Recognising outstanding learning in religious education

I loved the way that the RE coordinator involved the pupils and staff in the planning of the RE days.

In RE we argue and debate in RE but we stay friends!

RE is spectacular here because religion causes wars, but here we see peace and just like to learn.

Learning about other religions is important because you find out how they are different and how they are the same.

There were a number of good ideas which challenged us, e.g. the idea of pupils planning lessons. Although our pupils have always been involved in our planning and our schemes of work contained many of their suggestions, e.g. using film clips and music, we have never formally asked pupils to plan lessons before. We asked a class of Year 10 pupils to plan lessons on Christmas for Year 7 pupils and they also delivered a small part of the lessons. This was a very rewarding experience for all concerned and we added new lessons to our scheme of work as a result. We will continue to develop this idea.

I feel safe asking challenging questions.