Welcome to our Church of England Schools’ Research Page
Our work with Church of England Schools aims to encourage dialogue and collaboration between leads in RE and Science, as well as other areas of learning in primary and secondary schools. Projects and resources can be adapted to suit individual schools and MATs, and we’re delighted with the impacts of our interactive research activities with schools so far. Here is an overview poster based on Big Questions in the Classroom co-created research activities with schools:
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BQIC Epistemic Insight – CofE Schools
Find out more about our projects and resources:
v Essential Experiences in Science and Investigating Big Questions for Years 4-7 provides investigation cards with hands-on activities for classroom and home teaching;
v Permeable Walls between curriculum subjects for Years 7-9 includes a series of 4-6 lessons to examine Big Questions about personhood, AI and the world around us;
v Becoming insightful about real world problems enables KS4 and KS5 students to investigate moral and societal questions through the lenses of science, religion and the wider humanities.
The ‘Saviour Siblings’ resources have been informed by workshops for KS4 and 5. Students are encouraged to discuss real and fictitious cases of families creating a child using IVF to save the life of an older sibling. The workshop resources considers arguments and evidence from legal, scientific, ethical and faith perspectives