Video 3: – Hannah in conversation with the children from her class.

Background information on the pupils:

  • Two pupils are working at expected in RE.
  • Two pupils are working at greater depth in RE.
  • Three pupils are EAL.
  • One pupil is pupil premium.


Chapter 1: Enjoyment in RE

Hannah’s question: 

  • What do you enjoy about RE and can you tell us about a lesson this year that you have particularly enjoyed?


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Group Discussion
  • What do you notice about the children’s responses?
  • Do you get a sense from what you have heard, that the children enjoy RE? If so, what is it that they are saying that gives you that sense?
  • What do you think the purpose of asking the question is in terms of addressing children’s progress in RE?

Point to note:

  • It is essential that the teacher knows and has a copy of the RE curriculum when asking the question in order to gain a real understanding of whether, what the children are remembering, links with their prior learning.

Chapter 2: How children use the knowledge organiser.

Hannah’s questions:

• Can I ask you to talk through the knowledge organiser?
• Can you explain how these knowledge organisers help you with your RE learning?


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Group Discussion
  • From what you have just heard, discuss what you think the impact of the knowledge organiser is having on the following:
    • Children’s engagement in the RE lesson
    • Children’s ownership of their own learning
    • Children’s progress in RE
    • Children’s ability to remember and make links with prior learning

Also see:
Video 1 Part 2: Adapting a unit of learning to meet the needs of all, From the perspective of the RE leader. Chapter 5 here.
Video 2: How to teach Biblical text analysis effectively. Chapter 2 here.

Chapter 3: The lesson

Hannah’s question:

  • What did you learn in today’s lesson?


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Group Discussion
  • What do you notice about the children’s responses? What does it tell you about the learning that has taken place for all the children?
  • What does Hannah do in this part of the conversation that enables the children to go deeper with their answers?
  • What do you do in your classroom as a teacher to check that children have learnt?
  • What do you do as a RE lead to check that children are making progress in their RE learning?
  • What might you do next, in the light of what you have just heard?

Chapter 4: Challenge

Hannah’s question:

  • How were you challenged in today’s lesson?


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Also see:
Video 1 Part 1: Adapting a unit of learning to meet the needs of all, From a teacher’s perspective. Chapter 3 here.

 

Group Discussion
  • What do you notice about the children’s responses?
  • Discuss the children’s ability to reflect on their own learning.  Thoughts/reflections.
  • What can you say about the children’s religious literacy? What evidence are you basing your opinion on?

 

Point to note:  Hannah has the expectation that all learners should experience challenge within a lesson.

  • What does challenge look like in your classroom?
  • As the RE leader what does challenge look like in RE across the school?
  • What might you do differently in the light of what you have heard?

Chapter 5: Future learning

 


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Hannah’s question:

  • What are you looking forward to in the rest of this unit?

 

Group Discussion
  • What strategies and tools have the children been exposed to that has enabled them to have a desire and interest in wanting to know more? Do think this will make a difference in how they engage in the unit and if so why and how?
  • What might you do to ensure your children have a desire at the start of the unit to wanting to know more and to be engaged in the learning?