Dear God...
“Hardly anyone can ever find God because God is right at the end of your mind after all the background thoughts are gone.”
Maisie Satchwell-Hust

Coventry Diocesan Board of Education
Coventry and Warwickshire Worldviews

Images That Speak

Our project aims to create a professional photograph pack working with a professional photographer, Mark Pemberton*.

This photo pack will reflect the diverse nature of our local communities as a rich resource for the teaching of RE in this area, as well as to provide a contrasting location for those teaching in other areas of the UK.

The digital photo pack will include professional photographs taken which collate the places of worship in our locality, synonymous with local communal worldviews (such as faith communities).

These images will also document local themes of ‘peace’ and ‘reconciliation’, through telling the story of how places of worship came to be here through rich immigration and compassionate community development (such as the Coventry Religious Square Mile/Coventry Sacred Space which will be featured in the photo pack).
 
Our digital photo pack will support the resourcing of our new local agreed syllabus, due for implementation from September 2024.

The objectives for our new Agreed Syllabus are to ensure pupils across EYFS and Key Stages 1 – 3 gain an in-depth knowledge and a clear understanding of both religious and non-religious worldviews through a multidisciplinary approach utilising theology, philosophy and ethics, sociology and historical perspectives, which also incorporate the local themes of peace and reconciliation.
 
Our new syllabus envisages the RE curriculum as a journey and as such the plans for units are assembled as maps; the next step on the journey.

The photo pack will provide students with those much-needed images of the worldviews they have visited, explored and studied along the way.

Whilst not intended to replace visits, the images will enhance these experiences and ensure students who cannot visit still get insights into these significant places and the communal worldviews that are expressed within and beyond them.

Notes accompanying each image will support teachers and pupils in developing their understanding of the communal worldviews held by members of that particular place of worship, to include important beliefs, regular community rituals and practices and the work of the faith community in the local community in response to their communal worldview.
 
Through the photo pack, pupils will discover that each faith community and place of worship is a unique expression of an organised worldview and that faith is embodied in unique ways in different locations.

 *See @MarkPem28587357 on Twitter for examples of the exceptional quality of his photography, especially those of Coventry Cathedral, where he hosted an exhibition over the summer of 2023.

Cov6

 
 

 
Cov7
Cov1
Cov2
Cov3
Cov5
Cov4
By clicking "Accept All" you agree to the use of analytical cookies that we use on our website to measure usage. These cookies provide information that will help us to improve our site and enhance user experience. By clicking "Manage Preferences", you can manage your consent and find out more about the cookies we use.
Manage your privacy preferences

These are functional cookies needed to keep our website working properly and give you the best experience when visiting our website.

We collect information about how visitors use our website. The information is in aggregate form and counts visitor numbers and other information to help us improve our website.

These cookies ensure that, if applicable, any adverts are properly displayed and targeted based on your browsing. They may also be used to integrate social media on our site.

We may use assets from 3rd parties on our website, for example, Google fonts, which enhance your viewing and visual experience.

Read our privacy policy