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What is RE?. Why is RE taught?. What place of importance does it hold in 21 st century. Title: Religious Education and Faith Schools. WALT. WILF. A*. A. B. C. You to meet or beat your EoY target. Assess your Personal Leaning Score (PLS) against your EoY target. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
What is RE?
Why is RE taught?
What place of importance
does it hold in 21st century
Title: Religious Education
and Faith Schools
You to meet or beat your EoY target.Assess your Personal Leaning Score (PLS) against your EoY target
C
B
A
A*
Match the keywords to their correct definition – do a quick sketch and
label it in your book
Match the keywords to their correct definition – do a quick sketch and label it in your book
A school teaching a general curriculum, but which has a particular religious links with a
religious organisation.
A group of people showing worth to
something – usually in the form of an
‘assembly’ or speaker announcement (i.e. thought of the day).
A school subject that specialises in
educating people about the various beliefs and cultures in the world
around them.
Can you define WITHOUT LOOKING……
Religious Education?
Collective Worship
Faith School?
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Prior Learning
On your post-it note,
write down one
reason why you think
RE is taught.
How important do you think RE is on the National Curriculum?
VERY
NOT AT ALL
Place yourself on
the line
Justify why you have placed
yourself where you have
Task 1. Cut out the reasons for studying RE.2. Discuss the importance of each with your
partner.3. Arrange them into a diamond 9 with the
most important at the top down to the least important at the bottom.
4. Stick them into your book in order of importance.
5. Explain in your exercise book:a. Why you have chosen your top reason.b. Why you have chosen your bottom reason.
How many detailed reasons can you suggest for studying RE in school?
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Role Play • In pairs, you will be given a situation
and you will act out how the individuals in the situation would react/respond based ONLY on the information you have been given.
The study of RE equips us when many skills that help us deal with difficult situations and
complex issues
Have REspect for other people’s beliefs REsearch –
find out what people believe and why
REspond to religion in your own way
CompaRE religions – they are not all the same
ExpREss your opinions and beliefs
Decide if the teachings of religious leaders from the past are RElevant today
Digging Deeper• You are now going to read the newspaper
article that supports your role play.• In your exercise books answer the
following:– Which religious group is your article
connected to?– What is your initial reaction to what you have
just read?– What are the real concerns for society in this
article?– In what way does this article highlight the
necessity for RE being taught in school?
Share your findings
How confident are you at identifying and dissecting complex issues about religion,
beliefs and traditions?
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Not very So,soCould do a full presentation
on it!!
Religious Education is not just learning about religion, we can also learn a lot from religion too. Make a
list/spidergram of important qualities/skills youngsters can learn from studying religion.
EMPATHY
So then, what might a faith school be?
FAITH is the belief in God and a SCHOOL is a place for learning
Make a list of the similarities and differences between faith schools and state
schools once you have read Salma and Theresa’s school
experiences…
“Religious Studies should only be taught in faith schools”
How far do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have thought about more than one point of view.
“Religious Studies should only be taught in faith schools”
“Religious Studies should only be taught in faith schools”
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Assess your Personal Leaning Score (PLS) against your EoY target
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A*
How have you done against of EoY target ?
Not met my EoY target
Not quite met my EoY target
Met or beat my EoY target!
HOMEWORK• Research what the law of ‘collective
worship’ is in schools.– What is it?– How should it be done/delivered?– What assembly themes (examples) would
make a good school assembly and why?
A school without RE• In America it is illegal for schools to teach
about religion. What reasons do you think there might be for this policy?
• Imagine that you live in a country where RE is not taught in schools and you wish to persuade people that the subject should be introduced.
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Does religion have a place in schools?
What do you think?
Finish the sentence
RE is important because…
Write your answer on the post-it note.