Joe Kinnaird

Help raise £2500 to support DAWN COX and her loved ones while she is in hospital after a car accident Iʼm raising money to support DAWN COX and her loved ones while she is in hospital after a car accident. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

So many in #TeamRE and the wider #edutwitter community have been shocked to hear about Dawn’s accident.

A fund has been created to support her and her family at this time. It might be something you consider giving to or sharing.

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I’m so sorry to hear this Roy. Sending my love and best wishes to you both.

Social Science data sources 2025 General Name Link Info 2021 Census https://census.gov.uk/ ARDA - Association of religion data archives http://www.thearda.com/ U.S based but some UK/worldwide resources The interactive timelines...

Looking for social science data to enhance your lessons on the reality of religion and belief? #TeamRE

Here are some suggestions organised into broad areas

(Google docs now have a nice header option and a non-document layout which is brilliant!)

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Using scholarship & texts in RE #TTRConnect
@joekinnaird.bsky.social
an inspirational member of @natre-update.bsky.social
exec. Shared so many ideas. With all the sessions today brilliant to see how people generously share & build on #TeamRE ideas. Strong themes coming through today

Final RE specific session included a discussion about scholarship from @joekinnaird.bsky.social, an exploration of the work being undertaken by Charlotte Newman at her Trust and identifying and teaching powerful knowledge from @goochkt.bsky.social

Thanks Mary!

SSN - RE - session 1 SSN - RE - Quality texts

I regularly come back to this with @joekinnaird.bsky.social & @stevewillshaw.bsky.social about how to raise the game for KS3 RE.

Joe shows it's possible to include scholarly material, eg from Karen Armstrong & make it accessible for all!

(£/free trial)

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The NATRE exec have written a series of blog resources sharing how they lead and deliver RE in their schools. Here’s a great example from @joekinnaird.bsky.social about effective questioning and removing barriers to participation in the classroom

Awesome article on RE Hubs, by Claire Clinton, for HWRK Magazine. Share to all your favourite RE people on here!
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To help newbies to #TeamRE Bluesky

Haven't deliberately missed anyone. If you post (mostly) about RE then I'll add you.

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So good! Only had a few listens but loving Luther and Squabble Uo

Two of my favourite artists releasing albums on the same day. Life is good.

I submitted my evidence this evening. I mostly focused on the anachronistic, fragmented system for local RE curricula and the need for a National Curriculum for RE.

I know this is not a priority for the DfE but, unless we take the opportunity to speak up, the current system will stagger on forever.

This is a superb contribution from Kathryn and essential reading for those in the subject community.

Things need to change in RE. In my view, a national curriculum for RE is the change needed.

Is it time for a National Curriculum for RE? ( Spoiler alert, Yes!) Many of us are currently providing feedback for the current Curriculum and Assessment Review. This review has the stated aim of refreshing the curriculum so that it is “cutting edge, fit for purpos…

I am shamelessly resharing my blog on why I think it is time for a National Curriculum for RE. #TeamRe

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This is an excellent thread on the arguments for and against RE having a national curriculum.

An example of the substantive part of a possible RE national curriculum for ks3.

You can still teach 6+ religions through these ideas.

The start of a conversation..

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An example of an assessment for non examined RE. In recent years, RE has focused heavily on curriculum development, worldviews, and disciplinary teaching. For many of us, the time has come to focus on assessment. I’d like to share an assessment t…

Even though it is week 578 of this half term, I am still just about managing to blog each week.

This one is on assessment and RE with practical examples from my classroom. The example is from non examined KS4 RE. #TeamRE

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10 years ago, I moved to London to train as a teacher and did my PGCE at the IOE.

Today, I’m back and working with the next generation of RE trainee teachers.

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This has been some of the best RE CPD I’ve had.

Huge credit to @karensteele.bsky.social to organising 🙌

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If you had a CPD session with ECTs focused on lesson planning, what would you do?

Thank you so much for all of this Marina, really helpful!

Am I right that once the rubric is set up, you put in the mark return to student and it would give them specific feedback on what they did well?

Was it useful?

Currently see 4 and 5 markers via Google Classroom but would like to have a quick way of marking 12 markers.

Has anyone used rubrics for grading an assignment on Google Classroom?

I’m trying to see if you could mark an AQA 12 mark answer using a rubric.

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A second plea for help, this time for Edexcel Christianity A-level.

Does anyone have anything which covers this part of the specification?

Asking for a friend who isn’t on Twitter or Bluesky.

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Help please OCR A Level RE teachers…

I’m looking for any A*/A sample essays on the Death and the Afterlife topic.

Can anyone help?

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Chine McDonald: Superpower to see other viewpoints IN A recent episode of The RE Podcast, I was asked the one thing that I would wish for to make the w...

I ❤️this from @chinemcdonald.bsky.social.

A reminder to #TeamRE that our subject has the superpower to get into another person’s head, to see their point of view; to understand their fears and anxieties & motivations, their hopes, and their deeply held beliefs.

www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

I used the tips in this blog to support a colleague and it made a huge difference. Thanks for writing it Peter.

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Planning CPD/training for this year’s development priorities?

I’m now available to work with schools & teachers.

Including for key stage 3 & GCSE religious studies.

If you’d like to work together then please make contact via my website.

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