Lisa O’Connor

@lisaoconnor.bsky.social

RS teacher, sixth form college leader. Sharing the sacred and the profane

Please ask your MP why @educationgovuk withdrew subject knowledge enhancement grants for RE when 27% of religious education 2024/5 recruits secured a place on condition of that grant? RE missed the target by 22% so surely no grant means fewer recruits? @NATREupdate @bphillipsonMP

Sat behind two guys on the plane who kept passing a Bible back and forth and saying shit like "Elijah is a freaking stud, a straight alpha" in case you wanted to know how American christianity is going

Today is an auspicious day in the Hindu calendar. Raksha Bandhan in a day of celebration of the special bond between a brother and a sister, symbolised by the sister tying a thread around the wirst of her brother. Happy Raksha Bandhan to all those who celebrate!

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Oh hello Britain 😳 That blue line is activity in the UK spiking past all of the other countries on Bluesky right now. Welcome, and invite a friend to join us! bsky.app/download

A chart showing activity from various countries on Bluesky. The UK, in blue, is experiencing a huge spike.

“RE might not have all the answers… but… To change the world, you need to understand the world – and I know that good RE can play a big part in precisely that.” - www.teachwire.net/news/religio... Finding some articles / blogs on RE to reshare #TeamRE - what can you reshare?

Religious Education – Is it really a subject 'not fit for purpose'?

Andy Lewis examines Ofsted's criticisms of religious education teaching & weighs up the question of whether the subject is fit for purpose

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One of the unexpectedly interesting podcasts I’ve started listening to in the past few months is Biblical Time Machine. Each episode looks at a biblical topic from a historical viewpoint. This week is circumcision! (And the excellent question: Why not do a symbolic hair cut instead?)

Shows podcast cover saying ‘all about circumcision!’ as the episode title

Thanks to #TeamRE I’ve joined the movement of educators here. Currently working with Jigsaw Education Group on the team of Regional RE Advisors on all things RE and Worldviews and thoroughly enjoying this new work with schools. Also delighted to be back working as a primary school governor.