Agenda item

Costed SACRE Action Plan discussed at the meeting at Montem Academy held on 13th April 2015 - Jo Fageant

Minutes:

A meeting was held on 13th April 2015, attended by Jo Fageant, Lynda Bussley, Waqar Bhatti, Andrea Sparrow and Councillor Brooker, in order to plan the work of SACRE for 2015/16 on a costed basis. The resulting costed activity plan was outlined to SACRE, for comment and consideration.

 

Feedback to the activity plan was positive, and comments included:

 

The newsletters were deemed to be an excellent way of retaining communication and relationships between SACRE and Slough schools.  Ideas for topics to be included on the newsletters included:

 

-  A regular Faith School feature, providing a spotlight on a particular school, including contact details

-  Personal viewpoints, best practice or testimonies/case studies from Slough teachers, potentially with incentives for submission. Incentives could include SACRE purchasing religious materials for the school, up to a certain value.

-  Advice on how to overcome challenges common to Slough schools/teachers

-  Guidance on how to challenge extremism within schools

-  Local/National RE news

-  Highlights of work completed as a result of the Places of Worship visits (e.g. exhibitions of pupil artwork, to be hosted at a school).

 

Robin Crofts confirmed that the newsletters would continue to be sent to Head Teachers and relevant colleagues through the Gatekeeper tool. It was pointed out that Gatekeeper could be used to send additional materials, e.g. guidance on Ramadan etc.

 

The three termly Twilight meetings were proposed to allow SACRE to respond to the needs of teachers, to provide a forum for teachers to meet alongside SACRE and discuss matters with experienced peers.

 

It was pointed out that the newly published NASACRE Handbook for SACRE Members, forwarded to all members of Slough SACRE, had replaced the need for the preparation of bespoke induction material outlined on the costed plan, freeing up funds that could be used elsewhere.

 

It was agreed that the same group (Jo Fageant, Lynda Bussley, Waqar Bhatti, Andrea Sparrow and Councillor Brooker) would meet again in the Autumn term, and feedback the results of that meeting to SACRE. Lynda Bussley agreed to arrange and host the meeting once again.

 

Resolved -  That the costed action plan for the work of SACRE in the municipal year 2015/16 be approved

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