The RE Podcast Louisa Jane Smith

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!Back in February, Jamie and I discussed doing an episode together! And three months later it happened! And it was a delightful chat. We dicuss so many things including the worldview approach to RE, what sentientism is and what it means in terms of how we treat living things, as well as the the importance of evdience and reason in working out what's real!Here is a link to Jamies website, articles of RE today, Christspiracy and how to contac...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!On 2nd May The RE Council has published its Draft Handbook for the Religion and Worldviews in the Classroom: developing a Worldviews Approach project.This is an historic day for the RE community. But, what is the RE Council (REC) and what is this handbook? Who is it for? And how is it different from the National Content Standard?I discuss all this and more with former NATRE chair, current Deputy Chair for the REC and RE advisor, Ed Pawson, and c...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!The wonder woman of the RE world! This incredible advocate of RE has worked tierlessly to champion RE, from her own teaching, to leading, training and supporting, advising, inspecting, writing and speaking.She now teaches and advises about leadership, school improvement and the curriculum on a whole school level, but this interview highlights the passion she still has for RE.We discuss her extensive career, why she loves RE so much, her proudest momen...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!Have you heard of Ed Finch? You may know him from BrewEd or as a Primary Head Teacher? Well, he now is training to become a Humanist Celebrant. Following the death of his wife, he was introduced to the wonderful concept of a humanist funeral. Ed tells us all about the training he is recieving to be able to support others through grief in the way he was. You would think that this would make this conversation depressing and heavy...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!If you teach GCSE Islam, then you will know how important sources of authority are. In this episode, Waqar Ahmedi, Zameer Hussain and I discuss sources of authority in Islam. We explore The Qur'an, The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the Sunnah and the Hadith as well as other Holy Texts that have authority, and we also consider the role of the Imamate as a source of authority in Shia Islam. Some of you maybe aware of Zam's recent work on Ij...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!It's a few weeks until the first GCSE RE exam and so here is a bitesized episode to help support revision. I look at different revision methods and some top tips for the exam. This won't replace the valuable work done in the classroom but might give some helpful tips alongside lessons!Good luck to all of you out there as you embark on exam season. You got this!Link to St Marys Catholic High School and Sixth Form Religious Education p...