Jonathan Penn

Personal update: It’s been a while since I posted anything but I am back in the secondary classroom living in SE Asia. I’m teaching history this time round! 🥳

Who would be your essential follows for everything history related? 😀

So... I'd love some teachers from the #RE and also #primary sector to read and review my book 📚😌 please message me or tag in response to this! And please retweet 🤍 #teamRE #PrimarySchool @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Duolingo teaching me to read Descartes in Vietnamese 😂 #TeamRE

I’ve thought it’s interesting when pupils write that Jesus died for our sins in exam questions etc - do you think that students should keep their answers religion neutral? Or is it fine to write like that? I do agree that it shouldn’t be taught using that language as I’d see that as confessional

Real treat visiting the Buddha shrines and stupa near Krabi, Thailand and Tiger Cave

Understanding Sikhism by James Holt is really good and very detailed. Also I used the Collins: KS3 book by Neil McKain which I thought was good - and student friendly

Real treat from @theresthistory.bsky.social club for #TeamRE with the episode Charlemagne: Pagan Hunter for the @holland-tom.bsky.social ‘s description of Christianisation of Europe . I don’t think the episode is out yet on the free version but great to look forward to for RE/History nerds like me

Great to see you on this app!

Tomorrow - unbelievable drama on @theresthistory.bsky.social, as we continue our series on NELSON!

Glory, then disaster, as he boldly disobeys his admiral's orders, captures 2 ships, almost single-handedly defeats a much larger fleet – & then, carried away, loses his arm...

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I usually listen to historical podcasts when doing house chores, so now I am actually looking forward to unloading/loading the dishwasher because I want to know what happened during the French Revolution. No spoilers!

Incidentally, "The rest is history" is a great podcast.

This Brilliant Comic Strip On Rich Vs Poor Upbringing Shows What Privilege Is All About Auckland-based illustrator Toby Morris reminds us that not everyone gets the same privileges in life, with this brilliant comic titled "On a Plate". The

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I enjoyed this comic strip

Try to enjoy it! I always liked the 10 - 15 miles on my training runs. Chance to really get into the countryside too

Like anything - skills need to be rehearsed otherwise they slip the memory. I believe that exposure throughout school would be effective such as learning it early and revisiting through other subject matter.

“Noise begets noise… When you call a register, or answer a question or tell a student across the class to get started, you break that spell and the other students – whose attention has not yet concretised around their task – start to bubble up too.”

Spend this weekend cruising around Halong Bay! 😀❤️

#TeamRE Well done to all you ethics teachers!

Lastly - I know others have said it but the REpodcast’s decolonising the curriculum series have been amazing at bringing me into the conversation about Dharmic Traditions and how to best present them especially considering potential challenges of using language - so another recommendation for that

Thirdly, I want to recommend James Holts “Understanding Series”- I have only read the Sikhism one but there’s also Buddhism out and Hinduism is due for release next month. Now these are definitely for depth of subject knowledge but there are great insights for how to bring them alive in classrooms

Love, Faith and Me Love, relationships, family life and having children. Personal stories reflecting on the biggest milestones in life, as seen from the perspectives of different faiths.

Secondly, I’ve seen lots of people asking about showing lived experience in the UK but I’ve not seen others recommending the Love, Faith and Me series on bbc player www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... 5 episodes that deal with real issues (lgbt/fertility/dating) from 5 of the major religions (no Buddhism)

Firstly, no better resource for helping me teach Buddhism than the Teaching Buddhism Blog which is a project between Edinburgh/Cambridge blogs.ed.ac.uk/teachingbudd... the two video series they have Introduction/who is the Buddha come with full videos as well as, generously shared PPT with notes!

Just caught up with a few bits from the #TeamRE. #REchatUK on X. I’ve changed my X account to be more personal and less professional but I can’t help but join in the conversation. I’m sorry I missed it at the time I was flying to Vietnam. Made some recommendations that I’ll also post on this thread

Brilliant! WW2 museum too! We got cheap flights from Bristol airport. If you do go there’s an awesome dumpling place I would recommend. Steam and fried vegan dumplings blew my mind.

Gdańsk is under-rated! we went there in April this year and had some terrific vegan options and some awesome tourist attractions. Very affordable city too!

This Sentientism webinar is well worth attending! It’s completely FREE too 😀 Great to see this making its way to the curriculum #TeamRE

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Brilliant what a fantastic new chapter and life is all about this - exciting and well done

Thank you! Not initially. Holidaying first and then looking to explore different options.
Partner works for the charity: AnimalsAsia so that’s why we’re making the move.

Thanks for the recommendation, I followed her on X but good to connect here also 😀

Thank you! One way ticket Heathrow to Hanoi on Monday 😅😅

Very excited tho nervously trying to sort everything now

As I move to Asia I’m hoping to create a bit of RE content and use YouTube a bit more.

YouTube video by Jon Penn Livity of Rasta

#TeamRE Old video I’ve worked on previously on Rastafari- I edited out age inappropriate content and manually added subtitles. Suitable for KS3/KS4. Had to reupload as lost access to previous account.
Enjoy!

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