Minutes:
The Chair at this point took the opportunity to apologies for his non-attendance at the previous meeting due to a family bereavement. He thanked all SACRE members for their well wishes and thanked L Burton for stepping into the role as Chair at short notice.
He went on to provide his views on the post-covid situation in schools and how that the quick move to online learning had transformed the way in which education could be delivered. He added that this did not come without its challenges however and noted that the families in poverty could be harder to reach and engage due to lack of access to resources or other barriers. He did however note that the situation in schools was now normalising, however teachers continued to see the same pressures around workloads.
He further highlighted the ongoing situation in Ukraine and the well-placed role that RE teachers had in schools to sensitively help children make sense of the world.
It was noted that there were also various briefings online regarding the Ukraine and Russia which may be of value, and these would be circulated following the meeting.