The Stapleford Centre is pleased to offer our new 40 Creative Teaching Ideas for download, with the aim of enhancing your teaching of Religious Education in primary schools. Written by Margaret Cooling, each idea gives a variety of ways of bringing RE to life, and making RE lessons fun and exciting. Simple ideas to invigorate your RE teaching.
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Margaret Cooling
Margaret has taught primary and secondary pupils and adult learners. Over the last twenty five years, she has developed RE curriculum materials for use by pupils aged 5-14 and several books for churches. She is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire.
As a free-lance trainer and writer she works for schools, LEAs, Dioceses, churches and other organisations including: HMI, CEM, the BBC and the National Gallery Company. She has written, or co-written over fifty books as well as acting as consultant to many projects.
40 Creative Ideas for Teaching Primary RE
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At the Stapleford Centre, we understand that inspiring and challenging children of the 21st century can be difficult. We passionately believe in equipping teachers to teach today's children, and part of our remit is to deliver high-quality, contemporary teaching resources for the classroom. We are now offering our new 40 Creative teaching ideas for download, with the aim of enhancing your teaching of Religious Education. Written by Margaret Cooling, each idea will be available for free for a period of five weeks with one new idea being released every week during term time. After five weeks all Margaret’s fantastic ideas will be available to download from our bookshop for the unbeatable price of 99p. |
'40 Creative Ideas' that are currently available for free
Creative Idea 40'Jigsaws' - download here for free until Monday 9th August 2010 (after which it will be available from the Stapleford Centre Bookshop for the unbeatable price of £0.99). |
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Creative Idea 39'Mind maps' - download here for free until Monday 2nd August 2010 (after which it will be available from the Stapleford Centre Bookshop for the unbeatable price of £0.99). |
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Creative Idea 38'Prequels, sequels and spin offs' - download here for free until Monday 26th July 2010 (after which it will be available from the Stapleford Centre Bookshop for the unbeatable price of £0.99). |
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'40 Creative Ideas' that are currently available in the Bookshop
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01 - Stepping StonesFor teaching RE where the topic has a clear structure and progression. |
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02 - TriptychsFor use with a wide range of RE topics. |
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03 - Faces and FeelingsFor exploring the reactions of characters to events, and developing emotional vocabulary. |
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04 - Hot and ColdFor exploring the thoughts and feelings of characters and significant moments in religious stories.. |
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05 - Thoughts, words and feelingsFor exploring the thoughts, speech and feelings of characters in religious stories. |
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06 - CardsFor teaching religious festivals and the associated symbolism. |
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07 - SensesUsing the senses when teaching religious stories and festivals. |
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08 - SigningFor use with prayers, expressive texts, or brief stories. |
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09 - Story CoordinatesFor creating a series of 'snapshots' as the pupils focus on different parts a story. |
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10 - DiptychsFor use with a wide range of RE topics. |
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11 - Through the keyhole or windowFor looking at a story from different perspectives. |
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12 - Posters and bannersFor use with a wide range of RE topics. |
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13 - RE BagsFor creative story-telling using "story bags". |
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14 - Key moments of decisionsFor reflecting on key moments in life. |
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15 - MimeFor the use of mime in teaching stories or abstract concepts. |
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16 - RE pairsFor teaching RE topics using a game of pairs. |
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17 - Book activitiesFor teaching RE topics by encouraging pupils to 'make books'. |
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18 - Storyboards and photo-storyboardsFor using 'storyboards' for your teaching of RE. |
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19 - DanceCreative ways to use 'Dance' in RE. |
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20 - Biographical activitiesFor learning from people's life journeys. |
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21 - On screenFor the creative use of short films and presentations in RE. |
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22 - CommunicationsFor leveraging different ways of communication when exploring religious stories. |
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23 - Musical textsFor exploring stories using music. |
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24 - PuppetsFor using puppets to explore stories, values and beliefs, and how these can affect people. |
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25 - Emotions matchFor exploring the emotions inherent in a story. |
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26 - Conscience alleyFor exploring the role of conscience in RE. |