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RE Resource Library
EYFS: Who am I and where do I belong?
EYFS: Why do we have celebrations?
EYFS: What makes a place special?
EYFS: What can we learn from stories?
EYFS: What makes something special?
EYFS: What makes our world wonderful?
Read this first!
Read this first!
CHRISTIANITY Year 1: What is the ‘Nativity’ and why is it important to Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Year 1: What is the ‘Nativity’ and why is it important to Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Year 1: What do Christians learn from stories of Jesus?
CHRISTIANITY Year 1: What do Christians learn from stories of Jesus?
CHRISTIANITY Year 1: Why do Christians call God ‘creator’?
CHRISTIANITY Year 1: Why do Christians call God ‘creator’?
In the beginning - story for session 2
In the beginning PowerPoint
CHRISTIANITY Year 2: What is God like for Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Year 2: What is God like for Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Year 2: Why is giving important to Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Year 2: Why is giving important to Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Year 2: Why is giving important to Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Year 2: Why do Christians call Jesus ‘Saviour’?
CHRISTIANITY Year 2: Why do Christians call Jesus ‘Saviour’?
ISLAM: What is important for Muslim families?
ISLAM: What is important for Muslim families?
JUDAISM: What is the Torah and why is it so important to Jewish families?
JUDAISM: What is the Torah and why is it so important to Jewish families?
JUDAISM: What is the Torah and why is it so important to Jewish families
JUDAISM: Why do Jewish families celebrate the gift of Shabbat?
JUDAISM: Why do Jewish families celebrate the gift of Shabbat?
ISLAM: Who is Allah and how do Muslims worship Him?
ISLAM: Who is Allah and how do Muslims worship Him?
THEMATIC: Why should we look after the world?
THEMATIC: Why should we look after the world?
THEMATIC: Is prayer important to everyone?
THEMATIC: Is prayer important to everyone?
THEMATIC: Why do people tell stories?
THEMATIC: Why do people tell stories?
THEMATIC: What makes a good leader?
THEMATIC: What makes a good leader?
THEMATIC What makes a good leader?
THEMATIC Y2. Is giving better than receiving?
THEMATIC Y2: Is giving better than receiving?
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CHRISTIANITY: Theological Concept Cards
CHRISTIANITY Year 3: How did Jesus change lives – and how is it ‘good news?’
CHRISTIANITY Year 3: How did Jesus change lives – and how is it ‘good news?’
CHRISTIANITY Year 3: What’s the Bible’s ‘big story’ – and why is it like treasure for Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Year 3: What’s the Bible’s ‘big story’ – and why is it like treasure for Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Y3: What's the Bible's 'big story' - and why is it like treasure for Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Y3: What's the Bible's 'big story' - and why is it like treasure for Christians?
The Big Bible Story Line
CHRISTIANITY Year 3: How can artists help us to understand what Christians believe and do?
CHRISTIANITY Year 3: How can artists help us to understand what Christians believe and do?
CHRISTIANITY Year 4: What did God promise to his people?
CHRISTIANITY Year 4: What did God promise to his people?
CHRISTIANITY Year 4: What did God promise to his people?
CHRISTIANITY Year 4: For Christians, is communion a celebration, or an act of remembrance?
CHRISTIANITY Year 4: For Christians, is communion a celebration, or an act of remembrance?
CHRISTIANITY Year 4: For Christians, is communion a celebration or act of remembrance?
CHRISTIANITY Year 4: What did Jesus say about God’s Kingdom & why is it ‘good news’?
CHRISTIANITY Year 4: What did Jesus say about God’s kingdom & why is it ‘good news’?
HUMANISM: How do non-religious people celebrate new life?
HUMANISM: How do non-religious people celebrate new life?
SIKHI: What do Sikhs value?
SIKHI: What do Sikhs value?
SIKHI: What do Sikhs value?
ISLAM: How does ‘ibadah’ (worship) show what’s important to Muslims?
ISLAM: How does ‘ibadah’ (worship) show what’s important to Muslims?
How does 'ibadah' (worship) show what's important to Muslim
JUDAISM: What are important times for Jewish people?
JUDAISM: What are important times for Jewish people?
THEMATIC: Are words more important than actions?
THEMATIC: Are words more important than actions?
THEMATIC: Why do people make promises?
THEMATIC: Why do people make promises?
THEMATIC: Why do people make promises?
THEMATIC: What is the ‘Golden Rule’ and why do so many people live by it?
THEMATIC: What is the ‘Golden Rule’ and why do so many people live by it?
THEMATIC: What is the ‘Golden Rule’ and why do so many people live by it?
THEMATIC: How do people use creative ways to express their beliefs?
THEMATIC: How do people use creative ways to express their beliefs?
THEMATIC: How do people use creative ways to express their beliefs?
THEMATIC: How do people try to make the world a fairer place?
THEMATIC: How do people try to make the world a fairer place?
THEMATIC: How do people try to make the world a fairer place?
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CHRISTIANITY: Theological Concept Cards
CHRISTIANITY Year 5: How did the Church begin, and where is it now?
CHRISTIANITY Year 5: How did the Church begin, and where is it now?
CHRISTIANITY Year 5: Why is the idea of ‘rescue’ so important to Christians?
CHRISTIANITY Year 5: Why is the idea of ‘rescue’ so important to Christians?
Y5 Why is the idea of rescue so important to Christians - and how does the Bible show this?
Script for Y5 story: The Rescue Plan
CHRISTIANITY Year 5: What do Christians believe about creation?
CHRISTIANITY Year 5: What do Christians believe about creation?
CHRISTIANITY Year 5: What do Christians believe about creation?
CHRISTIANITY Year 6: For Christians, what difference does it make to belong to God’s Kingdom?
CHRISTIANITY Year 6: For Christians, what difference does it make to belong to God’s Kingdom?
CHRISTIANITY Year 6: What do Christians believe about the Messiah – and why is it good news?
CHRISTIANITY Year 6: What do Christians believe about the Messiah – and why is it good news?
CHRISTIANITY Y6: What do Christians believe about the Messiah - and why is it 'good news'?
CHRISTIANITY Y6: What do Christians believe about the Messiah - and why is it 'good news'?
CHRISTIANITY Year 6: How is God Three – and yet One?
CHRISTIANITY Year 6: How is God Three – and yet One?
CHRISTIANITY Y6: How is God Three - and yet One?
Y6 CHRISTIANITY: How is God Three - and yet One?
BUDDHISM: What is the ‘Buddhist way of life’?
BUDDHISM: What is the ‘Buddhist way of life’?
HINDU (SANATANA) DHARMA: Why should Hindus (Sanatanis) live a good life?
HINDU (SANATANA) DHARMA: Why should Hindus (Sanatanis) live a good life?
HINDU (SANATANA) DHARMA: Why should Hindus (Sanatanis) live a good life?
HINDU (SANATANA) DHARMA: What helps Hindus (Sanatanis) to worship?
HINDU (SANATANA) DHARMA: What helps Hindus (Santanis) to worship?
ISLAM: What helps Muslims to live a good life?
ISLAM: What helps Muslims to live a good life?
What helps Muslims to live a good life
JUDAISM: What does it mean to be part of a synagogue community?
JUDAISM: What does it mean to be part of a synagogue community?
UKS2 JUDAISM: What does it mean to be part of a synagogue community?
THEMATIC Y6: Who am I and where do I belong?
THEMATIC Y6: Who am I and where do I belong?
THEMATIC Y6: Who am I and where do I belong?
THEMATIC Y6: Who am I and where do I belong?
THEMATIC: What can be done to reduce racism? Can RE help? (NATRE materials)
THEMATIC: What can be done to reduce racism? Can RE help? (NATRE materials)
THEMATIC: What does it mean to live a good life?
THEMATIC: What does it mean to live a good life?
THEMATIC: What does it mean to live a good life?
THEMATIC: Is life a journey?
THEMATIC: Is life a journey? Thematic
THEMATIC: Is life a journey?
THEMATIC: How did all begin?
THEMATIC: How did all begin?
EYFS - Getting RE-ady for the Revised RE Syllabus Slides
EYFS Complete
FAQs about EYFS in the Revised RE Syllabus
Primary Curriculum Overview
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Key Stage One
Lower Key Stage Two
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Primary Curriculum Overview
Mixed Age Classes Example Long Term Plan
Buddhism Concept Map
Christianity Concept Map
Christianity Key Stage One Concept Map
Hindi Dharma Concept Map
Humanism Concept map
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Sikhi Concept Map
Islam Concept Map
Concept map Booklet
CHRISTIANITY: Theological Concept Cards
FAQs on the New RE Syllabus Church Schools
The Vision Tool
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Video Materials Support the New RE Syllabus 2023
Golden Threads and Progression Document (January 23)
Golden Threads Mapping Tool
Statement of Entitlement for RE in Church Schools
Mixed Age Classes Long Term Plan
End of phase expectations with skills and curriculum context
Staff Meeting Slides
Assessment in the New RE Syllabus Slides
KS1 Why is Giving Important to Christians?
KS1 Who is Allah and how do Muslims Worship him?
KS1 Why do Jewish families celebrate the gift of Shabbat?
KS1 Thematic- Is giving better than receiving?
Y2 Curriculum overview examplar
UKS2 What helps Muslims to live a good life?
UKS2 What does it mean to be part of a synagogue community?
UKS2 Why is the idea of rescue so important to Christians?
UKS2 thematic - What does to mean to live a good life?
Staff meeting slides Junior School version
Presentation to Governors VA Schools
Governors' Briefing Paper VA Church Schools
Briefing Paper for Governors in VA Schools
Presentation to Governors VC church schools
Governors' Briefing Paper VC church schools in Surrey
Briefing Paper for Governors Surrey Community Schools and Academies
Presentation to Governors in Community Schools and Academies
EYFS Sample unit
KS1 Christianity Unit Why is Giving Important to Christians?
KS1 Thematic Unit Is Giving Better than Receiving?
UKS2 Thematic Unit Is Life a Journey?
UKS2 Year 5 Christianity Why is the Idea of Rescue so Important to Christians?
Primary: Introductory staff meeting
Unpacking Series Introduction to the New Surrey RE Syllabus FAQs
Unpacking RE Introductory staff meeting
Primary: Subject leaders and class teachers
1 Unpacking RE Assessment
1 Unpacking Series Assessment FAQs
2 Unpacking RE Golden Threads
2 Unpacking RE Golden Threads FAQs
3 Unpacking RE Introduction for Subject Leaders:
3 Unpacking RE Introduction for Subject Leaders:
4 Unpacking RE Personal Knowledge
4 Unpacking RE Personal Knowledge
4 Unpacking RE Personal Knowledge
5 Unpacking RE RE in Early Years Foundation Stage
5 Unpacking RE RE in Early Years Foundation Stage
6 Unpacking RE Thematic units
6 Unpacking RE Thematic units FAQs
7 Unpacking RE Compulsory units
7 Unpacking RE Compulsory units
7 Unpacking RE Compulsory units
8 Unpacking RE Weaving your curriculum
8 Unpacking RE Weaving your curriculum
Primary: Surrey Agreed Syllabus for RE (2023-2028) | Church School Governors
VA Church Schools Governors Briefing paper
VC Church Schools Governors Briefing paper
Unpacking RE for Church School Governors:
Primary: Surrey Agreed Syllabus for RE (2023-2028) | Community School / Academy Governors
Unpacking RE for Governors Community Schools / Academies
Unpacking RE for Governors Community Schools / Academies
SIAMS
Link to SIAMS Documents and Templates
SIAMS Website Guidance
Monitoring Your School Website
School and Parish Links
Top Tips for Monitoring Collective Worship
Top Tips for Monitoring Religious Education
Report of Governor Visit Proforma
Governors' Annual Monitoring Schedule
What do They Think About Collective Worship
What Do They Think about Religious Education
Theological Underpinning of Your School Vision
SIAMS 2023 - Resource links for schools
Activity 1 - Understanding the school context
Activity 2 - A Christian vision for the school context
Activity 3 - Monitoring the impact of the Christian vision
Governor monitoring questions and activities SIAMS 2023
Activity 1 - Understanding the school context
Activity 2 - A Christian vision for the school context
Activity 3 - Where is the Christian vision in action?
SIAMS 2023 briefing - September 2023
Link to national SIAMS website
SIAMS 2023 Key resource links
Governance E-Resources
School Governance
Induction Session 1 - Welcome to Church School Governors
Induction Session 2 - Governor's Responsibilities
Induction Session 3 - Governors and SIAMS
Induction Session 4 - Christian Distinctiveness
Church House
We host our training courses in Guildford, in the Diocese of Guildford building ‘Church House’ situated within the landscaped grounds of the University of Surrey Research Park, southbound just off the A3.
We are located at 20 Alan Turing Road, Guildford GU2 7YF, with some adjacent parking available.
- Our reception is manned from 9.00am to 5.00pm and to ensure everyone’s safety, all attendees will be asked to register, sign in on entry and wear a visitor’s badge while on the premises.
- Our venue is wheelchair accessible throughout the ground floor. Guide dogs are welcome by prior arrangement. Please contact us if you require any additional mobility or accessibility assistance.
- We offer complimentary refreshments on all our courses. For day courses and programmes, we provide a catered sandwich lunch on the premises. We aim to cater for all dietary requirements where possible.
University of Surrey Research Park – Parking your vehicle
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- A car parking permit may also be obtained from our reception team on arrival.
The 'new' normal
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If you have any questions about the training course or meeting you are attending please do contact our School Services Manager directly by email or our central admin team admin@cofeguildford.org.uk and they will be pleased to assist.
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GDBE elevate Training | Short courses and Programmes
To book our short courses and training programmes your school must be registered and have an account with us.
To access full information about all our training and to make your booking go to our training page.
- Our face-to-face training venue is Church House Guildford, GU2 7YF.
- Our live online training is delivered via Zoom.
- All training support materials and resources are included.
Kindly note our DBE Leadership briefings, conferences and events are publicised and available to book using our secure platform – these are free or individually priced and not part of this offer
GDBE elevate Training | CANCELLATION POLICY
You retain the right to cancel at any point. We charge 20% of course fees for any cancellations made within the 2-week period before the start of a course. If you cancel after, or on the actual day of the course starting, we will invoice for the full fee.
We will refund any course fees if we must cancel.
Our course prices are carefully reviewed and considered each year in consideration of National, regional, and local education partners, service providers and teaching school hubs.
Corona Virus | Keeping you and others safe
We will continue to build on our offer to best support you, remotely or in person, throughout the coming year. We may, due to further unsettled periods, make adjustment to some elements where required. We will of course, keep you informed. Unless stated as being a being a LIVE ONLINE, our training courses are scheduled to take place at our venue Church House, Guildford GU2 7YF.
Health and Safety guidance and procedures are always in place so we kindly ask you to follow these and additional Corona Virus measures prior to and when these when making a visit to Church House, Guildford – thank you. For additional needs please contact a member of our team prior to your visit.
Please contact our team | Email: gdbe-elevate@cofeguildford.org.uk | Tel: 01483 484911
Minimum numbers: all of our events require a minimum number of delegates in order to proceed. If, due to low numbers, we decide we are unable to run a course you will be notified by email/phone at least 5 working days in advance of the event. You will be given the option to transfer to another course or given a full refund with no administration charge. Please note that if due to unforeseen circumstances a course facilitator is unable to attend on the day, we will endeavour to engage a replacement. If, however, we are unable to find a replacement we will notify you as soon as possible.
Training Venue | Church House Guildford - Parking
Our training courses take place, unless otherwise advised, at Church House Guildford, 20 Alan Turing Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7YF
All visitors to Church House Guildford and The Surrey Research Park must display a valid parking permit. Church House Guildford parking permits can be obtained electronically when booking a course. e-Parking permits are sent by email to delegates 5 days prior to the course, briefing, network meeting or event date.
- Once received, this e-parking permit should be printed and displayed in your windscreen for the duration of your visit.
- Please note a traffic warden patrols the research park and cars without valid passes will receive a penalty.
- Course attendees must park in the Church House, Guildford carpark, not in other adjacent carparks or the road around the Science Park.
- GDBE elevate online parking permits are only valid within the Church House, Guildford carpark.
- A car parking permit may also be obtained from our reception team on arrival.
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Our aim is to provide GDBE elevate CORE support package and support add-ons along with a range of consultancy, training courses and programme bundles to help you deliver the best for your pupils. To help us to achieve this, we have published our general terms & conditions here. Should you have any concerns or queries that are not covered here, please contact us and we will do our best to assist you.
GDBE elevate CORE Package | Bundles and Support Add on
All Support packages are valid for one academic year from the date of purchase. Where possible we will try to accommodate any specific needs you may have.
GDBE elevate | Bundles and Support add ons | Cancellations
You retain the right to cancel at any point. If you would like to cancel your support package with us, you must notify us in writing 90 days before the date of your renewal is due. We require 28 days' notice for cancellation or rearrangement traded service request for in school training or consultancy. Brokered external traded services may carry up to 50% cancellation or rearrangement fee within the 28 days' notice period. Cancellation without notice or non-attendance for brokered external traded services incurs the full fee. (100% quoted fee +VAT).
Please contact our team | Email: gdbe-elevate@cofeguilford.org.uk | Tel: 01483 484911
Cancellations Services
In the instance of the event, a service being cancelled we will endeavor to contact within the time frames above and in good time through the contact information given and seek to rearrange or offer alternate provision.
GDBE elevate | Pricing, Discounts & Concessions All prices quoted are exclusive of VAT and correct for the current academic year. We do not expect any change in prices but in the event of unforeseen circumstances, we reserve the right to change our pricing accordingly. Similarly, we reserve the right to withdraw any discounts or concessions accordingly. We offer a universal discount of 5% on any additional places (2 or more) booked on the same course or training programme. If there are any changes to pricing or to discounts, we will endeavour to notify you as soon as possible and you have the right to cancel, with no charge, should you so wish.
GDBE elevate | Invoicing & Payment
Payment for all support packages and add-ons ordered, or courses and programmes booked, will be requested by invoice, and sent to the billing details listed on your account. Kindly note that our terms of payment are 30 days from the date of invoice. If you are unable to make payment, or if there is a dispute regarding the amount to be paid, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can resolve any issues. If payment is not made within 30 days, we reserve the right to charge interest on the outstanding amount.
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We require your consent and active opt-in to continue to send marketing information to you about other training and services we provide.
For further information on how we process personal data please take a look at our full Privacy Notice and Data policy.
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Guildford Diocesan Services Limited (GDSL) | Diocesan Consultancy Services
GDBE elevate Directory sets out in detail the consultancy services offered by the Guildford Diocesan Board of Education (GDBE) on behalf of the Guildford Diocesan Board of Finance (GDBF) available from Guildford Diocesan Services Ltd (GDSL) which is a trading company set up for the purpose by the GDBF.
GDBE elevate Service Agreement Subscription | Termination of the Service
The GDBE elevate service agreement complete with it's CORE support package is valid for a period of one year starting on 1st September and will continue for successive periods of one year unless terminated on an anniversary by either party on the giving of three months’ notice.
Should a school/trust wish to terminate the service before the end of the agreed term, the following terms apply; three months' notice of the intention to terminate must be given, in writing, to the Diocesan Director of Education, Guildford Diocesan Board of Education (GDBE), Church House, Guildford, 20 Alan Turing Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7YF. The notice must be delivered by a 'signature on delivery service' to the GDBE at Church House, Guildford, 20 Alan Turing Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7YF.
Fees equivalent to six months payments will be due at the point of termination to account for early termination. Any refund of fees will be made at the point the service ceases.
Kindly note that you have the right to cancel your support package or bundle at any time. However, you will not receive a refund if there is less than 3 months left of the agreed agreement period or if you have already used up your package or bundle allocation.
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GDBE elevate service agreement renewal | Online | gdbe-elevate.org
Each Spring we contact you to advise renewal in advance before the next new academic year.
We can work with you to plan in our support and advise partners to have everything in place for you by September, as required.
New subscription request | Online | gdbe-elevate.org
All requests should be made online using our secure platform gdbe-elevate.org. The advertising of the GDBE elevate Service Agreement on our secure platform constitutes an "invitation to treat" rather than a contractual offer. All online requests are provisional until approved by confirmation email. Purchase approval is subject to a two-step online approval process, firstly by the named School/Trust Account holder and then by the Diocese.
New Account Holders | New customers need to register for an online account before any bookings or service requests can be made.
Schools and Trusts must contact our School Services Manager by email gdbe-elevate@cofeguilford.org.uk to ensure that an approved School/Trust Account administrator for the school or trust is in place to authorise online transactions using gdbe-elevate.org platform.
• Kindly Note: On registering for an account a single user ‘My Account’ is created and the appropriate permissions for the account set-up can be put place as a ‘School Account’ only by our Services Manager.
To make a GDBE elevate CORE subscription or renewal request online via our portal, the following steps must be taken: click "request CORE" in relation to the relevant SLA package subscription; if you are an existing user, you must go to the log in page and enter your login details; once you are logged in, you must consent to the online terms and conditions; we will then send you an initial acknowledgement.
Finally, we will send a GDBE elevate CORE subscription or renewal confirmation once the school/trust administrator has approved the CORE request from within its gdbe-elevate.org school account. Once the request has been approved school/trust account administrator, an automated email will be sent confirming school/trust membership and access to school/trust Service Level Agreement secure within the school/trust account. Only on subscription, can the CORE service and training package entitlement, benefits and discounts be automatically applied to online transactional bookings or bundle options.
For gdbe-elevate.org secure platform enquiries and support: gdbe-elevate@cofeguildford.org.uk
GDBE elevate | Limitation of Liability:
The Parties will be under no liability to each other whatsoever (whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, restitution or otherwise) for any indirect or consequential losses howsoever caused arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement and save for sums properly payable by the Parties pursuant to this Agreement a Party’s aggregate liability to the other under this Agreement (whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, restitution or otherwise) for any damage or losses howsoever caused will be limited to the subscription payable for the current year only.
This clause shall survive the termination of this Agreement for whatever cause. For the purposes of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 and notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement this agreement is not intended to, and does not, give any person who is not a party to it any right to enforce any of its provisions.
Resolving Disagreements: In the event of being dissatisfied with any part of the service, every effort should be made to resolve issues face to face with your appointed officer. Failing that, a written complaint should be sent to the Diocesan Director of Education.
Diocesan Director of Education,
Guildford Diocesan Board of Education (GDBE),
Church House, Guildford,
20 Alan Turing Road, Guildford,
Surrey GU2 7YF.
The Director will arrange for a senior officer to investigate and respond. Where this strategy fails, the complaint will be resolved by two members of the GDBE who will investigate and respond. Their judgement will be binding.