I learn new things about God and different religions so you know how to respect people.
You could send news of the award to local and regional newspapers, TV and radio stations and local council newsletters and it can also go onto your school’s website (see below).
You might also want to hold a celebration event for parents, feeder schools, governors and the local community. This is what some schools have organised:
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I learn new things about God and different religions so you know how to respect people.
I feel safe asking challenging questions.
This is the one subject that helps me in other subjects – for example analysis in History.
I liked it when we get creative. I liked when we wrote on leaves our wishes, what we wish for, and what we might like to wash away from the world. I like learning things about God.
We used the RE mark as a tool for our department development plan. In a time where departments are largely judged by outcomes our ‘department development meetings’ have now been re-named ‘department attainment meetings.’ While we recognise the importance of attainment – indeed the RE department at the Ifracombe Academy boasted the best GCSE results in the school and significantly above the national average – we recognise that there are limitations to examination and results cannot tell the whole story. There are always areas for development. The structure of the RE quality mark proved to be a useful tool for development. We worked through it together as a team. For the most part it was an encouragement. Lots of ‘oh yes…we do that…’ as well as suggested areas for development. This document continues to be a point of reference and is useful for setting targets for staff appraisals.
RE starts things and we think ‘this is fantastic’ lets take this across the school!
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