Surrey SACRE | Open House: welcome to 'my place'! - Humanism as a non-religious worldview.
Members of Surrey faith and belief communities warmly invite you to come and experience their places of worship and gain valuable curriculum insight for Primary and Secondary RE leaders and class teachers.
Each experience will include a meet and greet by the community, a tour, a short presentation and plenty of time for questions and answers, as well as the opportunity to take photographs for use in school.
Booking your place - each person must make an individual online booking so that we can advise the venues of numbers, carefully noting the times and venues of sessions on offer, as they are not all the same.
For this session, we will meet Jennie Johnson, who is the Humanist representative of Surrey SACRE. Jennie has been an enthusiastic advocate for the place of non-religious perspectives in RE and many of you may recognise her from her video resources supporting the recent syllabus. In this session, we will be introduced to the principles of Humanism, address some common misconceptions and discuss things to think about when talking in your RE classroom. There will also be a chance to ask Jennie questions, so please come prepared!
Please note: Jennie's June session is face-2-face Church House, Guildford. The repeat July session is ONLINE only.
Ofsted say in their recent report: ‘Although a few teachers had received subject-based professional development in RE, the overwhelming majority had not. Given the complexity of the subject and the kind of misconceptions that pupils were left with, this is a significant concern.’
It's an ideal way to boost subject knowledge in RE and invest in teachers' CPD and it's all for free.
Visiting Church House, Guildford for the June Session.
Primary and Secondary RE leaders and class teachers.
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Without SLA Price
Universal
Free
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GDBE elevate CORE
Free
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Venue
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BC (before children!) Rachel taught in the primary phase, as RE subject leader in community school settings for much of that time, with additional responsibilities for Collective Worship and SMSC. She has been involved as a writer in the past 4 reviews of the Surrey RE Agreed Syllabus, leading the Primary teams for the revisions in 2007 and 2012; and most recently, co-ordinating the complete review of the new Surrey Agreed Syllabus 2023-2028. She has also reviewed the Diocesan Guidelines for VA Schools and the Diocesan Collective Worship Guidelines (both twice!). In addition to her Diocesan role alongside Jane Whittington, Rachel is currently the RE adviser to Surrey SACRE, and leads RE subject leader training sessions for both the Diocese and Surrey RE networks.
When not reviewing syllabi, Rachel also writes assembly materials and is a regular contributor to the BBC Schools’ Radio Collective Worship programme ‘Something to Think About’.
Areas of specialism:
Statutory RE provision; RE in primary classrooms; supporting RE subject leaders; practical ideas for collective worship
Role within the Diocese:
Associate Consultant for RE (Primary)
Adviser to Surrey SACRE