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Art in Heaven Competition
Teachers Resources
Easter Project 2004
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This is a
resource based at All Saints Church, Dedworth set up in September 2002
specifically to serve the 5 schools situated within Dedworth. In September 2004
it expanded to include the schools in the parish of Clewer: -
First Schools


What is it?
Festivals Calendar
Assembly Planning
Links
RE Roadshow
Faith Week
Exhibition
What is it?
The RE Resource Centre is based at St Agnes Music and Faith Centre, St Leonard's
Road, Windsor, SL4 3DX. It dedicates itself to supporting the nine schools in
the two parishes, six “First” and two “Middle” schools, and one "Upper" school:
First Schools:
o
Alexander
o
Hilltop
o
Dedworth
o
Homer
o
Clewer Green
Middle Schools:
o
Dedworth
o
St Edward's Royal Free (Aided)
Upper School: Windsor Girls
It
aims to support these schools in their drive to encourage pupils to explore the
Christian faith and develop a moral framework for life, in line with the
National Curriculum and SACRE.
The Resource
Centre intends to: -
o
Offer opportunities for staff to meet personnel from the resource centre for
practical help and
encouragement.
o
Offer opportunities for schools to come to the Resource Centre for festive
presentations and to
learn about Christian ceremonies.
o
Provide
personnel to go into schools to take assemblies, RE Roadshows and RE lessons,
and give
on-site presentations as required.
o
Run
seminars where local teachers of RE will be able to meet together, and learn
from visiting
speakers.
o
Offer resource material on loan
o
Introduce staff to people who can fulfill requirements which the Centre staff
are not able to meet.
For details
please contact Rev. Louise or Ruth Norris (Tel. 01753
869787 or email
info@allsaintschurchwindsor.co.uk
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Festivals Calendar
The information for this table was taken from the RE online website http://www.reonline.org.uk/festivals.php
and the
BBC website on http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/tools/calendar/.
It is based primarily on the six major religions, but includes some other
notable dates.
If you want to know what any one of them is about please contact the Resource
Centre and ask.
Christianity V, Judaism
Y, Islam
Z, Hinduism
\,
Sikhism ¢
, Buddhism {
|
Month |
Date |
Religion
|
Festival
|
|
|
Sept/Oct |
V |
Harvest – thanking
God for his goodness |
|
September |
5th |
Z |
Laitat-Ul-Qadr –
Night of Power – Qu’ran revealed |
|
|
8th |
V |
Birthday of the
Virgin Mary |
|
|
9th |
Y |
Rosh Hashanah
(Jewish New Year’s Day) |
|
|
10th |
Z |
Eid- ul- Fitr –
feast at the end of fast of Ramadan * Lasts 3 days |
|
|
11th |
\ |
Ganesh Chaturthi –
birthday of Lord Ganesh |
|
|
18th |
Y |
Yom Kippur (Day of
Atonement) fasting |
|
|
23rd
(until 1st Oct) |
Y |
Sukkot (Feast of
Tabanacles – Harvest Festival) |
|
|
29th |
V |
St Michael’s and All
Angels (Michaelmas) |
|
|
30th/1st
Oct |
Y |
Shemini Atzeret –
rejoicing in the Torah |
|
October |
8th –
16th |
\ |
Navaratri /Durga
Puja/Dusserah – start of 9 nights symbolising the triumph of good over
evil and the start of autumn |
|
|
9th |
¢ |
Birthday of Guru Ram
Das (Nanakshahi calendar) 4th Sikh Guru 1534 |
|
|
10th –
17th |
|
Inter Faith Week of
Prayer for World Peace |
|
|
13th |
V |
St Edward’s Day –
the Confessor and King |
|
|
17th |
\ |
Dussera – celebrates
Lord Rama’s victory over the evil demon Ravana |
|
|
22nd |
{ |
Pavarana or Sangha
Day – ‘to invite’ to reprove |
|
November |
1st |
V |
All Saints’ Day
(also called All Hallows’) |
|
|
2nd |
V |
All Souls’ Day –
remembering those who have died - since 998AD |
|
|
5th |
\ ¢ |
Diwali (Deepavali)
festival of lights Rama & Sita return. 6th guru released
from prison |
|
|
5th |
{ |
Kathina Day
(Theravada Buddhism) marking the end of 3 month Rains Retreat for monks
** |
|
|
11th |
|
Armistice day for
those who have died in recent wars, Marks the end of WW1 |
|
|
14th |
|
Remembrance Sunday |
|
|
16th/17th |
Z |
Eid-ul-Adha –
Festival of Sacrifice, end of Hajj* |
|
|
21st |
¢ |
Birthday of Guru
Nanak (1st Guru - 1469) Gurpurb |
|
|
24th |
¢ |
Martyrdom of Guru
Tegh Bahadur (9th Guru - 1675) |
|
|
28th |
V |
Advent Sunday –
preparation for Christmas waiting |
|
|
30th |
V |
St Andrew’s Day –
patron saint of Scotland |
|
December |
2nd – 9th |
Y |
Hanukkah –
rededication of Temple -8 candles |
|
|
6th |
V |
St. Nicholas Day |
|
|
7th |
Z |
Al-Hijira – Islamic
new year (1425 AH) |
|
|
8th |
V |
Immaculate
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic tradition) |
|
|
8th |
{ |
Bodhi Day -
celebration of enlightenment |
|
|
13th |
V |
St. Lucy’s Day –
patron of the blind |
|
|
16th |
Z |
Ashura – Shi’ite day
of mourning |
|
|
17th |
|
End of Term |
|
|
24th |
V |
Christmas Eve carol
services, Christingles and Midnight Mass |
|
|
25th |
V |
Christmas Day –
birth of Jesus Christ |
|
|
26th |
V |
St Stephen’s Day /
Feast of Stephen |
* Please note
that the Islamic dates are subject to the visibility of the moon at Mecca.
** Please
note that the date varies according to when the rainy season arrives in
different countries.
- Islamic dates subject to visibility of new moon at
Mecca
Assembly planning
This is always difficult
and tends to be rushed so why don't you ask us for help? Also here are a few
websites
which may be of use to you:
http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/
Follow the links for Teachers' Cupboard and then Collective Worship
www.assemblies.org.uk
http://www.culham.ac.uk/cw/index_fsc.html
http://www.schoolswork.co.uk/resourcetoolkit/category/assembly/
RE Roadshow

The News - This is a new venture for 2010.
Five of our local First schools have been invited to take up
the opportunity of having the Roadshow team come into their schools and take
a day of cross-curricular Religious Education. All have accepted and have
asked to work with our team. This maximizes the staff: pupil ratio for the
day and means that groups are rarely larger than 8 children to an adult. The
first three were highly acclaimed. The children had a good day filled with
fun and a wide variety in activities. The staff enjoyed a reduction in
pressure and a chance to spend more time with individuals. The Roadshow team
all enjoyed the chance to spend time taking to the children about their
faith in a highly structured and non-pressurized day.
From the advertising leaflet: The Roadshow is a new venture for 2010
for the RE Resource Centre which has served the schools in the parishes of
Dedworth and Clewer for eight years. It builds upon the successful
exhibition held at
St Agnes Music and Faith Centre
in St Leonard’s Road in June 2009, by offering to work with our schools, in
our schools in bringing the Bible to life.
Each of the suggested Roadshows offers different activities and experiences,
and opportunities for pupils to encounter religion through visitors to the
school. The
Rose Report
encourages schools to be
flexible in planning their curriculum to meet the national entitlement and
yet to adapt it according to their local circumstances and resources.
Our careful planning ties each of the Roadshows to the
Attainment Targets
in the SACRE Agreed Syllabus.
Roadshows offered in this series: -
· Consider
the lilies of the field
· Jesus
at the door
· Mary
washes Jesus’ feet
· Feeding
5000
· The
wedding at Cana
· Jesus
heals by touch
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