One of my favourite personal Christmas traditions is my reverse Advent Calendar. I started doing this a few years ago & have continued to do it each year.

Want to know more about Strictly RE before buying your ticket? Listen to this episode live from last years event. Soundbites, interviews and my experience. Would love to see you there #TeamRE @natre-update.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Great article from @natre-update.bsky.social chair @katiekatie84.bsky.social making it clear how important well trained teachers of RE is for the implementation of quality RE.

Good to see this article in @tesmagazine.bsky.social about the need to address the postcode lottery of RE provision. Great work @katiekatie84.bsky.social #TeamRE www.tes.com/magazine/new...

This is such a useful document for RE teachers & leaders to understand what these recommendations will mean for our subject.

Pretty flowers from the garden. So pleased to have my kitchen looking like a kitchen after a week of having workmen in!

The bursary for RE teacher training will be withdrawn for 2026-27, worsening the national RE teacher shortage. #TeamRE Please support our campaign to reverse this decision. Full details: natre.org.uk/news/please-support-our-campaign-to-reverse-the-decision-to-remove-the-itt-bursary-for-re/

Thank you @natre-update.bsky.social for pointing this out. Good RE is so important to help children and young people navigate life. What can we do to help make the point?

Really looking forward to this. I always come away from #StrictlyRE inspired and with loads of ideas to put into place. It’s my favourite RE CPD event of the year.

Clematis still looking lovely and flowering well. It’s rather outgrown the space though so I may have to try to move it…

Please do complete this survey if you are a secondary teacher of RE/RVE/RME. Quality data helps @natre-update.bsky.social support you.

This will be a really useful resource to share with SLT and to use in Staff Meetings to explore with senior leaders and teachers why RE is important for all children and deserves its fair share of curriculum time.

Decided to pick a few flowers from garden to cheer up the kitchen. Not sure how long they’ll last but they look lovely right now.

@re-mcgee.bsky.social I have my first dahlia flower.

Well @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social #GB25 you were fabulous as ever. I explored the grounds, ran round the festival site for #Greenbeltrun, took part in worship & reflective activities, was challenged by talks, caught up with friends and enjoyed the creativity of the vibing team. See you next year.

Secondary teachers of RE please do fill this out. It produces really useful data which supports @natre-update.bsky.social to support you.

#GreenbeltRun and Volunteer Ts purchased, App downloaded, site safety induction completed. Time to plan for #GB25. So excited to catch up with my @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social friends. See you in the field soon!!

This will be really useful for Primary ECTs and new RE Subject Leaders as well.

Today’s act of #EverydayKindness, trying to work out which exit to take from the metro into Brussels Midi railway station. A lady wearing a hijab came up, asked if I wanted the railway station, pointed me in the right direction and said she was going there too so I could follow her.

This is such a brilliant idea.

Finished this today. Very thought provoking about human impact on the natural environment and what this means for wildlife.

Loving the combination of clematis and climbing rose on this fence.

NATRE's eighth national Secondary Survey is now open, and we want to hear directly from you about how curriculum changes are shaping RE in your classroom — whether you're teaching in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland www.natre.org.uk/news/latest-...

So many flowers in my little garden.

@re-mcgee.bsky.social my dahlias have started to grow.

Thinking about play and playful learning in RE in Reception for my PhD. Would any #EYFS people be able to point me in the direction of any published peer reviewed research that might help me @ruthswailes.bsky.social @juliangrenier.bsky.social

I’m really looking forward to this.

6 DAYS TO GO-STILL TIME TO BOOK N & N E Lincs RE subject leaders network meeting Thursday 19th June 2025 16.30-17.30 Hindu Cultural Society, 86-88 Cleethorpes Road, Grimsby DN31 3EH Refreshments will be available Please fill in googleform to book your place. forms.gle/q8CmfKarVcKb...

I try to have something flowering every day of the year but as spring turns to summer the flowers are really coming into their own in my little garden.

Productive couple of days in the garden. It’s now looking much tidier and I’ve finally planted most of my dahlias! There are also far fewer plants waiting to be planted into the ground. Just the potager section to go now

N and N E Lincolnshire RE subject leaders network meeting Thursday 19th June 16.30-17.30 Hindu Cultural Society, 86-88 Cleethorpes Road, Grimsby DN31 3EH FOCUS: Teaching Hindu Dharma EYFS-KS4 Please fill in googleform to book your place. docs.google.com/forms/d/1v_f...

🎙️ Why is #PrimaryRE essential? "RE brings time within a busy curriculum for children to learn more about what it means to be human, time to explore different world views whilst establishing links to how people live", says faith, RE and community lead Liz Manning.

I’m not the biggest rhododendron fan (thanks to years of conservation volunteering where I’ve mostly met them growing in the wrong place) but this one was so lovely that I couldn’t resist it.

Looking forward to this. It will be useful for both primary and secondary teachers as we think about how RE in primary schools builds children’s knowledge and the similarities and differences in teaching and learning in the two phases.

Jobs for Saturday Deliver cake for church coffee morning & plant sale ✅ Car park marshal for parkrun ✅ Run a steady parkrun ✅ Select some bedding plants at plant sale to pick up later ✅ @natre-update.bsky.social online meeting - phew, just made it in time for the start!

Any other @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social attenders thinking that this year’s theme is becoming more relevant by the day?

Good luck for London marathon tomorrow @re-runner.bsky.social, @andylewis-re.bsky.social and any others on here I know. Hoping the temperatures are cooler than forecast and there’s less sun!

As an Early Years teacher & Primary RE Subject Leader I've loved doing the Edge Hill RE Summer School the past 2 years. The EHU staff have provided advice & support to enable me to carry out projects that have been of value in my class & school. Primary RE teachers do apply!

Another fabulous series of #pilgrimage. I loved the exploration of mixed faith marriage this evening. Great to hear their thoughts on the experience and what they have gained from it.

Another fascinating episode of #pilgrimage this evening. So interesting to hear the pilgrims stories and how their life experiences (& that of their families) has impacted their beliefs and how they live their lives.

Today’s essential #PhD tools… can you guess what today’s task is?

Are you a teacher of #RME in #Scotland ? Would you like to network with like-minded teachers? Please drop me a DM or leave a reply below and I’ll explain how @natre.bsky.social can help to set this up. 🤩

A very special #PhilosophyInTheWild #Philosophy & #Storytelling event at the #Haverhub this morning with wondrous @eloisewilliams.bsky.social (more updates to follow). A few signups couldn’t make it which means I have 4 copies of #EllensIsland to give away. Like & Repost to be added to the hat! 1/2

Lunch in the garden in the sunshine listening to the birds singing.

@re-mcgee.bsky.social it got to the top of my ‘to be read’ pile.

I'm doing a #FreeGiveaway of my latest book "The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching" to celebrate its publication! Repost this message to enter. Winner announced on 10th April. UK only. #EduSky #inclusion

Gardening folks. What’s this on my apple tree? Do I need to worry about it? Does it need treating?

Good way to finish half term, 8.5 mile training run (wind is character building…), a little bit of gardening and some baking (saffron buns).

@re-mcgee.bsky.social saw these today and thought of you!

Lovely day for a run. Signs of spring all around and 9 miles done.