teacher’s book, DVD with additional resources and 16 picture cards for visual learning. There are also six stories specially written by children’s author Ruth Whiter for reading aloud and talking about in circle time.
Tutor: Fiona Moss / Lat Blaylock , RE Advisers, RE Today Services. (Both RE Advisers will run the course if there are more than 16 bookings)
Venue: London
Cost: £160 (RE Today subscribers); £190 (non subscribers)
Booking: Book online or contact our Courses Administrator by email or phone (0121 472 4242).
For more information and details of how to book your place, please download the document below
Body_Soul_2012.pdf
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Course Date: 13 March 2012
Aims of the day
This one day course will:
- explore the role of the subject leader using practical activities
- develop your confidence and understanding of RE
- develop your leadership and management skills
- focus on creative task setting, planning a scheme of work using your local agreed syllabus or faith community guidelines, and effective and manageable monitoring and self evaluation
Tutor: Fiona Moss, RE Adviser, RE Today Services.
Venue: London
Cost: £160 (RE Today subscribers); £190 (non subscribers)
Booking: Book online or contact our Courses Administrator by email or phone (0121 472 4242).
For more information and details of how to book your place, please download the document below
HelpRECoordinator_2012.pdf
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Course Date: 14 March 2012
Aims of the day
This one day course provided by the Diocese of Chichester will:
- provide numerous practical ideas for good learning from Christianity for pupils aged 4-11
- answer questions about planning, enquiry, lesson design, exciting activities, cross curricular learning, resources and assessment
For full course details see below:
Exploring_Christianity_Creatively_General_Flyer.pdf
Tutor: Lat Blaylock, RE Adviser, RE Today Services
Venue: Church House, Hove
Cost: £110 (East Sussex SLA schools); £150 (all other schools)
Booking: Complete the booking form below and return to the Diocese of Chichester.
For details of how to book your place, download and complete the document below:
Booking_form_for_Exploring_Christianity1.pdf
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Course Date: 15 March 2012
Aims of the day
This one-day course addresses practical ways of learning about and from three religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The course will improve teachers’ and co-ordinators’ subject knowledge and provide them with a variety of engaging and effective strategies for learning about and from these three religions. Resources and ideas will be shared, supporting creative, visual, active and enquiry-based learning for children from 5 - 11.
The course will support teachers in:
- creating a planned learning experience for children in each of these religions
- ensuring progression in teaching about and from Christianity, Judaism and Islam across the primary age range
- awareness of appropriatre learning strategies to deal with challenging topics such as prayer, belief and religion in the community
- using a variety of effective and engaging learning strategies in RE
- feeling more confident when teaching Christianity, Judaism and Islam
Tutor: Fiona Moss, RE Adviser, RE Today Services.
Venue: London
Cost: £160 (RE Today subscribers); £190 (non subscribers)
Booking: Book online or contact our Courses Administrator by email or phone (0121 472 4242).
For more information and details of how to book your place, please download the document below
Exploring3religions_2012.pdf
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Course Date: 16 March 2012
The Primary Curriculum and RE: current directions is a 48-hour residential seminar. It will look at research into primary school curriclum design issues and at their application in the RE classroom. Research into children’s understanding in RE will contribute to an exploration of classroom practice.
Speakers include: Prof. Teresa Cremin, Dt Karen Walshe and Dave Francis.
What do the seminars offer?
The Westhill Trust Seminars offer teachers and researchesr a chance to deeper theirt engagement with RE by exploring recent research from within and beyond the classroom. Hearing from leading experts in the field and meeting with practitioners from around the country makes for stimulating and challenging discussions, with an emphasis on applying what has been heard.
Keynote sessions led by prominent academics form the core of the semiar weekends. Shorter sessions from teachers and researchers offer ‘provocations’ to deeper thinking, with opportunities for reflecting, responding and participating in practical activities.
What is included in the fee?
The £100 fee includes full board in conference accommodation. Seminars start on Friday evening with a meal and the first keynote address, and run until Sunday afternoon.
How do you book?
The booking form is included below. Early booking is recommended as places are limited.
Westhill_seminar_flyer_2011-12.pdf
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Course Date: 19 March 2012
Aims of Day
This course addresses practical ways of embedding Assessment for Learning techniques into RE planning. We will use the principles of Assessment for Learning, skills in RE and examples of pupils’ work to demonstrate effective strategies for enabling progression for pupils at KS1 and 2 in RE. We will explore practical ways of introducing meaningful Assessment for Learning in RE across the school.
Tutor: Fiona Moss, RE Adviser, RE Today Services.
Venue: Birmingham
Cost: £160 (RE Today subscribers); £190 (non subscribers)
Booking: Book online or contact our Courses Administrator by email or phone (0121 472 4242).
For more information please download the document below
Assessing_Primary_RE_2010-111.pdf
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Course Date: 21 March 2012
Aims of the day
Suitable for subject leaders as well as classroom RE teachers, including NQTs in RE and teachers with other specialisms, this one-day course applies ‘assessing pupils’ progress’ ways of working to 11-14 RE at levels 3-7. Participants will gain many usable ideas for assessment tasks and tests which explore learning about Islam, Christianity and other religions, and learning from religion. The course will provide delegates with usable, assessable creative and thoughtful classroom ideas.
Tutor: Lat Blaylock, RE Adviser, RE Today Services.
Venue: London
Cost: £160 (RE Today subscribers); £190 (non subscribers)
Booking: Book online or contact our Courses Administrator by email or phone (0121 472 4242).
For more information please download the document below:
AssessingPupilsProgress_2012.pdf
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Course Date: 21 March 2012
Aims of the day
This course will explore a variety of approaches to teaching and learning in RE in order to engage pupils and help them to make good progress. There will be a focus on practical activities to try out and take away, including varied approaches to RE, engaging pupils in handling texts, using visual resources effectively, planning enquiry-based learning in RE and applying research into how the brain works.
Teachers will take away at least ten practical and ready to use classroom ideas for 11-16s, including access to the presentations, downloadable from the RE Today website after the course.
For an outline of the day, information and details of how to book, see the downloadable document below:
ActiveRE_2012.pdf
Tutor: Stephen Pett, RE Adviser, RE Today Services.
Venue: Manchester
Cost: £160 (RE Today subscribers); £190 (non subscribers)
Booking: Book online or contact our Courses Administrator by email or phone (0121 472 4242).
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