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Dynamic Partnerships
Inspiration and professional messages from Stretford High You don’t need me to tell you that training as a secondary teacher is a daunting process, so it makes it all the more important that our trainees hear from recently qualified successful practitioners who are making an impact. We’ve enjoyed a strong partnership with Stretford High school…
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‘Crime and Punishment’ : Ribblesdale High School Gifted and Talented Study Day
‘People should take illegal drugs if they want to’ ‘Reformation is the most important aim of punishment’ Controversial and contentious statements, not the easiest assertions to evaluate and guaranteed to provoke argument and debate! In fact, debate, discussion and heated argument was our aim, as twenty year 10 GCSE high flyers and their teacher, CM,…
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Subject Knowledge Enrichment- exploring faith in Manchester
Experiential learning through visits to faith communities continues to be an integral feature of the course, not least because we hope our trainees will develop their own RE network from the experiences. We are fortunate to have such a rich and culturally diverse resources with so many faith communities in our region. In December we…
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Behaviour for learning at Stretford High School
PGCE trainees enjoyed high quality behaviour management training courtesy of our colleagues at Stretford High school. As always, we received a very warm welcome from our Stretford colleagues, including Faisal Ahmed and Mez Munshi, recent highly successful PGCE alumni. Stretford’s lead behaviour and attendance professional, Leila, took us through Stretford’s highly successful behaviour policy which underlined just how effective…
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Seeking enlightenment at the Triratna centre!
Year 2 trainees enjoyed an enlightening visit to the beautiful Triratna Buddhist centre (22.11.12) gaining the insider’s perspective on what it really means to live as a Buddhist in 2012. Our speaker, Munisha,(Clear Vision) offered us a very warm welcome and a much appreciated brew, before telling us the story of the Manchester Buddhist centre.…
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Experiencing Dharma in Bradford
On Friday 28th September, PGCE trainees braved the long hike up the M62 and over the Pennines to enjoy a memorable day meeting faith representatives of the dharmic traditions in Bradford. Our first visit was to the highly impressive Shree Laxmi Narayan Mandir on Leeds road where our faith tutor, Seema, provided us with a…
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PGCE trainees visit Liverpool Anglican Cathedral
The RE PGCE group enjoyed a fantastic tour of Liverpool’s impressive Anglican Cathedral, courtesy of the Cathedral’s specialist education team. The tour was led by Helen Roberts, a former Head of Music, so the ideal tour guide with a great understanding of the needs of new teachers. As in previous visits Helen provided a very…
