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Features Of The Jewish Way Of Life Resource
The Jewish Way of Life CD-Rom is a unique and creative resource, designed to support and enrich your teaching about Judaism.
Although aimed primarily at Key Stage 2, much of the material is also relevant to Key Stages 1 and 3 and can be easily modified to suit pupils of different ages and aptitudes.
The Jewish Way of Life CD Rom is free for your school and:
- Fulfils the statutory requirements of local Agreed Syllabuses for Religious Education and matching the non-statutory National Framework for Religious Education; it also matches the requirements of some syllabuses for Judaism used by denominational schools
- Is compatible with RE schemes of work and also relevant to cross-curricular themes
- Provides ample and accurate information about Judaism that reflects the diversity of the Jewish community
- Is suitable for interactive white boards and individual or networked computers and appropriate for whole-class, group and individual learning
- Is capable of being directed by you or facilitated for independent investigation and offers varied activities to match preferred learning styles
- Promotes pupils’ critical skills and their ICT capabilities
- Is enjoyable and inviting so as to motivate pupils to extend their learning
Both the information provided and the activities created have been piloted with pupils and amended in the light of those trials. They have proved to be engaging as well as appropriately pitched. The teachers who were involved appreciated the flexibility and the clear structure of the resource.
Agreed Syllabuses and the National Framework
Agreed Syllabuses for Religious Education are statutory requirements for the schools to which they apply and, because they are determined locally, across the country there are some differences between them. They are also subject to review and therefore likely to be amended. The same holds true for the curricula requirements for denominational schools. The National Framework for Religious Education is non-statutory and intended as advice to Agreed Syllabus Conferences; it is also capable of changing over time. Nevertheless, there are significant common elements across the National Framework and Agreed Syllabuses, particularly in attainment targets: in the National Framework and in all Agreed Syllabuses, the study of Judaism is either required or permitted at Key Stage 2.
The content of the Jewish Way of Life resource is related to:
- the non-statutory National Framework for Religious Education of 2004 [Open link in new window
] - and the linked non-statutory guidance of 2006 Download the PDF from the QCA website (PDF
).
If your school provides RE according to the local Agreed Syllabus, you will find that the Jewish Way of Life resource resonates with it; and if a Trust Deed, it is also likely.
Religion_National_Framework_Attainment_Chart (PDF ) lays out ways in which the Jewish Way of Life resource enables teaching of Judaism towards the ‘knowledge, skills and understanding’ attainment targets for Key Stage 2, as delineated in the National Framework: ‘learning about religion’ and ‘learning from religion’.