Good Practice Conference
Approaches to Religious Education
Mary Reilly, Headteacher
St Ninian’s Primary,
Gourock,
Inverclyde Council
Religious Education
 Breadth
 Connections
with other curricular areas
 Self-evaluation
Christian Unity Week
Themes discussed:
 Christian
 Unity
versus Uniformity
 Diversity versus Division
Gospel Values
 Vision

Values
 Aims
Gospel Values
 Faithfulness
and Integrity
 Dignity and Compassion
 Humility and Gentleness
 Truth and Justice
 Forgiveness and Mercy
 Purity and Holiness
 Tolerance and Peace
 Service and Sacrifice
Learning Intention
We are learning about the meaning of
Justice.
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I will understand the meaning of Justice.
I will be more aware of the injustices in my
immediate surroundings, and the wider world.
I will be able to recognise injustices that I can
try and work against.
Gospel Values
 Insert
Photograph of Gospel Values wall
Have a think about…
How can we ensure that living by the Gospel
Values is kept foremost in the minds of :
 Children
 Staff
 Parents
 Parish Community?
Connections with other areas of
the curriculum
 Primary
1 – the theme of ‘belonging’
7/6 – whole school assembly on
Ramadan
 Primary
 Fairtrade
Connections with other areas of
the curriculum - Fairtrade
 Global
Citizenship
 Literacy and English
 Mathematics
 People, Place and Environment
 Religious Education
 ICT
 Enterprise
Fairtrade Friday Event
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9.15am
Primary 7 Fair Trade Assembly
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9.35am
Fairtrade Café opens including the
pupils version of ‘Who Wants to be a
Millionaire?’ quiz show for parents
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10.45am Fair Trade stalls open to whole school
(All prizes are Fairtrade)
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2.20pm
Whole school World Record Banana
Eating Activity
Winners of the 2009 Margaret Demidecka Award for Best Fairtrade
Fortnight Event in a School!
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/schools/news/bestschooleventaward.aspx
Self-evaluation
 What
have we done over the past year?
 Children
 School
Staff
 Parents
P7/6 Evaluation of Ramadan Project
P7/6 Evaluation
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“I think we could make it better, for example, we could
visit a mosque to see how it compares with a Church.”
Steven
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“You could email children in the Middle East and have
penpals. We could use video conferencing to talk to
Muslim children during Ramadan.” Louise
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“We could make Eid cards and send them to Muslim
schools.” Eilish
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“Maybe a visit by Muslim children to our school or we
could visit their school.” Nicholas