Dear SACRE/RE Advisors based in the South West and Wales
We
are a group of Buddhist volunteers from all traditions engaged with
SACRE and RE support, concerned about the formidable challenges that
nowadays the Religious Education community and organisations are facing
in England and Wales.
As
result, and a first step, we would like to make contact
with teachers of RE, and RE Advisors, with the aim of establishing a
long term relationship and partnership with them, to ensure that they
are well supported in the teaching of Buddhism in schools, and can do it
with confidence.
We
are very grateful to the NATRE/NASACRE personnel for helping us set up a
couple of surveys aimed at Primary and Secondary teachers of RE: the
aim is to try and find out what is happening and what is really needed,
and therefore how we can help.
The fact finding exercise could be followed by an initial event in London, to launch the
initiative, possibly half way through November, or the beginning of next year, at which RE
teachers and Advisors would be invited. That could be followed by other local meetings in your area.
We
would be grateful if you could brief your SACREs on the matter, and
encouraged your local RE teachers to participate in the survey. (see
links below).
Also we would appreciate it if you could ask your SACRE Buddhist Reps to contact us with a view to getting involved.
Thank you for all you can do.
With kind regards
The SACRE and RE Buddhist
Support Group
The links:
The same surveys are also reacheable via the NATRE web site.
contact details:
mariano marcigaglia (Southwark SACRE) mmarcigaglia@yahoo.co.uk
07703 519478(Local contacts : Jo Backus (Bath) and Michael Keogh (Somerset), emails in the cc field)
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