Collective Worship remembering the life of Prince Philip

Schools may want to use collective worship to enable children to remember the life of HRH Duke of Edinburgh and pray for the Queen and the rest of the Royal family at this time. This collective worship offers a PowerPoint of photos with an accompanying script remembering different aspects of HRH’s long life and the chance to pause and reflect on what a life well-lived means for each one of us today.

• Download the PowerPoint slides and PDF script

Video Resources for RE: Real People Real faith

The Pan-Berkshire SACRE hub has commissioned a series of interviews filmed in locations across Berkshire, featuring local faith communities answering questions about their faith. They include Hindu, Shia Muslim, Anglican and Baptist Christian, Reform Jewish and Sikh faiths. You can watch them here. 

Two questions, specific to each key stage, were asked across the range of venues, and in most venues several people answered each question. This allows pupils and teachers to explore some of the diversity both between and within faith communities. 

The same six communities were interviewed at each key stage.
Each film has a page of notes outlining the key questions and concepts, with a brief summary of the answers and some suggested follow-on activities (accessible on the NATRE site here).

Powerpoint for Remembering Srebrenica Assembly with recording

 

This is the Powerpoint presentation for the Remembering Srebrenica assembly with the accompanying recording.

Please use this link to access the slide show.

Baha'i resources

 

The following new resources are available

·      Elevate, a project initiated by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the UK has lots of free video clips, quotes and images, all concerning spiritual upliftment. ‘The goal is to encourage elevated conversations, collective worship and actions in our communities and neighbourhoods which can slowly change our lives for the better.’ Check out the website for details www.elevateworld.org     

 

·           A Baha'i discussion piece on Social Cohesion  (possibly more suitable for older students) is available from the UK Baha'i Office of Public Affairs website, www.publicaffairs.bahai.org.uk/social-cohesion  -  there is an animated film called ‘What’s happening to our sense of community’ at the end of the article which is suitable for primary phase upwards.  The video explores how reconnecting with our local communities through voluntary service can affect both loneliness and social cohesion.