This one-day practical workshop is aimed at all headteachers and senior leaders within Voluntary Aided, Voluntary Controlled, Foundation church schools and academies. The course comprises: A whole day focusing on the new SIAMS Framework for 2023 Exploration of the philosophy and thinking behind the framework Networking to explore how to gather evidence for the six […]
Julian of Norwich May Festival including Julian Lecture delivered by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams The Julian of Norwich Festival week in May will include a sculpture workshop, book launch, the performance of a new play, and The Friends’ 40th anniversary Julian Lecture by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. This year’s Julian Festival […]
Sight Loss Friendly Church (SLFC) is our exciting initiative to help churches to become accessible for people with sight loss. SLFC are providing some free sessions on Zoom for churches to find out more about SLFC. Introduction to SLFC is a 45 minutes session on zoom. This session covers a brief overview of what it […]
The Racial Justice Working Group is a committed community of people who work together to promote equality and racial justice within education. As a collective, we work together to raise awareness, improve representation, develop understanding of issues and advocate for policies that promote equity and inclusion. Joining the racial justice working group can be a […]
Collective Worship is designed to be the heartbeat of any school day and this half day network gives an opportunity to explore best practice. This session offers the opportunity to network with other Collective Worship leads and keep up to date with the latest resources, considering the SIAMS Framework 2023. A golden thread throughout each […]
Sight Loss Friendly Church (SLFC) is our exciting initiative to help churches to become accessible for people with sight loss. SLFC are providing some free sessions on Zoom for churches to find out more about SLFC. SLFC Q&A is a 1 hour session where you can meet SLFC's expert panel from Torch Trust and ask […]
RE is a creative subject! Often RE can seem hard to access and hard for many children to visualise. This half day course will explore how images and artwork can be used to a) introduce a concept in RE b) be a stimulus to generate curiosity in pupils c) be a way to capture learning […]
Description: An opportunity for all church school and academy Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers and Heads of school to contribute to the implementation and further development of the Diocese’s Education Strategy. This forum is where we can ‘do business’ together! As a family of church schools there will be a particular focus on aspects related to Christian […]
This half day practical workshop is aimed at school staff who are interested in developing spirituality with their pupils and wider school community. Based on extensive research and practical experience – the session will explore the three aspects of spiritual development, prayer and reflection. It will offer practical ideas to develop these in school and […]
This session provides an opportunity for RE leads to moderate RE across the Diocese. It will enable colleagues to share experiences of assessing pupils using the age-related expectations, support professional dialogue about learning in RE and provide ways of ensuring there is standardisation in terms of achievement in RE. It will begin to consider how […]
This session on ZOOM is designed to explore what racial justice means in a theological, philosophical and social context within RE. How we can challenge viewpoints using practical resources within RE and expand pupil’s ideas and concepts. A range of resources and framework of ideas will be provided to schools to take away and try. […]
The aim of these sessions is to equip RE leaders to share effective practice with others and promote RE in their locality. An invitation and agenda will be sent to all schools a month before each session and posted on the diocesan website. This group is affiliated to NATRE / functions as a NATRE local […]
