Some initial ideas for engaging our pupils with these two important topics.\n\nI will add to these but at least this will help you start thinking of ways to engage with your pupils' own life experience and be able to learn from what the religions teach about these subjects.\n\njust came on here to add a file and found this is not downloading! Not surprising then to have a bad rating. \n\nI will try to put this right.

All songs from CD 'All Is Well' by Jill Blackadder, Shetland Primary teacher. For CD and Sheet Music Email 'Jill Slee Blackadder' <Jill.blackadder@btinternet.com>, Christmas Spell uses the letters in the word Christmas to explore its theme, Peerie Doo (Little Dove in &'Shetlandese&';) is a counting song about the nativity. In 'Wha&'s faa&';n asleep by the Christmas Tree?' a family prepare for Christmas. These songs are sung by Shetland children and great with Primary + encourage discussion with older students.

based on Buddhist loving-kindness meditation, honed in class, good with all ages. Prepare it first by reading through aloud, adding pauses and extra detail to lengthen, reducing detail to shorten. In haste will add more later do give feedback please if you use DMC

Slide Show listed as video - closest description. Contact me 4 'sound track' for Inter Faith Workshops. Includes Chinese, African, Native American, Bah&'ai, Jain and Rastafarian texts/images + the &';Main Six'. Also uploaded in two sections as the full one won&'t load for some + a text only one (includes some images which communicate in a non-verbal way for follow-up work. Edit to suit your groups as full one is 25 mins. Contact me to suggest other images/text/music to use.. Do put some feedback and ratings

This file explores the answer a spiritual teacher gave to the question of Why Does A Mother Hit Her Child? Is she a bad mother? His answer was, No - she is not a bad mother, She just ran out of peace. Reflecting on this DurgaMata shares two stories about her honorary grandsons and mistakes they have made - in a cautionary tale the eldest (then aged 17) is sentenced for causing death by dangerous driving. In the story of my grandson's first child the younger one (now aged 22) is taken unconscious from his burning flat. I ask - What is inner peace and where can we obtain it? How can we support our students, some of whom will be seeing (or suffering from) Domestic Abuse of one kind or another - and what strategies can we give them to find peace for themselves and their families - and not grow up into adults who are likely to abuse their partners or children?

thoughts about Groupwork with a nice example on the Guru Granth Sahib.\n \nThe power point is in process - but offers some good visual material. You can save any slide you like. Just put save as jpeg and then current slide for the ones you want. You can then insert them on a publisher file and arrange to print out as resources for the group-work exercise - I've done a few.\n\n+ info about Gurmurki and Shabad Guru (spiritual sound in the writings and songs of the Guru Granth.)\n\nThanks to ballykl (TES)and the Oadby Punjabi School for added files on Mool Mantra

a range of articles on these topics from Internet including about the relationship between Shia and Sunni Muslims in Pakistan (most recent example of Religious Prejudice resulting in deaths that I know of - in 2013.) and some history of the Israel/Palestine conflict. I will add to this should other examples arise.

21st Feb is about my son singing on ATN Bangla Television I am so proud and happy. What a joy and a privilege to be able to have such a son and a link to such an inspiring event.\n25th - 28th about my struggles to teach the lad I work with and my new priority for progress.\n14th March includes catch up about a difficult week and 15-16 a paragraph about walking and breathing meditation from a book I am reading by Satish Kumar\n25 April - 2nd May back from New York, Alex and Birmingham.

I try to share the things that are interesting, things that make me think about life - not just the outer details of my days.\nBecause I do have an active spiritual life and practise meditation daily, this may bring a slightly different and more interesting perspective to things.\nBut I also share some of my weaknesses and the battles I fight.\nI have been encouraged to continue my blog by some very kind and sincere teachers.\nI think we have little that we can offer to the world other than who we are - so this is a bit of me.\nHappy Christmas to everyone.

This is also good for Post 16\n\nPart 1 = overview of Christianity\nPart 2 = three 'Christnn perspectives&' to aid understanding of what Christians are really like.\nThe Poster-information-sheets in bothPublisher and PDF \nChristian beliefs - Part 1 + 2 of a series by Emma Newby, adapted to give more insight into the diversity of Christian interpretation and belief.\nFiles of Bible References.\nThree files on interpretation of The Book of Revelation - extension work / Post 16\nPPt Slide-show on Parable of Sheep and Goats includes interfaith reflections.

the latest in the series.\n\nthe one on 2nd and 5th describes the workshop I gave at the 12th International Conference on Children's Spirituality - and some observations that my friend has seen when taking children around the St Julian of Norwich Shrine and at Walsingham. This would be useful when exploring Spiritual Experience and religion in today's world.\n\nmore later

More articles and information will be added. Please give me a pm with suggestions.\n\nmore articles here - thanks for suggestions and please continue to keep them coming - also comment on how you may use these in class.\n\nI hope to continue to add to and update this resource\n\nThanks - DurgaMata

A selection of articles and reflections on the subject of Anatta. I include several sources which explore Anatta and some exercises including an essay outline. Pupils and students can also use silent reflection to explore self and change, just watching their thoughts. Afterwards write notes of what they remember thinking about + colour code these notes, to show which thoughts related to past, present, future or the world of imagination. Then discuss observations re Anatta and Anicca.

1) an article relating to racism and religious intolerance. \n2) about the Royal Christening/Baptism a compilation of articles and comments about them.\n3) about spirituality being on the rise despite a decline in religious practice. \n4) doing Church without God. A new atheist/secular movement bases its meetings on traditional church services.\n5) Mo Ansar and Tommy of the EDL + documentary-link.\nI would appreciate any suggestions which you may find - to make this resource stronger and more useful.

This is a collection of articles and an interview about this important topic that is affecting more and more people in our nation. \n\nThe recession is supposed to be over but Red Cross surveys show that in Europe many more people are trapped in poverty and a recent survey revealed that in the UK the use of Food Banks has tripled since April, caused in a large part by changes to the Benefits System and the introduction of the Bedroom Tax.

1 kittens, Joy Weekend\n2 Ipswich weekend inc photos Indian Independence Day.\nThird = Facing History Seminar (re Holocaust) \nBlogs from 20th August to 4th September - the Spiritual Festival in New York. a bit unusual.\n6th Sep - back home kittens celibacy and God Realisation. 7th (with pics) of my spiritual Teacher.\n9th - reflections on wealth and oneness.\n11th Birmingham Expedition and chocolate. \n13th house-share tensions. Posters for the Concert\n25th catch up on postering news and an interview\n2nd Oct. Postering + people in Birmingham\n11th Oct (from 4th) preparing for the concert

continuing blog. The first two files include photos of the kitties. The on on 25th also includes some reflections on the meaning and significance of birthdays.\n30th is about presentation skill training and my workshop next week.\n1st has some sheets for next weeks workshop.the scanned texts (which come from the Interfaith video/slide-show) are loaded separately + original slide-Show they go with. - see http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Reflections-On-Life-part-2-InterFaith-with-music-6079804/ for original plus music

starting a new 'chapter&' with May - hope you find this month interesting even though a bit disjointed. \n\nMore disjointing came when Mum fell in May.- a very tough month emotionally in work and in the family. But that makes it interesting spiritually too. Slowly trying to get back up to date.\nAugust now. still a week behind. Much time going into a resource for Peace and Conflict, looking at Gaza - my thoughts and prayers are with all affected by war in this troubled time. Aug 5th part 1 good for RE - reflecting on Peace Concert pilgrimage in 1985

this is a resource in process, but because it will be good if more people work on it than me - and because, inspired by some videos which my friends brought to my attention I would like to meet people who would be interested in creating some great interfaith discussion videos - I am making it available here at this early stage. \nTrue this is not a worksheet or power-point but different articles on an important RE topic, selected over a period of more than a week, is a very useful start. Love and Peace DurgaMata

celebrates the relationship between a Spiritual Teacher / students or disciples, a time when Hindus re-dedicate themselves to their spiritual life. There are parallels here Islam during Ramadan and Judaism in celebrating the Sabbath. \n\na summary of Wikki on this, as a separate file, with questions is in process. If anyone uses this and would like to share lesson plan and feedback, that would be great. I aim to create some activities around this information.\n\nHappy Guru Purnima.