In addition to publishing resources BRF also offers INSET sessions for teachers in conjunction with the QCA scheme of work requirements in RE for Key Stage 1 and 2 and PSHE/Citizenship within the National Curriculum. There is also the opportunity to include within the INSET programme an element of 'Quiet Spaces' - an enriching and enjoyable time for the staff to be still and reflect on wider questions than day-to-day teaching.
INSET sessions may be a full or half day, or a two-hour twilight session.
Click on the links below for further details of each INSET session available
INSET Session A: Using drama in RE
Using tried and tested drama techniques can give your RE teaching a new lease of life. Drama is an ideal way for children to enter imaginatively into the world of the Bible, experience what the characters might have felt, and learn through activities what their conflicts, decisions and dilemmas meant then and might mean today. Drama, presented sensitively, is also great fun. This training session is bulging with ideas, and gives you a chance to try out plenty of new games and strategies for yourself.
INSET Session B: Storytelling and the Bible
The Bible is a rich source of stories, which not only entertain but are also an ideal teaching medium. How can we tell these stories effectively to a media-conditioned generation? How can we help children to reflect on them, own them and learn from them? This session will introduce you to an exciting range of interactive ways to tell a story, to lift it from the page of a book and bring it to life.
INSET Session C: Collective Worship
Collective worship in the primary school is an occasion to look forward to. This session will offer suggestions for putting across your story or thought in a way which will hold the children’s attention. From having fun with stories to making a space for silence, reflection and prayer, this session aims to inspire you to look forward to your turn on the rota!
INSET Session D: Art and spirituality
Christianity has inspired some the world's most famous pieces of art in a variety of media. Using paintings, icons and drawings from this country and across the world, which connect with Bible stories, the sessions will look at ways in which these visual representations can enable children to explore issues of spirituality, with the use of wondering questions, imaginative discussion and a creative response . The session will also look into how art can more generally help schools resource spiritual development across the curriculum.
INSET Session E: Cross-curricular RE
One of the aims of the National Curriculum is to enable pupils’ spiritual development within the whole range of subjects taught in school. It is often difficult, however, to dedicate specific and regular time to RE as a subject. This session will look into ideas and resources for such spiritual development through a cross-curricular approach. This could include any one of the following: creative writing, music, dance, art, PSHE and citizenship. Using the Bible in particular as a creative resource book for this, there will be plenty of ideas as to how to take RE to the parts of the curriculum, which traditional RE teaching never reached!
INSET Session F: Quiet Spaces
A time of guided reflection for teachers, based on Bible stories with space for groups and individual response. An opportunity to sit back, reflect on the wider questions in a Christian context and benefit from regaining a sense of perspective on the everyday.This could be a session within a training day, a stand-alone session or a whole day event.
Availability, Timing, Costs
Full day (up to 6 hours): £325 plus travel
Half day (up to 3 hours): £225 plus travel
Twilight session (up to 2 hours): £150 plus travel
NB The maximum number that can attend an INSET session is 30
How do I book?
- Decide the date you would like the INSET session to take place and telephone Martin Gee at BRF on 01865 319704 to check that this date is available.
- Once the date has been accepted, complete and the booking form to BRF, along with a map or travel directions to the school and a non-returnable deposit. Please make cheques payable to BRF.
- A contract will be sent to you and the facilitator will telephone you to discuss the day.
- The balance is payable within 7 days of the INSET session. An invoice will be sent from BRF.
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