What we do

We deliver RE lessons on Christian topics in the local RE syllabus that range from Christmas and Easter sessions that you might expect, to more challenging topics such as Death and Difficult Questions.

For primary schools these lessons are delivered in church if possible, but some work equally well in a school hall. We present to whole year groups rather than a class at a time if we can.

We now have around 50 off-the-shelf lessons that are fast moving, multi-sensory and use a variety of learning strategies. Lessons may involve a mix of whole year and small group activities and include:

• Craft
• Drama
• Discussion
• Film clips
• Handling artefacts
• Quizzes
• Answering questions
• Use of worksheets

Every lesson is planned in detail and discussed with school staff beforehand. Our instructions and background notes explain just what's needed from volunteers during every activity.

We happily work with teachers to tailor lessons to meet specific learning objectives and develop new lessons to meet the way individual schools implement the local RE syllabus.

We also work with RE coordinators to ensure the programme of lessons we deliver across a school offers a progressive exploration of the key concepts of Christianity as children move through the school.

That's the nuts and bolts of what we do in Reading.

Elsewhere we'll do whatever we can to help churches learn from our overwhelmingly positive experience of working with schools in Reading.