Agenda item

i)  Notes from 21 January 2019

ii)  Update record from Christine Isles

Christine Isles and Sue Elbrow provided an update on the Pan-Berkshire SACRE Hub (the Hub) meeting they had attended on 21 January 2019. The minutes of the meeting and the noted provided by Christine Isles were noted.

It was noted that each SACRE had been asked to check the Crossing the Bridges Directory, as some errors had been highlighted and Ms Isles and volunteered to do this.

On-going work was currently taking place to develop guidance resources and materials to complement the Agreed Syllabus and once completed, would be available for SACREs to upload on their websites.  It was noted however, that the Crossing the Bridges Discovery RE would be required to be purchased by schools at a cost of £700.

Newsletters were recommended to be sent to RE Leads/Co-ordinators to ensure distribution to the appropriate people in schools.

Funding from the Westhill bid (To support the Crossing the Bridges Project) if successful would be used to purchase media materials.

It was noted that the future of the Hub would be discussed at the next meeting.

The surplus of £2,300 in the Pan-Berkshire SACRE Hub budget would be transferred to the Diocese of Oxford to avoid losing it.  An updated account of the budget would be circulated to SACRE members for information.

The next meeting of the Hub was noted as 3 June 2019. 

Members welcomed the work undertaken by the Hub and agreed that it should continue as a welcome resource.

Resolved – That the update be noted.