I’ve just completed a series of lessons for yr7 looking at what is ‘radical’ about Jesus based on the gospels. Important considerations: Which Jesus are you representing? From what viewpoint are you seeing Jesus? My thoughts on decolonising/avoiding Christian-centric teaching 🧵 Seemingly obvious but students are shocked when I tell them this: Jesus was Jewish, he was not a Christian. Mary, Joseph, and all his disciples - Jewish. The Father Jesus prays to is the God of the Hebrew Scriptures. Talk about the presentation at the Temple:

My summer school sessions for new year 7s was all about conceptualising Worldview, as we call RE ‘Religion and Worldviews’. I was nervous to do an hour on this. If you are too, read on to see how I tackled worldview with 11 y/o’s, their work, some advice and resources #TeamRE 🧵 We started by exploring what Worldview (WV) means, and how religions are WVs. I then explained how not everyone is religious, but everyone has a worldview. All of them in the room. I used Theos’ ‘Nobody Stands Nowhere’ video which is visually rich and sparks conversation.