How, in practice, do Church of England schools endeavour to create cohesive communities which respect both their Anglican Christian ethos and the diverse, often multi-faith demographic of their student bodies? This is being explored in Birmingham in case study research…
Understanding Christianity is a major resource designed to support teaching about Christianity in Religious Education for pupils between the ages of 4 and 14 of all faiths and none. It seeks to help students grasp both the over-arching story of…
Life Plus is an initiative being run by the Schools Christian Worker Project, covering Oswestry and Ellesmere in North Shropshire. It seeks to develop educational and personal development resources for school children, with particular emphasis on those who are vulnerable…
3FF (Three Faiths Forum) are currently recruiting Birmingham Primary Schools to participate in their two-year Trust-funded ‘faith school linking’ project. Could your school take part? 3FF’s ‘Faith School Linking’ project brings together students from different cultural and faith backgrounds who…
In 2014-15 St Peter’s Saltley Trust joined with four other religious education charities within the Association of Church College Trusts to offer bursaries to students doing initial teacher training in RE. As a matter of course St Peter’s Saltley Trust…
The Future of Religious Education was a day conference at the University of Worcester in 2013, amidst considerable debate around the nature, purpose and effectiveness of the subject. Trust funding enabled delegate places to be offered at reduced cost. At…
What is the impact of A-Level Religious Studies on students’ beliefs, values and worldviews? Involving research with a wide range of schools, this project is led by Prof. Leslie Francis (University of Warwick) and Prof. Stephen Parker (University of Worcester)….
‘In their Shoes’ was a theatre production/workshop for schools exploring loving one’s neighbour and living together with difference. Jointly conceived by Christian theatre company Saltmine Trust and Muslim theatre company Ulfah Arts, it was performed in Birmingham primary schools. In…
‘Spirited Arts’ is NATRE’s long-running RE through Art competition for schools; ‘RE through Music’ is a web-based resource enabling teachers to use music as an aid to learning in RE. Both were run/developed partly with the help of Trust funding/support.
The Rugby Mysteries – RE through Drama During 2011 church schools within the diocese of Coventry celebrated the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible by writing and performing their own mystery plays at Coventry cathedral. Trust…