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Tonight 8-9pm, for a trial period, RE Chat will be on Bluesky. Saima and Chris from the NATRE Exec team will be discussing how we can support our children who are disadvantaged and those with SEND. We hope you can join the discussion. Remember to

On Monday 8-9pm, for a trial period, RE Chat will be on Bluesky. Saima and Chris from the NATRE Exec team will be discussing how we can support our children who are disadvantaged and those with SEND. It is sure to be such an important chat, we hope you can join the discussion. Remember to

Sign up for our next ‘Welcome webinar’ on 10th June - we will go through:
🧑🏽‍💻 What resources are available to you and how to access them
📩 What you get with your termly mailing
🫶🏼 How to become a part of NATRE Local Groups, and more
📒 CPD opportunities
✅ How to redeem voucher and access REtoday magazine and Professional REflection journal article and much more…

👉🏼 complete the online form natre.org.uk/events-courses/natre-introduction-webinars-2/

On Monday 8-9pm, for a trial period, RE Chat will be on Bluesky. Saima and Chris from the NATRE Exec team will be discussing how we can support our children who are disadvantaged and those with SEND. It is sure to be such an important chat, we hope you can join the discussion. Remember to add the hashtag

Sending warm wishes to everyone celebrating Eid today. May this special day bring joy and blessings to you and your loved ones. Eid Mubarak!

📚 New for : Dee Cowan reviews Secondary Religious Education in Action by NATRE exec Kinnaird .

Described as “an illuminating book - vital reading for all involved in secondary Religious Education”, the review highlights the book’s practical insight, thoughtful scholarship, and relevance for today’s RE classrooms.

A must-read for teachers, mentors, curriculum leaders, and anyone interested in the future of RE.

Read the full review here:
https://www.reonline.org.uk/2026/05/22/secondary-religious-education-in-action/

What happens when pupils start thinking like social scientists in their RE lessons?

In today’s Ways of Knowing Focus Week blog, Charlotte Newman explores how social sciences can help pupils move beyond simply learning about beliefs to investigating how religion and worldviews are lived, experienced and understood in the real world.

Students are introduced to disciplinary approaches through theology, philosophy and social sciences, learning not just content, but the tools and methods each discipline uses to construct knowledge.

Through surveys, interviews, census data and critical questioning, pupils begin to:

📊 analyse evidence
💭 question assumptions and stereotypes
🗣️ explore lived experience
🔍 interpret patterns in belief and belonging

The blog offers some great classroom examples, including pupils comparing their own research with national data and investigating how worldview questions are shaped by context, interpretation and methodology.

More: https://www.reonline.org.uk/2026/05/10/thinking-like-a-social-scientist-in-the-re-classroom/

What does it look like to help pupils “think like a theologian” in the secondary RE classroom?

In our next blog for , NATRE Vice Chair Joanne Harris explores approaches to teaching sacred texts through a disciplinary lens, helping pupils move beyond learning quotations towards deeper interpretation and understanding.

Read in full: https://www.reonline.org.uk/2026/05/10/thinking-like-a-theologian-practical-tools-for-reading-sacred-texts-in-the-secondary-re-classroom/