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SARETT - St Albans RE Teachers Together - 11th March 2010 Updated

Founded in October 2003, SARETT is a member of NATRE (National Association of Teachers of RE) and meets at least once a term to discuss, explore and develop the teaching of  Primary RE. 

About SARETT

• Word 2003, 95kb/1 page, 25/09/2009, sarett_about.doc

11th March 2010 Programme and Booking

• Word 2003, 108kb/2 pages, 18/01/2010, sarett_11mar 2010.doc

Barnabas - Exploring christianity creatively - CPD inset for SARETT members New

• Word 2003, 28kb/1 page, 25/02/2010. barnabas.doc

Using Drama Techniques to Enthuse and Inspire Humanities at KS1 & KS2 New

1st March 2010
Hertfordshire Development Centre

Download Flyer

• Adobe pdf, 41kb/1 page, 19/01/2010, using_drama_humanities.pdf

Free Bibles for Key Stage 2 Pupils New

A charity called ‘Bibles for Children’ is offering Children’s Bibles for use in religious education lessons. The Rainbow Good News Bible is an ideal resource for pupils in Key Stage 2. The Children’s Bibles are kept in school and given to children in years 3, 4, 5 and 6. In year 6, a Rainbow Good News Bible is also received. When they move to secondary school pupils can take their Bible with them. The charity provides the Bibles free in the first year, apart from a small charge for carriage, and the following years Bibles are provided for the new year 3 and year 6 with funding often provided by local churches or individuals. Applications to be made directly through the website,

• www.biblesforchildren.org.uk

Please note that high volumes of demand may lead schools to have a significant wait for the Bibles. The charity aim to ensure that all Hertfordshire schools who apply will have received sets of Bibles by the end of this academic year.

Who Do We Think We Are? Week - 21st – 27th June 2010. Exploring Identity, Diversity and Citizenship New

 Who Do We Think We Are? Week 2010 - Grants for Schools Now Open

Grants of up to £500 are available for schools to develop activities linked to the ‘Who Do We Think We Are?’ Week programme for 2010

• www.wdwtwa.org.uk

Who Do We Think We Are? is an annual programme of advice and curriculum support that helps schools explore the issues of identity, diversity and citizenship at the local and national scales through four key themes:

• School and community
• Relationships, belonging and faith
• History and settlement
• Britishness, national identity/values and the 2012 Games

The programme culminates in a national week of events and activities taking place in the week of 21st – 27th June 2010. During 2009, the project awarded 10 grants to maintained schools across the English regions to develop activities. Projects explored issues of identity, diversity and citizenship, involved students and people of all ages, across many diverse British communities and served to highlight the ties that bind us together in our local communities and nationally.
As part of ‘Who Do We Think We Are? Week’ 2010, schools are again being offered the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £500 to develop activities linked to the focus week. Further details of the application process can be obtained by visiting:

• www.wdwtwa.org.uk/news/1536/grants-for-schools-now-open.html.

Applications will be accepted until 12th February 2009 and should be submitted to the Project Officer at wdwtwa@rgs.org.

RE and Community Cohesion

Guidance from Hertfordshire SACRE:

• RE and Community Cohesion

Jewish Holy Days and Winter Fridays

Advice for schools to enable them to understand on which days a Jewish teacher or pupil has the right to be absent from school.

• SACRE - Jewish Holy Days and Winter Fridays

Secondary - Autumn 2009

Free CPD Programme in Holocaust Education

A FREE Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme in Holocaust Education is now available to secondary school teachers across England. The high quality, high-impact CPD will be delivered by internationally recognized experts from the Holocaust Education Development Programme (HEDP), part of the world renowned Institute of Education, University of London. The CPD content has been strongly informed by an in-depth national survey that has highlighted exactly where many teachers are facing issues or constraints to their ability to teach about the Holocaust effectively. The CPD is delivered in workshops and will also provide age-appropriate and effective classroom-ready materials and resources.
 Sign up or find out more online at:

• www.hedp.org.uk

Holocaust Memorial Day 2010

On or around 27th January 2010, thousands of people across the UK will be commemorating the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in their communities and schools. On this date, HMDT are asking everyone to become part of The Legacy of Hope.  The Hertfordshire HMD Commemoration will be taking place on Thursday 28th January at Nobel School, Stevenage. 
Resources to support schools in holding their own events can be found at:

• Holocaust Memorial Day
• http://education.hmd.org.uk

If your school is planning to mark the commemoration we would like to hear from you.  

St Peter's Saltley Trust Logo Competition

Could one of your students design a new Logo for St peter's Saltley Trust?
If so, they could win up to £100 for themselves and £200 for your school/college.
St Peter’s Saltley Trust is a religious educational charity supporting creative projects in school RE, further education and adult theological education.  We are running a competition to find a new logo and stationery template design for the Trust.  If your school/college is situated in the West Midlands region, could one of your students create the winning entry? 

For full details on age categories and entry requirements contact St Peter’s Saltley Trust

• by post: Grays Court, 3 Nursery Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3JX
• by email: sec@saltleytrust.entadsl.com
• by visiting the Trust’s website - www.saltleytrust.org.uk

Competition opens 9 October 2009, with closing date for submissions from schools/colleges 15 February 2010.

James Hemming Essay Prize Competition 2009/10

Entries will be accepted from any student at a UK school or college studying for AS or A2 levels or qualifications at the same level (eg intermediate 1, intermediate 2, higher, advanced higher etc) who will not have passed his or her 19th birthday by 26th March 2010. The question for 2010 is:

‘Tolerance, good temper and sympathy - they are what matter really.’ (E M Forster, What I Believe, 1939). Discuss.

In 1939 the famous humanist, novelist and essayist E M Forster wrote in his essay, What I Believe, ‘Tolerance, good temper and sympathy - they are what matter really, and if the human race is not to collapse they must come to the front before long.’ What do you think he meant? Do you agree with him or not? Why?

The James Hemming Essay Prize awards are:
1st Prize £1000
2nd Prize £500
3rd Prize £250

Prize winners will receive their awards in London in July/August 2010.  The prize money is provided by the South Place Ethical Society.  Prize winners will also receive books from the British Humanist Association and a year’s subscription to New Humanist.  The prize winner’s college or school will receive books from the British Humanist Association and a free online subscription to New Humanist.
For further details on how to enter visit the website at:

• www.hemmingprize.org.uk

Primary and Secondary - Autumn 2009

Art in Heaven Competition 2010

Following the success of the 2009 Art in Heaven Competition, NATRE have launched the 2010 competition! The competition is open to all pupils aged 4-19. There are five themes, and guidance is provided on each for teacher and pupil:

• Mystery Stories
• Spiritual Space
• Respect: a logo for RE
• Celebrating Life Celebrating Love
• Talking to God: Where is God?

For 2010, there are special categories for digital video and for group entries. NATRE especially welcome entries from 16-19 students in FE colleges and sixth forms. There will be some special prizes for 16-19 work this year. Details of the competition and how to enter are found at;

• www.natre.org.uk/spiritedarts/

If you are looking for inspiration, do have a look at the 2009 winners - now available on the Spirited Arts Web Gallery at:

• www.natre.org.uk/spiritedarts/

The REEP Poetry Pamphlet Awards for Schools 2010

The REEP Poetry Pamphlet Awards for Schools are designed to encourage pupils and students to explore the natural world through poetry, art and design and religious education.  Whether as part of the creative curriculum or as an enrichment project, these illustrated pamphlets can be a stimulus to reflective engagement with the environment, real or imagined.  REEP hopes to inspire individuals, groups, classes or whole schools to express their insights to a wider audience.  Ideas and guidance for curriculum development are available on the Awards website for use by everyone, whether or not they eventually make an entry. 

• www.reepawards.org

Faith Communities Directory Online Updated

The Hertfordshire Faith Communities Directory provides details of visiting speakers and places of worship willing to host school groups across the county.  It is now available in schools only by clicking on the following link:

• www.intra.thegrid.org.uk/learning/re/faith_directory_2009.doc

If you know of any other individuals or places of worship which may be willing to be included in our directory then please contact Naomi Rose with details.

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