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“A truly inspiring RE department”
There is no substitute for seeing good RE practice in action so RE PGCE trainees were given a taste of what makes a really effective RE team at Cowley International College on September 5th. Trainees met senior staff and heard an enthusiastic endorsement of RE by the Head Teacher. We were treated to presentations by Edge Hill RE PGCE graduates Rachel,…
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Discovering the insider point of view
RE PGCE Student Claire Bartlett writes: On 25.9.14 we had the pleasure to visit two key places of worship in Bradford, the Shree Lakshmi Mandir and Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara. See Google story of our Bradford trip here: From this trip we hoped to improve our understanding of these two religions; from an insider…
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The Awesomeness of God
Rosanna McCurrie reports on the ‘Great Space’ Arguably the best way to learn about a religion is to experience it for yourself. The secondary PGCE group were given the opportunity to visit Liverpool Cathedral on the 11th September 2014. We were not only given a tour of the wonderful gothic style building, but we…
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A Very Special School Visit
Year 1 Undergraduate Students spent a very worthwhile afternoon in a local school for children with Special Educational Needs. Rowan Park School is an Outstanding School, meeting the needs of up to 126 pupils aged 3 to 19 years, with severe, complex, profound and multiple learning difficulties, ASC and sensory impairments. Students studying to be…
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One Last Trip
Final Year Undergraduates completed their visits to places of worship with a trip to the Guru Sri Harkrishan Sahib Ji Gurdwara in Manchester. As always our hosts were excellent, explaining the tenets of their faith and dealing with students’ questions before offering us a generous Langar. Pictures from the day are on flickr and below.
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Post 16 Preparation
Final Year Undergraduates spent a morning at Deanery Church of England High School Sixth Form College to learn about the teaching of RE Post 16, and specifically A level RE. Sarah Daley, Assistant Head of RE at the school told us about the Art of teaching A Level, using some recent examples from her teaching,…
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Christianity in Leyland 2014 Visit
Taking the pulse of Christianity in the Lancashire Town of Leyland has become an annual Pilgrimage for our Year One Undergraduate Trainee RE Teachers. As part of the Module on the History of Christian thought and culture we visited four Christian Churches beginning with St Mary’s a Roman Catholic Church were we joined the community…
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An Islamic Day in Preston
Year 1 and Year 3 undergraduates enjoyed spending a day in the Islamic community in Preston as part of their Module on Islam. We were able to once again benefit from the hospitality and wisdom of Waqaus Ali ot ThinkBrite. The day began with an introduction and then a brief visit to see some of…
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A deeper experiential understanding of Judaism
PGCE trainees enjoy the experience of a kosher meal as part of their subject knowledge field trip to Stenecourt schule. Mike Evans, RE PGCE trainee shares his reflections on the day we spent with our colleague , David Arnold, in the north Manchester Jewish orthodox community: The subject knowledge field trip to Prestwich gave me…
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“The Trainee teachers were wonderful to work with”- Stretford High pupils teach the teachers
School based partnerships are at the core of what we do in the RE ITT team and we are always looking for ways to develop and enrich trainee experience. As a national priority behaviour for learning is right at the fore of the DfE’s agenda for ITT, but as everyone who has been a trainee…
