*Website of the moment*
Clear Vision Trust
Student Section
http://www.clear-vision.org/Students/Default.aspx
for images of the Buddha and downloadable stories
Click on the shortcuts below to take you to the section you need
Artefacts
Hinduism
Lesson resources
Baha’i
Humanism
Paganism
Buddhism
Islam
Sikhism
Calendars
Jainism
Statistics, news, opinion
Christianity
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Zoroastrianism
General links
Judaism
Good starting points
These are general websites with an RE focus. They offer a range of information and are often a good source of teaching materials.
BBC Religion and Ethics
www.bbc.co.uk/religion
Better RE
www.betterre.org.uk
Comparative Religion
www.comparative-religion.com/
Coxhoe Primary School
http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/RE.htm
Culham Institute
www.culham.ac.uk
Cumbria Lancashire Education on Line
www.cleo.net.uk/subjects.php
European Forum for Teachers of RE
http://www.eftre.net/
European Association for World Religions in RE
www.eawre.org
Faith Initiative
http://www.faithinitiative.co.uk/
Hertfordshire LEA
www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/re/
Gareth Pitchford’s Primary Resources
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/re/re.htm
General resources
http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/re/
Links4kids
http://www.links4kids.co.uk/religion.htm
People of faith
http://pof.reonline.org.uk
Professional Council for RE
www.pcfre.org.uk
QCA RE
http://www.qca.org.uk/7823.html
RE Council of England and Wales
www.religiouseducationcouncil.org
RE online
www.reonline.org.uk
Religious Resources
http://www.religiousresources.org/
RE Today
www.retoday.org.uk
Religious Studies on the Web
www.rsweb.org.uk
Religious Tolerance
www.religioustolerance.org
Schoolzone
www.schoolzone.co.uk/teachers/ szresources/curriculumguides/primary_RE.htm
Schoolzone review of websites
http://www.schoolzone.co.uk/resources/webguide/search/newsearch.asp?page=1
SHAP Working Party
www.shap.org
Teacher's TV
www.teachers.tv
TES free resources
http://www.tes.co.uk/resources/home.aspx
The RE Directory
www.theredirectory.org.uk
The Stapleford Centre
www.e-stapleford.co.uk
Top Marks
www.topmarks.co.uk
Woodlands School
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/calendars/index.htm
Respectful use of authentic items from faith communities can help make RE lessons come alive. They can be purchased from:
Artefacts to Order
www.artefactstoorder.com
Articles of Faith
www.articlesoffaith.co.uk
Religion in Evidence
http://www.tts-group.co.uk/
BBC calendar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/calendar/
Multi Faiths Festivals Calendar
http://www.multifaiths.com/main.aspx
Statistics, news and opinion
Adherents.com (statistics)
www.adherents.com
Children and World Views Project
http://www.cwvp.com/
Children Talking On Line
http://www.pcfre.org.uk/db/
National Statistics
www.statistics.gov.uk
News
www.onlinenewspapers.com
Peacemakers in the community
www.peacemakers.tv
Clip art
www.clipart.com
Damaris reonline (subscription)
http://www.damaris.org
Encounter Christianity
http://www.encounterchristianity.co.uk/
Quizzes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/interactive/quizzes/
Sacred Sites
http://www.sacredsites.com/index.html
Faiths and philosophies
Ascension of Baha'u'llah
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/bahai/holydays/
Birth of Baha‘u‘llah
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/bahai/holydays/index.shtml
Birth of the Bab
Day of the Covenant
Declaration of the Bab
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/bahai/holydays/declaration_bab.shtml
Martyrdom of the Bab
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/bahai/holydays/martyrdom.shtml
Naw-Rúz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/bahai/holydays/naw_ruz.shtml
Passing of Abdul Baha
Ridvan Festival
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/bahai/holydays/ridvan.shtml
Animal Ethics
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/animals/buddhism1.shtml
Bodhi Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/history/index.shtml
Buddha Mind
http://buddhamind.info/
Buddhanet
www.buddhanet.net
Buddhism, the basics
http://thebigview.com/buddhism/
Buddhist Temples
http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/shinto/budtemp.html
Dharma for Kids
http://www.dharmaforkids.com
Himalayan Art Resources
www.himalayanart.org
Losar: Tibetan New Year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/holydays/losar.shtml
Nichiren Buddhism
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/subdivisions/nichiren/
Nirvana Day, Parinirvava
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/holydays/parinirvana.shtml
Sangha day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/holydays/sangha.shtml
The Stupa Information page
http://www.stupa.org.nz
The Buddhist Society
www.thebuddhistsociety.org
The Karuna Trust
http://www.karuna.org
Tibet: Visual History On Line
www.visualtibet.org
Tibetan Paintings
www.tibetanpaintings.com
Wesak
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/holydays/
Advent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/advent/
All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/allsouls.shtml
Amish
http://amish.net
Art work for Bible Stories
Christianity and animals
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/animals/christianity1.shtml
Ascension Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/ascension.shtml
Ash Wednesday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/ashwednesday.shtml
Bible stories for KS1
http://topmarks.co.uk/teachers/religious.htm
Candlemas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/candlemas.shtml
Catholic Information Service
www.cin.org
Catholic weddings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/catholic_weddings
Christian Aid for kids
http://www.globalgang.org.uk
Christmas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/christmas.shtml
Christmas Eve and Day - Eastern Orthodox
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/subdivisions/orthodox/
orthodox6.shtml
Church of England
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/subdivisions/anglican/
www.cofe.anglican.org
CofE weddings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/anglican_weddings
Coptic Christians
www.coptic.net
Desmond Tutu The Nobel Prize
www.nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html
'Divorce' in the Catholic Church
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/catholic_divorce/
Divorce and the Church of England
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/anglican_divorce/
Easter Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/easter.shtml
Easter: the Passion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/history/passion/
Easter: Why did Jesus Die?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/whyjesusdied/
Epiphany
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/epiphany.shtml
Green issues
http://www.creationchallenge.org.uk
Good Friday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/goodfriday.shtml
Jesus
http://www.rejesus.co.uk
Lent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/lent.shtml
Martin Luther King
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/mlk/
Maundy Thursday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/maundythursday.shtml
Methodism in Britain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/subdivisions/methodist/
Mothering Sunday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/mday/index.shtml
Original sin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/original_sin/
Palm Sunday
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/palmsunday.shtml
Pentecost
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/pentecost.shtml
Pilgrimage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/features/black_madonna/
Plymouth Brethren
www.plymouthbrethren.com
Pope Benedict XVI
