Head of Humanities, RE teacher, passionate about RE, love CPD, love reading. Love my beautiful boy - 4 years old already 💙

Joined November 2022
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Out Now! Listen to my chat with four diverse, authentic Sikhs! Amy, Harry, Jatinder & Kuljinder talk to us all about Sikh beliefs, values & practices, including the belief that God is in all living things. An antidote #sikh #Sikhi #Sikhism #equality podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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We thoroughly enjoyed last week's #WaysOfKnowingFocusWeek in partnership with the brilliant @NATREupdate , and we hope you did too! We've collated everything we shared during the week in one place: reonline.org.uk/ways-of-know… Thanks so much for joining us!
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Sharing another film in our Diverse Disciplines: Journeys into RE series with Jenni Rawlinson! Jenni reflects on how her background in Philosophy and Religious Studies has shaped her teaching, from challenging philosophical ideas to exploring sociological approaches.
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The 4th film in our Ways of Knowing in Action: In the Classroom series comes from @mattpitcher Matt explores how sociological approaches, including census data and ONS mapping, can help students investigate religion and belief within their local community and beyond. @NATREupdate
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The next film in our Diverse Disciplines: Journeys into RE series, this time from @mattpitcher Matt reflects on how bringing multiple disciplines into the classroom continues to shape and enrich his teaching nearly 30 years on. “30 years on, still loving it.”
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What happens when pupils start thinking like social scientists? In our 4th blog for #WaysofKnowingFocusWeek, @CNewmanTeach explores how pupils can use surveys, interviews, census data & critical questioning to investigate worldviews as lived realities reonline.org.uk/2026/05/10/t…
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The Inclusive Judaism project from @JewishMuseumLDN is our #WaysOfKnowingFocusWeek resource spotlight! These free resources help teachers move beyond stereotypical representations of Judaism & explore the diversity of Jewish life in the UK @NATREupdate reonline.org.uk/inclusive-ju…
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From “tour-guide” to “fellow-traveller”. In our 5th blog for #WaysOfKnowingFocusWeek, Chris Mooney reflects on how using data can transform classroom conversations, empowering pupils to question, interpret and think like scholars alongside their teacher. reonline.org.uk/2026/05/20/l…
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Have you signed up to tomorrow's In Conversation event yet? Online, free and hosted as part of our #WaysofKnowingFocusWeek in collab with @NATREupdate, this is one NOT to miss! reonline.org.uk/ways-of-know…
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📚 “A must read for all secondary teachers of RE.” Lyndsey Leech reviews Ways of Knowing: A Toolkit, Secondary, exploring how disciplinary approaches can deepen scholarly RE and help students become more independent learners. reonline.org.uk/2026/05/18/b…
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Signed up to our newsletter? Yesterday’s newsletter featured news, content & opportunities from across our community Sign up to stay up to date with the latest from RE:ONLINE and our wider community: reonline.us16.list-manage.co… Links in comments
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“Done well, it’s not a committee. It’s a community” Head of RE & Culham St Gabriel's leadership scholar Lyndsey Leech reflects on how joining SACRE transformed her understanding of local RE support, & why SACREs need active teacher involvement to thrive reonline.org.uk/2026/05/13/j…
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We're at @TeachersofRME Festival of Learning in Glasgow today! Come and find out about how we can support you! Chat about our scholarships, project grants and some fantastic free events!! #STARME26
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Please share with your Year 11s today- a little 30 minute episode with last minute support or use it to help you plan your warm up session with them. #gcse #teamre #religiousstudies #revision @aqa podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Join myself and @CNewmanTeach for #rechatuk tomorrow night where we will be talking all things case studies!
Tomorrow's #REchatUK will be a discussion exploring how case studies can be used effectively to enhance religion and worldview learning in the classroom. Join Charlotte and Sally at 8pm to join the conversation and remember to #REchatUK
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Tomorrow's #REchatUK will be a discussion exploring how case studies can be used effectively to enhance religion and worldview learning in the classroom. Join Charlotte and Sally at 8pm to join the conversation and remember to #REchatUK
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Following @m_chiles labs on strategic/responsive CFU, this week we consider reading activities in our bookletised curriculum. This @WALKTHRUs_5 from @AlexJQuigley aligns with the idea of deliberate planning of CFU and being responsive so students connect with what they read.🤓
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I’ve put a load of my most popular files together in a Dropbox folder. Let me know if you’d like the link. Can I also ask that you share this post pretty please 🙏 (as it seems the only way to get anything seen nowadays!). 😊
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What is Sentientism? This brilliant new blog from @JamieWoodhouse explores this worldview's focus on evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings, and the rich opportunities it offers for deep philosophical enquiry in RE. More: reonline.org.uk/2026/04/24/t… #TeamRE
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Secondary RE in Action has been out for a week! Thank you so much for all the kind words about the book. Order here 👉 amazon.co.uk/Secondary-Relig…
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