Resources for faith schools
Faith, values and SRE, Sex Education Forum factsheet, 2005.
Twelve baskets, from the Methodist Church, has a range of useful resources linked to SEAL including the popular “A teacher’s dozen” assembly ideas.
Values for life: teaching Christian values in primary schools, Gloucester Diocesan Education Board. A resource to teach twelve carefully selected values over a two-year rolling programme. Each unit includes:
- whole school rationale for teaching values
- collective worship plans
- practical classroom activities
- Bible stories and stories from different religions
- cross-curricular links
- suggested literacy texts
- some links to SEAL resources.
Educating children and young people in school about marriage: a resource for teachers and governors, The National Society for a Christian Voice in Education, 2002.
A journey in love: a developmental programme for children in the primary years, by Groden, J. and O'Donnell, McCrimmon Publishing, 2006. The authors have collaborated with teachers and advisors and produced an SRE resource for primary schools intended to support teachers and parents in Catholic schools to enable the holistic growth of children. The resource includes:
- A section entitled The exploration of the mystery of love
- five units that connect every aspect of growth: physical, emotional, intellectual, social and spiritual
- relevant diagrams for lessons
- scriptural texts
- and a glossary of definitions for teachers.
A secondary school version was released in summer 2008.
All that I am, Diocesan Department of Religious Education, Birmingham Roman Catholic Diocese. This resource focuses on personal, social and spiritual education within schools. It provides a curriculum in SRE that is authentic to the Church's teaching. From Key Stage 2 to sixth form.
The Muslim Council of Britain wrote guidance for Meeting the needs of Muslim pupils in state schools; chapter 10 gives good practice advice for SRE.
