Items
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Election of Chair and Vice Chair
Minutes:
RESOLVED that Councillor Daunt be appointed Chair for the 2010/11
Municipal Year and that David Vane, Buddhist (Group A member) be
appointed Vice-Chair for the 2010/2011 Municipal Year.
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Welcome, Apologies and Changes Of Membership
Minutes:
COUNCILLOR DAUNT IN THE CHAIR
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ACTION
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The newly elected Chair welcomed
everybody to the meeting.
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At the invitation of the Chair, a
moment of reflection was provided at the start of the meeting by
the Baha’i representative, Jeff Lynn.
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Rev David Turner asked that Rev Geoff
Annas be congratulated for his new appointment as Bishop of
Stafford and that he be thanked for his contribution to the
SACRE.
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Apologies were received from:-
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Group A
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Peter Howard
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The Assemblies of God
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Group B
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Anne Steele-Arnett
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The Church of England
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Group D
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Mrs. K. Martin
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Southampton City Council
(substitute)
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3. |
Statement from the Chair
Minutes:
In accordance with the accepted practise, a
statement was made by the Chair. The Chair went on to congratulate
Sian Roberts on becoming an AST (Advanced Skills Teacher) and Sian
thanked the SACRE for their support.
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4. |
Declaration of Interests
Minutes:
The Chair advised that there may be a need to
pursue legal training for members in relation to declarations of
interest in the future.
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5. |
Minutes of the Last Meeting including Matters Arising PDF 71 KB
To approve and sign as
a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 8 March
2010, attached.
Minutes:
RESOLVED that the minutes of the
meeting held on 8 March 2010 be approved as a
correct record. (Copy of the minutes circulated with
the agenda and appended to the signed minutes).
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6. |
Adoption of the Constitution PDF 72 KB
To formally approve the amended
SACRE Constitution, attached.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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ACTION
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It was noted that the
issue of Humanism needed to be clarified and that this would come
to a future meeting.
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ED, SL and/or KS
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RESOLVED
that the proposed amendments to the SACRE
constitution be agreed and that the Constitution be
updated.
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KS
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7. |
Membership of SACRE
To receive a
presentation from the Chair outlining the current membership of the
SACRE, list attached.
Minutes:
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ACTION
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Changes to the SACRE membership were
noted as follows:-
- that
there was still a vacancy for the United Reformed Church in Group
A.
- that Rev
Canon Geoff Annas’ departure left a vacancy for Group B,
Church of England.
- that Councillor Damani’s departure left a vacancy for Group
D.
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It was noted that Tony Blackshaw
would inform the Chair when Rev Geoff Annas was to step down.
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Councillor Parnell asked that
Councillor Damani be thanked for her invaluable contribution to the
SACRE.
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ED
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8. |
Feedback from events from individual faith groups
To receive verbal updates
from various members of the SACRE regarding feedback from events
from individual faith groups.
NOTE: It is requested that members contact the
Clerk to the SACRE in advance of the meeting if any additional
documentation is required that will support their feedback that
they wish to raise under this item.
Minutes:
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ACTION
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The SACRE received and
noted verbal updates from various members on the following
events:-
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Youth Peace Walk
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David Vane gave an update on the recent youth peace walk that had
taken place. He reported that a youth interface co-ordinator had
been appointed and that the group would aim to find more
funding.
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King James Bible
– 400th Anniversary
- Tony Blackshaw
explained that this year marked the 400th year of the
King James Bible.
Church of England
– 200th Anniversary of mass education
- Tony Blackshaw also stated that in
2011, the National Society would celebrate its 200th
anniversary marking two hundred years since the effective birth of
mass education in England and Wales.
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Funding
- LilianWeatherley noted that the RE Council had
received REsilience funding
(support for subject leaders).
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Muslim Awareness
Week
- Anas al-Korj noted the success of the Muslim Awareness Week
which had happened earlier in the year.
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The Chair thanked
members for their comments and asked that, in future, they bring
any items under this heading to the SACRE clerk or himself before
the meeting.
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ALL
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9. |
Development Plan PDF 159 KB
To receive a report from Cllr
Daunt giving detailed analysis on each of the Development Plan
Dimensions’ from the working group set up to progress the
Plan.
Additional documents:
Minutes:
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ACTION
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The
Chair outlined the background, purpose and structure of the
Development Plan. He explained that the Plan was split into five
sections and reported the following:-
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Dimension 1: Standards And Quality Of Provision Of RE
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1a) Compliance and
Time allocation for RE – reported as
DEVELOPING.
1b) Public examination
entries in RE – reported as ESTABLISHED.
1c) Standards and
achievement: including standards at the end of
Key Stages 1, 2 and 3,
GCSE, AS and A2 level – reported as
DEVELOPING.
1d) Quality of
teaching – reported as ESTABLISHED
1e) Quality of
Leadership and Management – reported as
DEVELOPING.
1f) Recruitment and
retention issues. Level of specialist provision –
reported as
DEVELOPING.
1g) Resources –
reported as DEVELOPING.
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Dimension 2:
Management of SACRE and partnership with the LA and other key
stakeholders
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2a) SACRE meetings
– reported as DEVELOPING.
2b) Membership and
training – reported as DEVELOPING.
2c)
Improvement/developing planning – reported as DEVELOPING.
2d) Professional and
Financial Support – reported as ESTABLISHED.
2e) Information and
advice – reported as DEVELOPING.
2f) Partnerships with
other key stakeholders (for example pupils, parents,
ASTs,
specialist schools, ITT providers, local religious
organisations
and groups, Commission for
Radical Equality) – DEVELOPING.
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Dimension 3: The
effectiveness of the local Agreed Syllabus
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- The Chair noted that
the assessment of Dimension 3 would be postponed until a later
date.
- Lilian Weatherley noted
that in relation to dimension 3b (Using the National Framework for
Religious Education), Hampshire, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight
did not follow the National Framework and that Southampton used the
agreed syllabus. Therefore, she questioned whether dimension 3b was
needed.
- Jackie Meering noted
that dimension 3d (Consultation/Launch /Implementation of the
Agreed Syllabus) was needed, i.e. that a launch of the Agreed
Syllabus would assist promotion and understanding.
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Dimension 4:
Collective Worship
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4a) Practise and
Provision for collective worship – reported as
DEVELOPING.
4b) Monitoring the
provision of collective worship and tackling issues of
non-compliance – reported as DEVELOPING.
- The Chair noted that
he would speak to the Executive Director of Children's Services and
Learning and the Cabinet Member for Children’s Services and
Learning regarding collective worship and what was going on in
schools, with the possibility of either/or addressing a future
SACRE meeting.
- There was a brief
discussion about engaging with schools and faith groups and the
role SACRE played in this. Whilst the structure was considered to
be functional, SACRE was seen to be out of kilter with the change
of pace of the constantly changing environment.
- The Secondary Phase
Inspector noted that, since there was currently lots of uncertainty
with regard to the recent changes in Government and the potential
impact these may have, the priority would be to support teachers in
what they could achieve now.
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Dimension 5:
Contribution of SACRE to community cohesion
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5a)
Representative nurture of the SACRE – reported as
ADVANCED.
5b)
Knowledge and understanding of the local religious, cultural and
ethnic community – reported as ESTABLISHED.
5c)
Understanding the intrinsic contribution which RE ...
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10. |
Dates and Venues for Future Meetings 2010-2011
To discuss and agree dates
and venues for future SACRE meetings for the new municipal
year.
Proposed Meeting Dates:
- Monday 18 October 2010
- Monday 7 March 2011
- Monday 13 June 2011
Minutes:
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ACTION
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Jackie Meering
asked that there could be an organised launch of the new Agreed
Syllabus when agreed.
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RESOLVED
that:-
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the proposed dates for future SACRE
meetings be agreed.
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the Chair and Vice-Chair would agree who
was to attend the next Local Network Meeting (joint meeting with
Winchester).
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the next SACRE meeting would be held at
Upper Shirley High School, if agreed by the Head teacher and that
the venue of future meetings would be considered at a later
date.
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ED and DV
SR and KS
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11. |
Visit to school by Gail Ratcliffe
To receive a verbal update
on a visit to a school by Gail Ratcliffe.
Minutes:
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ACTION
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Gail
Ratcliffe reported back from her visit
to Fairisle Junior school. She asked if
other SACRE members had had the chance to go and observe in a
school as she had found it very useful.
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The Chair noted that
the SACRE needed to be proactive in its formation of relationships
with schools through the correct channels.
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The
possibility of school visits coinciding with Interfaith Week was
discussed so that related activities could be observed by SACRE
members.
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The
promotion of SACRE at schools and across the City was discussed
with the possibility of having an article in City View to help
raise the SACRE’s
profile.
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RESOLVED that:-
- the Chair would
approach the issue of SACRE visits to schools with the Executive
Director of Children's Services and Learning and the Cabinet Member
for Children’s Services and Learning.
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ED
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12. |
Any Other Business
To address any other business which may arise
at the meeting.
Minutes:
There was not further business to discuss.
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