Here are the resources shared at recent Bristol/South Glos and LTLRE Area 2 conferences
Bristol and S Glos SACRE conference 2026
Bristol conference updates1 2026
Adam Robertson Oak Bristol RE conf
Laura Harris Teaching diverse Christian worldviews 2026
Merryn Evans Case Studies for Secondary RE
Area 2 conference 2021
Workshop Disagreeing well in RS 1
This is my truth , now tell (1)
Lenses and Positionality LTLRE 2021
Getting children talking in RE
Dr Richard Kueh RE Ofsted advice on RE
Ofsted report 2021- key questions
Nobody Stands Nowhere conference presentation
Nobody Stands Nowhere Commentary
Area 2 conference 2022
Connected Curriculum Adam Robertson 2022
The Spider’s web Amy Trevethan
Making theological connections Isabel Rhodes
Write like a sociologist Joe Kinnaird
Definitions of Humanism handout
Area 2 conference 2023
LTLRE demonstrating wisdom at GCSE_
Lat Blaylock’s resources
ERW2 Nonreligious celebrate wedding S
pp. 6-7 Two paths to truth Prof Brian Cox
Progress with 4-7s towards RE Outcomes Lat B 5 22
RET 40_2 44_45 Artist of Holocaust S
Why look in a cemetery Dinah Roe Kendall
2_3 Questionnaire 1 What is your worldview CKRE2 p9
Beyond Belief 8-11s cards and board copyright Lat B 6 23
Proud to be Muslim responses extended RET 40_1 U
Triad global Jesus images Lat B 12 21
Area 2 conference 2024
28 June UoB Conference PPT Diverse Lived Experiences Sarah and Abby
WORLDVIEW A Multidisciplinary Report
Interfaith Encounters_ for the Religion and Worldviews Classroom
Cults, sects and ‘all the rest’ in the RE classroom
Building student relationships across religion and worldview difference
Bringing diverse lived experiences into the Primary classroom
Area 2 conference 2025
Knowing more in RE Trevor Cooling
Rebekah and Hannah Primary Assessment
Caroline Smith – RE at KS4 Core
LTRE Bristol conference 2025 ppt inc video links – Revd Anjali Kanagaratnam
Oak Academy resources: https://www.thenational.academy/teachers/curriculum/religious-education-primary/units
LTLRE Area 1 Conference St Mellion: October 2019
Presentations and resources:
Corrine: Ofsted and the broad balanced curriculum
Jezz, Kate and Vicky: Through the Looking Glass
Gill Tewkesbury Organising a multi-faith RE day
Katy Staples Don’t Fence Me In
The new ofsted framework through a primary RE lens_October 2019 Corrine Guntrip
Keynote October 2019 Kathryn Wright
Antisemitism past and present (1) Ed Pawson and Jeremy Roberts
Big Ideas 2019 Barbara Wintersgill
New Agreed Syllabus LTLRE Katie Freeman and Tatiana Wilson
Deborah Weston: Outstanding Secondary RE resources
Outstanding RE LTLRE RE Conservative Conferences 2019 v1
Ofsted Framework 2019 article final (2) GCSE flash survey analysis report
Time to Wonder, Reflective storytelling: contact Katherine Taylor at [email protected]
This sheet contains details for teachers of RE on recommended resources for the classroom RE_resources_sheet_2018
Ed Pawson Read the picture and Reading the picture creative use of pictures in RE (primary secondary)
Grace Davie Grace Davie – Religion in Modern Britain PowerPoint presentation
Tatiana Wilson and Corrine Guntrip ‘Deepening enquiry through planning a coherent learning narrative’ (primary focus)
Deepening enquiry through planning a coherent learning narrative
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Sister Iqbal ‘Islam: an introduction for teachers’ (primary and secondary)
Joe Matthews ‘Going for Gold’: the RE Quality Mark experience (cross-phase)
Sarah Hopkins: Deepening reflection through ‘Godly Play’ with younger pupils (EYFS/KS1)
Katie Freeman: Creative RE in the Early Years and at Key Stage 1
Cathedrals as a resource – enquiry and reflection for school visitors (cross-phase)
Tatiana Wilson: ‘Pupil Voice in Ensuring RE Works’ (cross-phase)
Corrine Guntrip: ‘Using scripture creatively’ (Key Stage 1-2)
Ed Pawson: teaching controversial RE1 (cross-phase)
Katie Freeman: ‘Scrapbooking, a learning journey for RE’ (primary focus)
Sarah Hopkins: ‘Deepening enquiry through ‘Godly Play’ (primary)
Barbara Wintersgill: ‘Big Ideas in Religious Education’
Karen Walshe and Geoff Teece ‘Bridging the Gaps: teacher reflections on their varying understandings of religion(s)
Giles Freathy: The REsearchers project – updates and developments
RE-searchers: a Dialogic Approach to Teaching RE
Julian Stern: Researchers in the classroom – some practical research in RE
Felicity Henchley: Distinctiveness and effectiveness in church schools – deeper Christianity
Jonathan Marshall: ‘Prevent Duty, Building Resilience and RE’
https://ltlre.org/resources/the-prevent-duty-resilience-and-re-jonathan-marshall/
Alice Sarbicki: Teacher Guide RGS exemplar, RGS exemplar, Key stage 3 plan, LTLRE Presentation A Sarbicki
Deborah Weston: LTLRE Keynote 020717 DW, Shi’a Islam KS4 final
Emma McCarthy: Emma McCarthy
Esther Messinger: Stretch and Challenge RE, Working memory CPD
Fiona Moss: LTLRE keynote 2017Bath, Teaching Islam How Why What
Janet Orchard: sharedspace_handout. 30.06.JO+AW_even more extra slides, Handout PAGE 1, Handout PAGE 2, The milk and the jasmine flower story
Jill Dickinson: Jill Dickinson Christianity KS4, 02 Lesson Plan God Evil and Suffering, 11 Lesson Plan Bible as Authority Inspiration and Revelation
Jo Malone: LTLRE KS3, LTLRE presentation Ks2
Iris Segal: Judaism Here and Now Iris Segall
Alison Duffett: Sensory RE Workshop
Denise Cush: Mahayana Buddhism
Dave Francis: Dave Francis Wisdom Reflections
Pauline Dodds: Pauline_Dodds_Understanding_Christianity
Both presentations from Area 1’s Conference 2017
Resources – Essentials of Dialogue, Difficult Dialogue, and the Extremism Briefing note.
2 Videos – a nice, kids one, and a selection of exemplar VC Dialogue,
And an invitation to the webinar
Can all be found following the link https://goo.gl/uWynxM
CHRISTMAS RESOURCE Mr Stricken’s Nativity Nightmare
Gill Tewkesbury won the Hockerill / NATRE prize for innovate teaching in RE for 2014 for her work in primary school. She has kindly shared her SOW, the details of which are from the Hockerill website and then the resources are futher down.
This entry follows the life of Jim, an 18 year old student who has just finished his A-levels and is planning to work as a Gap year student for a charity in Africa. Each week Jim sends a letter, e-mail or text to the class telling the children what he is doing as well as asking for help and advice. The children follow Jim on his journey as he learns more about the Christian faith. The materials have also been developed to work alongside a geography topic, namely Africa. The materials draw together the Key Stage 2 “Beliefs in Action in the World”, “Sacred Writings” and the “Inspirational People”, parts of the previous curriculum supported by Devon and Exeter Diocese and is easily transferrable to the new scheme looking at “How do we make moral choices?” (Beliefs in Action) and “How should we live?”. It is currently being used for Year 4 children but can be adapted easily for other year groups
The judges commented that this is a creative, innovative way of opening up and applying Christian belief and teaching. The entry makes excellent use of following fictional 18 year old Jim on his Gap year journey and showed very deep learning from religion. Uganda is chosen because there is an excellent link with a local Barnstaple charity working there. In short this entry ticked all the boxes for the judges including transferability to other schools and adaptability to other religions.
Journey to religious understanding
Understanding Humanism by Keith Denby
Teaching Humanism to young people, either in the context of RE or in other parts of the curriculum is rewarding for both pupils and teachers. Humanists make their ethical decisions based on reason, empathy, and a concern for human beings and other sentient animals, they trust the scientific method when it comes to understanding how the universe works and reject the idea of the supernatural. They are therefore atheists or agnostics.
Nowadays many people hold this worldview, indeed they may be in a substantial majority in modern Britain, but most are not aware of the long history of such ideas and attitudes nor the significant contributions to modern life that Humanists have made. Few realise that there is a formal Humanist philosophy and an international community that supports and explores the Humanist worldview.
The BHA have produced free resources to help teachers to learn about Humanism, help them teach the subject and support pupil learning with encounters with Humanist visitors and humanist ceremonies. These resources can be found at www.understandinghumanism.org.uk. The teaching resources are grouped into themes and age groups. There are lesson plans, classroom activities, Humanist perspectives, presentations and videos. You can dip in and use any part of the themes to help your pupils to understand the Humanist worldview. For example the theme of ‘Knowledge and Belief’ offers a lesson plan on ‘What makes us special’ and pupils will discover why Humanists value human beings’ ability to ask questions and find answers.
Pupils explore how our questions and the desire to answer them can help us understand ourselves and the world and transform the world for the better. There are supporting activities and a video on why questions are important to Humanists.
Pupils enjoy questioning and discussing things with visitors, and although there has long been an informal network of Humanists who visit schools, the BHA has organised training and accreditation for school speaker volunteers. A school visit can add a personal dimension to a young person’s study of Humanism that goes beyond the textbook. BHA visitors can take part in Q&A sessions, debates and multi-faith panel dialogues and can help support teachers by providing specialist knowledge and perspectives on contemporary issues. You can book a BHA speaker through the website. A further ‘live’ activity can be a Humanist ceremony carried out by a Humanist celebrant and you can find out about your nearest celebrant by contacting the BHA or talking to a school speaker.
The BHA also now offer training sessions for teachers either through teacher conferences or local authority training sessions. However bespoke training can be arranged through inset days and twilight sessions or at local teacher conferences. Links to this provision are on the website.
The development of resources for teaching Humanism is a dynamic process and more resources and ideas are set to flow onto the website. The BHA very much welcomes feedback to help improve what is provided and to sustain a proactive dialogue with teachers ‘in the field’.
The BHA has a broad presence online
Main website www.humanism.org.uk
Faceboook www.facebook.com/humanism
YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/BritishHumanists
Twitter account @BHAhumanists
So there are plenty of ways to learn about and engage with Humanism. A further guide to resources can also be found at www.devonhumanists.org.uk/index.php/schools