Agenda and minutes

Agreed Syllabus Conference, Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education (SACRE) - Monday, 14th June, 2010 5.00 pm

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Items
No. Item

13.

Welcome, Apologies and Changes Of Membership

Minutes:

 

ACTION

APOLOGIES

 

Apologies were received from:-

 

Group A

 

 

Peter Howard

The Assemblies of God

 

Group B

 

 

Anne Steele-Arnett

The Church of England

 

Group D

 

 

Mrs. K. Martin

Southampton City Council (substitute)

 

 

14.

Minutes of the Last Meeting including Matters Arising pdf icon PDF 61 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). 

15.

Update from the Secondary Phase Inspector

To consider verbal updates regarding:

 

  • Timeline for implementation
  • Funding and resources
  • Process for ratification of Agreed Syllabus

 

Minutes:

 

ACTION

The group heard an update on the Agreed Syllabus from the Secondary Phase Inspector, with the following points to note:-

 

  • that editing of the Agreed Syllabus to bring it up to date was nearly complete and that copies would be sent to SACRE members before 25 June 2010 (date to be signed off) to provide reading time. It was noted that most of the syllabus remained unchanged, but that a summary of changes would be provided.
  • that SACRE members who were to attend on 25 June 2010 could not come back to Southampton to make further changes. An Agreed Syllabus Conference was not a working group.
  • that on 25 June 2010, the Chair and/or Vice Chair were required to attend the meeting at the Dame Judith Centre, Portsmouth.
  • that after 25 June 2010, further changes could be made to the document if required by the group before the end of the summer term.
  • that in the autumn term, it might be appropriate to have a separate meeting for the Agreed Syllabus. It was recommended that Sian Roberts and Judith Lowndes attend to assist with any queries regarding the syllabus. 
  • that the Agreed Syllabus could be ratified if there were minor changes to be made, but that major changes would need to be discussed with other SACREs and therefore, should be avoided.
  • that the Hampshire Agreed Syllabus Conference was due to be held in November, hence, the Southampton SACRE would aim for the same time.
  • that on 28 June 2010, there was to be a QDCA meeting (Qualification Development and Communication Association).
  • that the Agreed Syllabus Conference CD Rom was due to be launched in January 2011, but that training was needed before it was to go online in September 2010.
  • a discussion took place regarding the best way to promote the newly Agreed Syllabus Conference Syllabus and work of SACRE and ways to deliver training.
  • Sian Roberts noted that RE network panels could be an effective way to deliver training.
  • Tony Blackshaw suggested that it might be helpful to have meetings of SACRE members with RE teachers to assist colleagues through practical meetings.

 

 

RESOLVED that the Chair and Sue Langdon were to look into ways to develop relationships and educate others on the changes to the Agreed Syllabus Conference.

ED and SL