professional development opportunities
Teaching three religions: Christianity,
Hinduism and Sikhism in the primary school
London: 23 February 2016
This new one-day course is being held as a development
of our popular three religions professional development on
Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The practical and
inspiring course will improve teachers’ and subject
leaders subject knowledge and provide them with a
variety of engaging and effective strategies for
learning about and from these religions. Resources
and ideas will be shared, supporting knowledgeable,
creative, visual, active and enquiry-based learning for
children from 5 to 11.
Outline of the day
Session 1: 9.30am – 10.45am
Teaching three religions
• An introduction to Christianity, Hinduism and
Sikhism
• Common concerns: positive and negative ways of
representing religions
• Teaching about authentic religion
Coffee
This 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, Hinduism and Sikhism across the primary age
range
• awareness of appropriate 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 about Christianity,
Sikhism and Hinduism.
‘The course is delivered in a very engaging way. I love
how it is so full of practical ideas to take away and
resources to use. I’m looking forward to the next
course.’
All delegates will receive a folder of resources and
online access to the presentations and other resources
used.
This course is being led by Fiona Moss and
Julia Diamond-Conway
Session 2: 11.10am – 12.30pm
Exploring Hinduism?
• What should be taught in KS1? In KS2?
• Examples of learning activities involving creativity
and thinking: belief, celebration and action
• Teaching challenging topics in the Hindu religious
tradition
Lunch
Session 3: 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Exploring Sikhism?
• What should be taught in KS1? In KS2?
• Examples of learning activities involving creativity
and thinking: family, community and belief
• Teaching challenging topics in Sikhism
Session 4: 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Exploring Christianity?
• What should be taught in KS1? In KS2?
• Examples of learning activities involving creativity
and thinking: belief, behaviour and celebration
• Teaching about diversity in Christianity
Conclusions and evaluation
Fiona Moss was a primary teacher and RE subject leader for many years, and the RE and SACRE Curriculum Adviser for
Leicester City. She is now an adviser with RE Today, as well as Executive Officer of NATRE. She writes for RE Today
publications, edits the primary series, RE Ideas, and delivers training and support around the country.
Julia Diamond-Conway is an experienced primary teacher and former AST for RE, which allowed
her to work with a large number of colleagues and pupils from several schools within her local
authority. She was until recently a member of NATRE’s Executive Committee and has now joined
the team at RE Today.
Please complete the form overleaf and
email courses@retoday.org.uk
post to RE Today, Imperial Court, Sovereign Road, Birmingham, B30 3FH
or fax back to 0121 285 1816
Members save money!!!
This course costs £205. RE Today subscribers can claim a discount of £30 and there is a
range of discounts for NATRE members (please check your member handbook for your
specific membership discount). This price includes course material, downloadable materials
and £15 discount on RE Today publications purchased on the day.
To find out more about the benefits of joining and our full range of membership packages,
visit www.natre.org.uk
Teaching 3 religions
Venue
Date
No. of
delegates
London
23/02/2016
Price
Total
£205*
* discounts for NATRE members - please check your member handbook for your specific
membership discount
£
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