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TT427: Ever Increasing Circles

October 29, 2019 Kay WebbTeaching and Training

“When you drop a pebble into a pond, ripples spread out, changing all the water in the pool. The ripples hit the shore and rebound, bumping into one another, breaking each other apart. In some small way, the pond is never the same again.” ( Neal Shusterman) When I took on the hub leader role for Learn, Teach Lead RE Wirral group (LTLRE) I had no idea of the effect it would have on me or on the colleagues I worked with. I am in the privileged position of being the RE subject leader in a church school where CPD […]

TT400: The Impact of Understanding Christianity

July 9, 2019September 10, 2019 Kay WebbTeaching and Training

In school, we learn History and, should we wish, we transfer to History A Level and perhaps a degree in History. If Geography is what really floats your boat, then a Geography degree could be in your future. Pick an element of Science – physics, biology or chemistry – and you can find numerous degrees focused on a particular strand of that science. If you enjoy RE at school however, what degree subjects are available to you? The majority of them include the word theology or even philosophy. RE is perhaps the only multidisciplinary subject striving to seek a balance […]