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Name: Standing Advisory Committee on Religious Education (SACRE) - Agreed Syllabus Conference.
Start: 2024-09-05T15:00:00Z
End: 2024-09-05T19:00:00Z
Location: 007a - Civic Office

Standing Advisory Committee on Religious Education (SACRE) - Agreed Syllabus Conference. - Doncaster

Agenda

Published

Minutes

Published

Meeting Times

Scheduled Time

Start:
Thursday, 5th September 2024
4:00 PM

End:
Thursday, 5th September 2024
8:00 PM

Meeting Status

Status:
Confirmed

Date:
05 Sep 2024

Location:
007a - Civic Office

Meeting Attendees

Committee Member

Councillor Martin Greenhalgh

Conservative

Apologies

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Committee Member

Mrs Pahani Kaur

Expected

Chair

Mr Bob Kiddle

Present, as expected

Committee Member

Lucy Saxton

Expected

Committee Member

Support Assistance

Mary Sivaanbu

Expected

Committee Member

Mr S Syed

Expected

Committee Member

Mrs Sally Faulkner

Expected

Committee Member

Danielle Heath

Present, as expected, virtual

Committee Member

Tara Moxon

Present, as expected, virtual

Committee Member

Jemma Gelder

Expected

Committee Member

Vanessa Gregory

Expected

Committee Member

Harvey Kasin

Present, as expected, virtual

Committee Member

Amy Roddam

Expected

Committee Member

Mr Andy Wright

Present, as expected

Officer

Head of Service - Education

Jane Reed

Present, as expected

Officer

Learning Standards and Effectiveness Officer

Sameena Choudry

Present, as expected

Vice-Chair

Councillor Glynis Smith

Present, as expected

Committee Member

Councillor Yetunde Elebuibon

Present, as expected, virtual

Committee Member

Councillor Sue Knowles

Apologies

Committee Member

Jugtinder Singh

Present, as expected, virtual

Agenda

2 Declarations of Interest, if any.

Minutes There were no declarations made at the meeting.

3 Minutes of the meeting held on 25th July, 2024

Attachments:

Document 250724 28 Aug 2024

Minutes RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 25 July, 2024, be approved as a true record and were signed by the Chair.

4 Introduction and Welcome to Pennine Learning and Alastair Ross

Minutes The Chair, Bob Kiddle welcomed all the Members to the meeting and was pleased to see that the meeting was quorate in order to acknowledge the appontment of Pennine Learning. Alastair Ross, the representiative from Pennine Learning was in attendance at the meeting and was warmly wleocmed by the Committee.

5 Overview of syllabus and localisation with ASC (AR).

https://www.penninelearning.com/media/m5fplaws/believing-and-belonging-precis_w-yorks_2024_online.pdf

Attachments:

Document Appendix 1a - Example of Local RE support 28 Aug 2024
Document Appendix 1b Core and Focus Units of Work (002) 28 Aug 2024

Minutes Following his introduction to the Committee Alastair Ross gave a presentation to the SACRE with all the key information they needed to know regarding the implementation of the new syllabus.

The presentation was interesting and informative providing information on potential training courses that could be participated in by schools and providers as well as guidance sources for use and further development.

The Committee noted that diversity was now multi-faceted within society and religious education does not apply to only ethnicity or faith and therefore engagement across all faiths and ethnicities was imperative to ensure tolerance, knowledge and understanding. Therefore, the syllabus provided by Pennine Learning encouraged the use of different resources and engagement to widen the learning undertaken.

Through the course of the presentation, it was outlined that Pennine Learning presented schools with 6 pathways to follow which aimed to ensure that the syllabus was inclusive for all throughout all key stages of religious education. These pathways are detailed as follows: -

· Expressing Beliefs

· A good life

· Personal Journey

· Influence and Authority

· Philosophy – the Questions of Life

Members had a strong and robust discussion surrounding all the issues presented to them and were given the opportunity to voice any concerns and the Committee was provided with further information on all issues raised. Members were pleased to note that Pennine Learning were keen to work alongside local authorities and all their schools whether these be authority-maintained schools or independent non maintained schools and academies in order to encourage the use of all facilities and resources.

RESOLVED that the Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education noted the information provided and were pleased with the future appointment of Pennine Learning for the provision of the Agreed Syllabus.

6 Forward Plan with key dates and events for the delivery of the new RE syllabus (AR).

Attachments:

Document ASC Local Agreed Syllabus Timeline 28 Aug 2024

Minutes SACRE were provided with the timeline for the delivery and implementation of the new RE Syllabus in Doncaster.

Officers informed the Committee that it was hoped that this would be introduced to stakeholders officially in early May 2025 with the official launce into the school curriculum in September 2025 at the start of the new school year.

RESOLVED that the timeline for the launch and implementation of the new agreed syllabus be noted.

7 Launch Event (agree venue) (SC)

Minutes Members had a discussion with officers with regard to the launch event scheduled to take place in May 2025.

A number of venues were put forward as possibities, which officers took note of to explore the viability and suitability of.

Additionally, dates were discussed, with officers advised to avoid Friday, 2nd May, 2025 due to local and Mayoral elections within Doncaster. Members would be unable to attend any event on this date and in order to support the launch and implementation of the syllabus they requested that alternative dates be looked at.

RESOLVED that the points discussed be noted.

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