The Wokingham SACRE
Resources for
Religious Education
Associations for RE teachers
NATRE (National Association of Teachers of RE) – publishes its own magazine Resource, promotes courses and conferences, and runs its own programme of action research projects. Subscribe on line or by phone:
www.natre.org.uk tel: 0121 472 4242
Catalogues for RE teaching
Articles of Faith – a catalogue with a large range of books, story bags and artefacts for all the main Faiths
www.articlesoffaith.co.uk tel: 01992 454636
Christian education – resources for church, home and school
Orderline: 0121 472 4242 http://shop.christianeducation.org.uk or email
ClearVision – educational resources for Buddhism, including videos, artefacts and books for all Key Stages and ‘A’ level and higher
www.clear-vision.org tel: 0161 839 9579
Hodder Education – books to support the new locally agreed syllabus at Key Stage 3 and Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies
www.hoddereducation.co.uk tel: 020 7873 60246
Nelson Thornes – resources for RE teaching at primary and secondary
www.nelsonthornes.com
Religion in Evidence – ‘ a range of products [that] will help and support the challenges and opportunities that RE faces’ – ages 5 – 14.
www.tts-shopping.com tel: 0800 318 686 (orderline)
RE Today Services – ‘teaching materials delivered direct to you’ – primary and secondary materials and resources, including for collective worship.
www.retoday.org.uk tel: 0121 472 4242
RMEP – ‘helping you to deliver quality RE’. RE and collective worship for all Key Stages
www.rmep.co.uk tel: 01603 785925
Uniview – religion & ethics teaching resources.
www.uniview.co.uk tel: 0151 625 3453
Courses
Keynote Educational – ‘opening new doors in teaching and learning’ – providing a range of one-day courses for RE teachers at KS3 and above
www.keynoteeducational.co.uk tel: 01625 532974
Network Training – a member of the Tribal Group plc – offering courses in more effective teaching and assessment of RE
www.sfe.co.uk tel: 01823 353 354 or 0117 9838800
Osiris Educational – provide courses for RE teachers on, for example, teaching and assessing, and ICT in RE
www.osiriseducational.co.uk tel: 0808 160 5160
dcs - providing courses for raising attainment in RE
www.dcseducation.org/cpd tel: 01392 386485
Curriculum resources
BBC Active – bring the world of faith to your interactive whiteboard using the best of BBC TV (Worship & Sacred Places; Celebrations and Special Times)
www.whiteboardactive.com to sample content online
Click 4 Classroom – CD Roms for KS3 and KS4. Visit their website and download some free examples
www.click4classroom.com tel: 01257 460036
Exodus 20: the 10 commandments as you’ve never seen them before!
Video-based resources for KS3 RE, PSHE and Citizenship: films by students for students, lessons by teachers for teachers from Active Media Publishing
www.ampublishing.net
or www.exodus20.org.uk tel: 020 3239 9413
Friends and Heroes – half hour cartoons for 6 – 10 year olds showing friends in Alexandria, with children telling Bible stories in between
http://uk.friendsandheroes.com
Hemkunt – books on Sikhism and for learning Punjabi
www.hemkuntpublishers.com
MultiFaiths calendar – this multifaith calendar book 2014/2015 ‘shows commonality through different faith practices, ideas, beliefs and experiences which can be practically applied in your encounters at home, work or within different faith communities’
www.multifaiths.com tel: 0845 4309114
Out of the Ark Music – songs, musicals and nativities for performances, collective worship and fun
www.outoftheark.com tel: 01932 232250
Sathya Sai Education in Human Values – ‘helping children explore right and wrong’ – courses and teaching resources from the British Institute of Sathya Sai Education
www.sathyasaiehv.org.uk tel: 020 8429 2677
The 100-Minute Bible – ‘the new version of the Bible you can read in 100 minutes’ - £5. Audio version also available for £10.
www.the100-minutepress.com ISBN: 0-9551324-0-1
Video of Religious and Cultural Festivals – Child’s Eye videos 1 and 2 for children aged between 3 and 6 and ‘read-aloud’ posters – introduces a variety of cultural and religious festivals celebrated in Britain. Booklet and video cost £23.49 including VAT
www.childseyemedia.com tel: 0161 4455115
The Religious Education Handbook
The Religious Education Handbook offers a resource for teachers wishing to develop their subject and professional knowledge in the teaching of religion in primary and secondary schools in England.
http://re-handbook.org.uk/
Documents
Locally agreed syllabus for Religious Education 2012
The syllabus can be found in PDF form on the Wokingham website at
http://wsh.wokingham.gov.uk/learning-and-teaching/religious-education where it is presented in complete form and in different Key Stage configurations to enable easy downloading and copying.
Religious Education in academies
Advice regarding religious education (RE) and collective worship in academies and free schools.
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/leadership/typesofschools/academies/open/a00225252/religious-education-academies
Festivals
Primary books for Festivals of Light
Diwali – (Celebrate!) by Mike Hirst (KS1) ISBN 9 780750 22528 1
Diwali – (Festivals) by Kerena Marchant (KS2) ISBN 0 7502 2532 7
Hanukkah Festival of Lights by Jeff O’Hare ISBN 1 5639 7907 1
Christmas – (Festival) by Clare Chandler ISBN 0 7502 1846 0
Celebration! by Anabel Kindersley ISBN 0 7513 5650 6
World Religions by David Self ISBN 9 780745 936031
Lights for Gita by Rachna Gilmore ISBN 9 780929 005614
One Yellow Daffodil by David A Adler ISBN 9 780152 020941
Places of Worship
Christian – Churches together: Veronica Upstone – tel: 0118 989 1169
Hindu – Mrs Malhotra, Reading Hindu Temple, Educational Cultural Centre, 112 Whitley Street, Reading RG2 0EQ tel: 0118 9560674/9751067
www.ReadingHinduTemple.com
Jewish – Reading Synagogue, 7 Goldsmid Road, Reading RG1 7YB: Martin Myers, co-ordinator of schools welcome days tel: 0118 947 5592
www.rhc.org.uk/rhc/Welcome_Days.html
Muslim – Mr Manzoor Hussain, Reading Muslim Council, Bridge Hall, Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7PE tel: 0118 950 4048
or PO Box 2889, Reading RG1 9JG tel: 0118 321 8655 (voicemail)
Mosque visits include dressing up, ablutions, painting etc.
http://www.readingmuslimcouncil.org.uk
Sikh – Reading Sikh Gurdwara, 234 London Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 1AH
www.readinggurdwara.co.uk tel: 0118 926 5432(Office)
email: Education Secretary is Sukhdev Bansal.
CD Roms of places of worship
Birchfield Interactive - Places of Worship – Birchfield Interactive Ltd, The Media Centre, Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff, CF5 6XJ
A range of three for 11 to 16-year-olds covering Christianity, Islam and Judaism, £79.95 each, including site licence
www.birchfield.co.uk tel: 0292 059 7000
or 0844 543 8015
Websites
British Humanist Association
www.humanism.org.uk
Ship of Fools – quirky website full of information presented in a fun way. Difficult to describe – try it
www.shipoffools.com
SMSC online – ‘the comprehensive support website to help you with the integration of spiritual, moral, social and cultural values across the curriculum’
www.smsc.org.uk
RE online
http://www.reonline.org.uk
Supporting school-based teachers of Religious Education.
Workshops and visits
The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham for workshops there (near Kings Lynn, Suffolk) or in your school. Themes of pilgrimage, Tudor Experience Days, Victorians, ‘Bible Alive’ to bring the teaching of history and RE alive. Get the brochure from them or visit their website
www.walsingham.org.uk tel: 01328 824205
updated June 2013
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