Sarah Blair’s excellent presentation on “Increasing Engagement in the BGE,” outlined strategies she uses at Lasswade High School to make RMPS engaging for pupils. Her core aim is to foster keen learners and increase potential uptake in the senior phase by addressing questions about the subject’s relevancy. This is achieved Read more
As we aspire to the safe and thriving futures we want for faith communities in Scotland, we must prioritise the education of today’s young people.
Festival events for Scottish Interfaith Week 2025 will explore the key priorities of Scotland’s youth: Education, climate, mental health, poverty and discrimination.
Our hope is to encourage young people to engage in the festival, learn about other cultures and meet people from diverse religious and belief backgrounds.
When we make space for dialogue and understanding, our whole society flourishes.
Find out about our competition for schools and ways to engage young people in the festival.
Two years before the release of ‘Adolescence’, and around the time we started hearing about someone called Andrew Tait, our department planned a series of BGE lessons with the aim of helping our pupils to become better thinkers. We wanted our pupils to see that, in an increasingly polarised world, settling for easy answers is often a mistake. Two years later, this unit is receiving top feedback from S4 pupils and even increasing our SQA course uptake. This session will look at the process of planning the unit, its content, and will share details of how to access the lessons and documentary clips used.
It’s that time of year again! We would love to highlight resources from our friends at the Scottish Bible Society. As part of their Must Know Bible Series they have a whole suite of resources centred around The Christmas Story. The resources are linked to the curriculum, include lesson plans, Read more
The session focuses on enhancing positive classroom participation in RMPS, particularly through innovative teaching methods for Buddhism. It will include sharing resources and task ideas, such as an interactive “Puja and Buddhist Worship Workshop.” Participants will exchange effective practices, lesson strategies, and approaches that foster engagement.
John McColl, Linwood High School Learning and Teaching of Higher will depend on your own context. The whole Course Specification is worth reading. There are A LOT of good support notes in it, in addition to what you need to teach so read it all the way through. Use the Read more