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Downloadable Resources
New RE Agreed
Syllabus Materials
Central Beds, Bedford Borough and Luton
Materials include the
Agreed Syllabus 2012-2018, Exemplar units of work and
additional materials
Click here to go to the
Agreed Syllabus materials page
This area is password protected. CofE schools in the Diocese
of St Albans should have received their username and
password. Other schools wishing to access these resources
should
contact the Diocesan Office.
May
2011: Some Outcomes from RE Month
Celebrating RE Compendium
60 pages of inspirational events and activities.
RE and the Royal
Wedding
Click for some ideas and guidance
Living God's
Love
A Lent Course for Schools
Lent is often a time to
give something up, such as chocolate, or cut down on
something, such as spending too much time playing on the
X-Box. Lent may also be a time for developing good spiritual
habits. One of the best spiritual habits is reading the
Bible every day. These resources may help schools do this.
Reading Bible passages for Lent in school worship or in the
classroom takes a little planning, but it is well worth the
effort, because it helps children develop a familiarity with
the Bible to help them come to a deeper understanding of
what Lent means to Christians.
Click for more details
www.theholocaustexplained.org
The London Jewish
Cultural Centre would just like to alert you to a new web
based resource created to explain the Holocaust to pupils at
key stage 3 (11 – 14 ) in UK schools. It is the first UK
site of this kind built for young people, to complement the
national curriculum – it is safe, appropriate, multi-media,
has a glossary of over 600 words and contains survivor
testimony used to amplify and personalize particularly
difficult topics.
The website was devised
by the London Jewish Cultural Centre in collaboration with
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Washington, and Beth
Hatfutsot among other academics and London Jewish Cultural
Centre scholars. The site has been adopted by the London
Grid for Learning, the National Schools Network and over 700
schools across the UK pre-registered for access. That number
has now been far exceeded.
The site was launched on
Tuesday 25 January at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
with Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education, Sir
Andrew Burns KCMG, UK envoy for post-Holocaust issues,
Ambassadors and Alistair Burt MP, Minister for the Middle
East.
Holocaust
Memorial Day 2011
Surviving History -
Portraits from Vilna
Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration
January 27th 2011 6pm - 8pm
Biddenham
International School, Bedford MK40 4AZ
You are warmly invited to
join Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire SACREs and
Council Members in commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day on
Thursday 27th January 2011 in the School Hall, Biddenham
International School, Bedford. There will also be an
opportunity to view the ‘Surviving History’ exhibition which
is open to secondary schools and teachers for a week. (The
exhibition is open to those over 14 years of age). A short
film ‘Surviving History’ will be shown during the evening.
This documentary won the Audience Poll Award at the Imperial
War Museum Film Festival 2009.
Surviving History:
Portraits from Vilna presents the life stories of ten
individuals who survived the Holocaust in Lithuania where
95% of the 40,000-strong pre-war Jewish population was
annihilated. The routes of escape were narrow. Those who
survived did so because they joined the partisans or the
army; escaped to Russia; kind strangers hid them in
basements and attics and on farms; others slipped unnoticed
through a hole in the ghetto gate, or some lasted in the
camps until liberation. All of those interviewed lost family
members to the Holocaust.
Click for
more information
Surviving History -
Portraits from Vilna Exhibition
24 Jan - 28 Jan 2011
Booking form for school visits
Surviving History:
Portraits from Vilna Exhibition
Teacher Workshop Day: 28th January 2011 9.30 am - 3.30
pm
for teachers of History, RE, PHSE, Citizenship, English,
Art….
Biddenham International School and Sports College,
Biddenham Turn, Bedford MK40 4AZ
Everything Speaks: The Inner Life of History
Workshops for teachers conducted by Living Imprint
Spirituality and Faith in The Bedford Community
Spirituality and Faith
at Bedford Campus in collaboration with BCoF have
produced an online directory of faith communities in
Bedford. It is in the form of an online book, so the pages
can be turned and all the web addresses are clickable.
Click here to view this resource
We are grateful to Revd
Cassandra Howes (Co-ordinating Chaplain - Bedford Campus)
for this resource. Cass writes:
"It does not yet cover all the Borough but I have a
Bedford college Apprentice working with me and intend
working on this so that eventually it will include all
places of worship in the Borough. We will be updating it
regularly."
Resource for Collective Worship on the theme of Lent
Thanks to Helen Lockham
of St Andrews VA Primary, Totteridge, for these resources.
Please note that you will need to save the music file
onto your computer
for the hyperlink on the last slide in the presentation to
work properly.
Download:
Lent PowerPoint
presentation (3mb)
Download:
A Lent poem by Elena dal Friuli
Download:
Breathe on Me Breath of God mp3 (2mb)
The Bishop of St Albans,
the Bishop of Bedford and the Bishop of Hertford have
written a Lent course for use this year as part of their
Challenge2010. Further details of this Challenge can be
found on the website
www.challenge2010.org . The Lent course follows the
Lectionary readings set for the Sundays in Lent.
In addition, a set of
ideas have prepared by Rev. Stephen Holroyd and Di Thomas,
for use in Collective Worship in our church schools. They
are all based on readings from Luke’s Gospel. There is one
for each week during Lent, the intention being that if these
Collective Worship ideas are used on a Monday or Tuesday
they could facilitate class-led assemblies and tasks in
class that are more reflective. They are in outline only and
would need developing for the appropriate primary or
secondary context. A text is included to be taken back from
the Collective Worship by each class that can then be put up
in the class as a Learning Intention and as a basis for
further informal discussion in class - functioning in a
similar way to the Challenge 2010.
There are no specific
music suggestions but why not consider using Star Wars with
Week 1 (Don’t give into the Dark Side!), something very
gentle and classical for Week 2, Week 3 the theme tune to
The Apprentice, Week 4 the Negro Spiritual “Going Home”,
Week 5 - on that theme you are spoilt for choice!
To begin, Bishop Alan
recounts an experience adopted in a rural Wiltshire school
he knew well.
Click to read on....
The Central Bedfordshire
RE Professional Study Groups (PSG) aim to offer support for
all teachers of RE across Years 5 - 13 through:
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Sharing of good
practice across KS2 to KS5
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Developing & sharing
resources
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Website of resources
supporting RE teaching
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Strategies to support the
teaching of the agreed RE syllabus and the development of a
department scheme
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Sharing teaching approaches
linked to 'tricky topics'
Two new groups are being launched
in the Spring Term 2010.
Click here
for more details.
Resources for Teaching about the Holocaust
Click here for Recommended Resources for
Teaching about the Holocaust in Primary Schools
IWM Fellowship unit of
work for Year 6: What Ties Me Down? What Sets Me Free?
The International
School for Holocaust Studies
I Wanted
to Fly Like a Butterfly
Lesson
Plan
Click below for a unit
of work based on "I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly"
The full
text of "I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly" is
available for download in Diocesan schools. [This area
is password protected. CofE schools in the Diocese of St
Albans should have received their username and password.
Other schools wishing to access these resources should
contact the Diocesan Office.]
If you are using
these resources and cannot access the link above, please contact Jane Chipperton
readviser@stalbans.anglican.org for copies of the book
I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly
Holocaust
Memorial Day 2010
Holocaust Memorial Day is
an event that can be included in the school's timetable, as
an assembly and in a variety of subjects. It was established
"so that horrendous crimes against humanity, during the
Nazi persecution and the ethnic cleansing and killing that
has taken place in Europe in more recent years, are never
forgotten".
(Tony Blair, Prime Minister, 11 June 1999)
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27 January was chosen
because it is the anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The theme this year is
'The Legacy of Hope'
Click here
for more information and a list of resources
Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust
A publication from the Task Force for International
Cooperation on Holocaust Education,
Remembrance, and Research (ITF)
Please note that this
pdf does not include two of the guideline documents
Revised Guidelines on Visiting Holocaust-Related Sites
and Preparing Holocaust Memorial Days: Suggestions for
Educators which can be downloaded from this page:
https://www.holocausttaskforce.org/education/guidelines-for-teaching.html
St Nicholas
Click on the links below
to get detailed information and a PowerPoint presentation
about St Nicholas, the patron saint of children.
PDF Information File
PowerPoint Presentation
Bedfordshire Faith Directory
RE Adviser Jane
Chipperton says:
This is the second
edition of The Bedfordshire Faith Directory involving
consultation with many people. We began working with
Hertfordshire and Luton SACREs and we have worked closely
with Bedford Council of Faiths and Luton Grassroots.
Inevitably names and
contact details will change as soon as we go to print and we
would be obliged if you could contact us through the year if
details change. We would like to thank all who were involved
in the compilation of this directory and those who have
agreed to have their details printed. I would also like to
thank Mrs Eileen Shaw who has spent many hours collecting
this information and making it an invaluable resource for
Bedfordshire teachers.
Click to go to the
Bedfordshire RE Pages (Password needed - please contact
the diocesan Office if you have lost the password)
Headteachers' Conference 2009
Click below to hear
audio files from the recent conference
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Booklets to
Support the Teaching of RE
Click here to access the
Booklets to support the teaching of RE. This area is password
protected. CofE schools in the Diocese of St Albans should
have received their username and password. Other schools
wishing to access these resources should
contact the Diocesan Office.
Holocaust
Memorial Day - January 2009
Holocaust Memorial Day
was commemorated on 27th January 2009 by children from
middle and secondary schools in Bedfordshire in an event
named 'Stand up to Hatred'.
Click on the image below to see more
photographs of this event.
They took part in an act of remembrance
led by Rabbi Daniela Thau and ended with a commitment to
future generations, introduced by the Bishop of Bedford, the
Rt Revd Richard Inwood. The programme included music, dance
and drama performed by the students and musicians Clapton
Klezmer.The Statement of Commitment, said by all of those present,
was:
"We must make sure that future generations understand the
caused of the Holocaust and reflect upon its consequences.
We vow to remember the victims of Nazi persecution and of
all genocide.
We pledge to strengthen our efforts to promote education and
research about the Holocaust and other genocide. We will do
our utmost to make sure that the lessons of such events are
fully learnt.
We condemn the evils of prejudice, discrimination and
racism. We value a free, tolerant and democratic society."
Fourteen Councillors from local Districts in Bedfordshire as
well as representatives of the other public services
attended the event which was put on by the Bedfordshire
Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education
Report by Arun Kataria
Beds
Schools - Network Course Materials
Click here to access
the Network Course Materials. These materials are available
to all Bedfordshire Schools. You will need a username and
password to access them. If you do not have your
passwords, please
contact the Diocesan Office.
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Bishops in Action - The Bishops in
Action website is a free resource for
all schools. It has been put together by
a group of RE Advisers based in the
South East in order to raise awareness
of the Lambeth Conference in July and
August 2008 but it will be of use beyond
this to help with learning about and
learning from the role of bishops. We
would like to thank all of those who
have given us grants so that website can
be free to all. We encourage everyone to
publicise the website as widely possible
so that pupils and their teachers know
something about a bishop in time for the
once-in-ten years Lambeth Conference in
Canterbury later in the summer
Click here for a flyer about the Bishops
In Action website
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Click here to access the
new Diocesan RE Units on Christianity. This area is
password protected. CofE schools in the Diocese of St Albans
should have received their username and password. Other schools
wishing to access these resources should
contact the Diocesan Office.
Queen’s Park in Bedford
is rich in both culture and religion, with Christians,
Muslims and Sikhs living together in harmony. Our three
faith communities have places of worship within three
hundred metres of each other, and faith leaders have
developed a ‘Faith Tour’ for school visits.
The tour starts at All Saints Parish
Church, moves on to Jamia Masjid Gulshane Baghdad
(Westbourne Road Mosque) and concludes at Guru Nanak
Gurdwara. Each stop includes a tour of the building, an
interactive presentation, and the chance to ask questions.
Click the links below for full details
and information pack:
The photographs
below should provide useful additional resources in
preparation for your visit. Please click on the small images
to open larger ones. Each will open in a new window. Please
close the window to return to this page.
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