North Somerset Standing Advisory Council on Religious
Education (SACRE) is made up of representatives from the council,
local religious and teachers' organisations.
Every local education authority is required by law to establish
a SACRE to advise on matters relating to religious education and
collective worship.
Our mission statement is to provide high quality, informed
service in the LA and to schools regarding religious education and
collective worship in North Somerset.
We will try to ensure that schools are:
- Aware of the value of religious education and collective
worship, especially in contributing to pupils' spiritual, moral,
social and cultural development.
- Challenged to provide high quality collective worship and
religious education which meets the requirements of the locally
agreed syllabus (Awareness, Mystery and Value
- Supported by SACRE in providing them with information,
in-service training opportunities and professional
advice.
SACRE conducts all its business through the LA.
Other SACRE activities planned for the next two years
include:
- Gathering information about RE in schools
- Providing support for RE teaching and management through
in-service training, the website, conferences.
Keeping schools updated through termly RE Newsletters
- Encouraging specific support for RE teachers through the use of
information and communications technology
Supporting effective RE teaching and learning in the light of the
national initiatives for PSHE and Citizenship by providing
resources and exemplars
- Developing schemes of work to support Awareness, Mystery and
Value
- Working with representatives of faith communities to provide
guidance for schools.
North Somerset SACRE is made up of the following groups:
GROUP A : Christian and Other Religious Denominations
Chris Williamson - Free Churches Federal Council
Sylvia Best - Quaker Community
Kevin Magner - Roman Catholic Community
Sharda Panchal - Hindu Community
Jarnail Singh Sindhu - Sikh Community
Qari Majeed - Muslim Community
Vacancy - Buddhist Community
Vacancy - Jewish Community
Vacancy - Greek Orthodox Community
Group B : The Church of England
Pauline Dodds - Diocesan Schools Adviser
Vacancy
Naomi Sager - Diocese of Bath and Wells
Group C : Teachers' Associations
Vacancy - Secondary Heads Association
Vacancy - National Association of Headteachers
Pauline Davis - VOICE (formerly Professional Association of
Teachers)
Jenny Judd - Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Emma Smith - National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of
Women Teachers
Marianne McAleer - National Union of Teachers
Alison Russe - Headteachers Association of North Somerset
Group D : Local Education Authority
Councillor Howard Roberts
Councillor Tony Moulin - Chairman
Councillor Roz Willis
CO-OPTED
Jo Backus - Bath Spa University
Local Authority Officers
Colin Diamond - Director of Children's and Young People's
Services
Dave Francis - Associate Adviser for RE
Paul Jacobs - Head of School Improvement
Janet Wood - Clerk to the SACRE
HOW TO CONTACT SACRE
Write to:
Janet Wood
Clerk to SACRE
Democratic Services
PO Box 138,
Town Hall
Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1DZ
SACRE e-mail :
janet.wood@n-somerset.gov.uk
To contact Dave Francis, the Associate Adviser for RE e-mail :
mayfly@blueyonder.co.uk
or contact him through :
Carole Thorne
School Improvement Team
North Somerset Council
tel: 01275 884034
fax: 01275 884058
email:
carole.thorne@n-somerset.gov.uk
SACRE Publications
SACRE produces three
newsletters per year.
Other Dimensions : How R.E. Can Contribute
to PSHE & Citizenship at Key Stages 1 & 2
SACRE provides artefacts and other resources for schools.
These may be borrowed by schools from the following centres:
Christ Church CofE VC Primary School, Weston-super-Mare
(tel. 01934 620738)
Mary Elton Community Primary School, Clevedon
(tel. 01275 876432)
There are also resources available from the Diocesan Resource
Centre, Wells (tel. 01749 670777).
PUBLICATIONS
As well as the Locally Agreed Syllabus for RE, North Somerset SACRE
has produced guidance for schools on collective worship (Nourishing
the Spirit) spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and
how to make connections between RE, PSHE and Citizenship.
Nourishing the Spirit
Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural
Development
Other Dimensions - Primary
Awareness, Mystery and Value 2004
Awareness, Mystery and Value, 2004 : The Locally Agreed Syllabus
For Religious Education In North Somerset
SACRE is required to review the Agreed RE Syllabus within five
years of its implementation. A new LA syllabus has recently been
approved and sent out to all North Somerset schools.
The new syllabus contains:
attainment targets that meet national guidance
advice for teaching RE in Reception classes
strategies for teaching RE to pupils with different special
educational needs
ideas for extending learning for gifted and talented pupils
additional material for post-16 students
North Somerset SACRE also has its own agreed syllabus website
offering further practical guidance for schools at:
http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/amv/
SACRE
AWARENESS, MYSTERY AND VALUE: REVISED EDITION 2004
Schools should by now have received two copies of the new edition
of Awareness, Mystery and Value (AMV), the agreed syllabus for
religious education (RE) in Somerset and North Somerset.
This replaces the 1998 edition. The programmes of study in this new
edition remain in place, as does the structure of the syllabus, and
there is additional guidance for schools on the Foundation Stage
curriculum, on RE for pupils with learning difficulties, on RE for
able pupils and on RE for post 16 students.
There is a guide for RE Co-ordinators and Heads of Department on
how to use the new syllabus as well as additional notes on how to
ensure that RE is truly a subject for pupils from all religious and
cultural backgrounds.
Appendices from the old syllabus have not been reproduced; schools
should retain these in their old AMV binder and slide in the new
front cover and side strip.