Breathe RE
Religious education training and consultancy
SMSC and Collective Worship Training Packages
1 Developing understanding of Britain and Britishness
The new inspection guidance seeks to recognise the key role that Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development and Religious Education (RE) play in ensuring a breadth of education that will offer children a vision and understanding of Britain and the wider world as populated by diverse peoples. Placing mutual respect for the diversity of different faiths at the heart of the curriculum means actively exploring faith and belief in Britain today. Delegates will consider how RE enables pupils to be reflective about their own beliefs, religious or otherwise and to explore their identity and belonging, considering what this means in a national community increasingly defined by multi-faith, multicultural values. Through a mix of direct input and practical application, colleagues will examine creative approaches to ensure that they enhance SMSC through a broad and balanced RE curriculum.
2 Enhancing SMSC development through Collective Worship
The new inspection guidance seeks to recognise the key role that Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development and Religious Education (RE) play in ensuring a breadth of education that will offer children a vision and understanding of Britain and the wider world as populated by diverse peoples. Placing mutual respect for the diversity of different faiths at the heart of the curriculum means actively exploring faith and belief in Britain today. Delegates will consider how RE enables pupils to be reflective about their own beliefs, religious or otherwise and to explore their identity and belonging, considering what this means in a national community increasingly defined by multi-faith, multicultural values. Through a mix of direct input and practical application, colleagues will examine creative approaches to ensure that they enhance SMSC through a broad and balanced RE curriculum.
- give those responsible a clear understanding of the statutory requirements for collective worship
- explore ways of enhancing pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
- develop creative stratigies for actively engaging pupils in assemblies and through collective worship