Hey,
So I have attended 'The Education Show' in Birmingham on the 17th and 18th of March. Therefore, I am going to write about the seminars that I have attended, so after this post, there will be many to come. I will try to post 1 a day until I had finished.
The first seminar I went to was about R.E and how we can incorporate R.E into the 7 areas of learning through the topics we teach, but also how to make R.E fun and engaging for the children.
The Speaker 'Gill Vaisey' spoke about how R.E should be ...
Lively
Living
Luminous
Interesting
Interactive
Intelligent
Fun
Fantastic
Fabulous
Educational
Experiential
Exciting
She spoke about how she felt that R.E should be another area of learning of the 7 areas of learning.
The 7 areas of learning are ...
1. Personal, Social & Emotional development
2. Communication & Language
3. Understanding the World
4. Literacy
5. Mathematics
6. Physical Development
7. Expressive Arts & Design
Some people think that R.E fits best into the ‘Personal, Social & Emotional development’ area but really it fits best with the ‘Understanding the world’ area as R.E can focus on not only belief but also people and communities. This could be about the natural world and what people believe. It could also be about where beliefs and culture fit best in a community.
Why?
R.E is taught throughout your whole school life. Explore living in religion as we are a multi-faceted society. We need to understand that religion isn’t always the way it is portrayed in the media as one persons' actions doesn't represent everyone with the same religion.
We need to teach not just stories from the past but also what goes on today. It is important that we teach about the history of religion and the belief in religion but also what is happening today in regard to religion in society in the present.
R.E lessons need to be:
Case Studies: Nursey - The Baby Bird's
This is a Muslim story about the protection of the natural world and how we need to look after it.
You can learn from the Morals of the story which are; Actions have consequences; Respect nature, meaning animals, plants and more that are a part of the natural world; Treat others as you wish to be treated and I am sure there are more.
Another thing you learn about from this story is the beliefs, for example; Allah is the creator so you should care for the world and look after it.
There are many more categories you can learn from this book and they are: Social, Spiritual, General, Religious, Cultural, Traditional, Personal and finally Emotional (which is shown by how you feel when the baby is trapped and away from its family).
When teaching R.E you need to remember that culture is NOT the same as religion but it can link in to it.
Some of the children's' responses were:
"Muhammed is kind to have saved the baby bird"
"It's the be careful story"
Some of the children's' responses were:
"Muhammed is kind to have saved the baby bird"
"It's the be careful story"
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Thanks for reading
Amy x
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