Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I’m delighted to have contributed the chapter on curriculum to Succeeding as an RE Teacher, edited by Andy Lewis. Looking at the list of contributors, I can’t help feeling I’ve somehow ended up among the RE saints and sages. 📚 You can pre-order from Waterstones with 25% off using the code SUMMER26. 011
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 28/06/2026That work training or guiding school visitors is also important 110
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 27/06/2026We are getting closer to announcing details of NATRE’s annual #StrictlyRE conference for 2027. Make sure you save the date! #TeamRE 053
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 27/06/2026When I started teaching I chased engagement. Now I think the real work is learning from the people whose worldviews we teach, so what we teach is true to how a tradition is lived, not just how a textbook describes it. New substack open.substack.com/pub/rewithmr...open.substack.comStudying People, Not BuildingsAn afternoon in a Norfolk mandir, and why a Religion and Worldviews curriculum has to begin with the communities on our doorstep. 140
Reposted by Nikki McGeeMuslim Council of Britain (MCB) @muslimcounciluk.bsky.social · 03/06/2026📅 Save the Date! #VisitMyMosque 2026 will take place on 19–20 September 2026. Mosques across the UK are invited to open their doors and welcome their local communities. If you'd like your mosque to participate or would like more information, email visitmymosque@mcb.org.uk 012
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 01/06/2026And our final question for tonight’s #REchatUK - share your best strategies for adaptive teaching in RE 532
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Another way of checking what they know or don’t know is using examples and non examples - can they sort them? Our students also do an online quiz every other lesson which creates the starting point for next lesson - the data is immediate on forms or similar. #ReChatUk #TeamRe 010
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026To be able to adapt you need to know what they know and what they don’t know. For me mini whiteboards are the quickest way to achieve that. But you need well planned questions and a good routine. #TeamRE #ReChatUk 140
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I have written about our approach to assessment here. #ReChatUk #TeamRe open.substack.com/pub/rewithmr...open.substack.comRethinking Assessment in RE: A Social Sciences ApproachI have previously written about our non-examined Key Stage 4 program, which takes a disciplinary and scholarly approach, building on students’ prior learning at KS3. 051
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Yes! So much easier to mark. It always seemed a bit mad to me that at the end of a term or year when we are at our most tired that we mark hundreds of essays at once! #ReChatUk #TeamRE 120
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Qu 10 moves on to thinking about assessment #REchatUK 931
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Next question is about use of TAs in RE #REchatUK 551
Reposted by Nikki McGeeMarina Robb @marinarobb.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The power of story goes beyond RE. Narrative is one of the fundamental ways humans make sense of reality. RE is simply blessed with an abundance of great stories. #REchatUK 131
Reposted by Nikki McGeeSaima Saleh @saimasaleh.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Signposting alert!!! #rechatuk Louisa Jane Smith, NATRE exec member and host of The RE Podcast, produces weekly, bite sized episodes on all things RE related. Here is the episode on SEND: S17 E6: The One About SEND in RE www.therepodcast.co.uk/post/s17-e6-...therepodcast.co.ukS17 E6: The One About SEND in RELast year, Ofsted published it's new inspection framework and the word that weaves through everything is INCLUSION. It is now a separate area of inspection. And the list of students we need to include... 052
Reposted by Nikki McGeeChris Giles @chrisnatre.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Sarah and Nikki these ideas are both so important. I think of my daughter who being autistic hates being spotlighted, but is often thinking despite not saying much... I also think the students would like to vote for me as a teacher who has the 'right to remain silent '! 😜 #REChatUK 041
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I avoid all essays in our end of year assessments now. Instead I ask students to answer in single words, or a single sentence or paragraph - but they to create questions that still require thought. #ReChatUK 160
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Often you can say that an assessment that works for students with SEND will work for all. So use that as a starting point. Writing frames, avoiding unclear language, lots of proof reading, avoiding questions that go over a page, 1.5 spacing, clear font. Not everything has to be an essay. #ReChatUk 150
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026That means lots of repetition. That can mean pairing an ancient story or thinker with a modern equivalent so they do the same thing twice. Or having a sharper focus on a unit, so our Abrahamic faiths unit now just focuses on covenant with lots of examples - again repetition. #ReChatUk #TeamRE 020
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Our new curriculum is written with this in mind, inspired by this article from @pepsmccrea.bsky.social we hope our curriculum and therefore lessons are accessible by design. #ReChatUk #TeamRE resources.steplab.co/content/file...resources.steplab.co 110
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026This sounds like a great resource from @chrisnatre.bsky.social #RechatUK 020
Reposted by Nikki McGeeChris Giles @chrisnatre.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Stories are also so useful, making a bridge from the abstract to the real. Relating these stories to their own journeys and experiences. #REchatUK. We have created a GCSE booklet of stories in Christianity and Islam for homework that is helpful for SEND and PP. Happy to share this. 141
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I have recently written a substack only the importance of genuinely listening to each other and creating a climate where students share and listen to each other. #ReChatUk #TeamRe open.substack.com/pub/rewithmr...open.substack.comThe Opposite of a Gotcha MomentHow genuine curiosity shapes the classroom 031
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I think students want to feel like somebody is actually listening. I use an activity where one partner talks and the other repeats back what they can remember. That makes one partner feel valued and heard and encourages the other to actually listen. #TeamRe #ReChatUk 330
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I totally agree @marinarobb.bsky.social. When doing CPD I often say that I am the world’s biggest over sharer but even I have days or topics that I don’t want to share. I need to give my students the “right to remain silent” #REChatUk 130
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Also using stories to teach abstract concepts- that is literally how religions work and we can harness that. #ReChatUK #TeamRE 170
Reposted by Nikki McGeetherepodcast.bsky.social @therepodcast.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Etymology - breaking words down, linking parts to other more familiar words, triple coding, repetition, frayer model #TeamRE #REChatUK 171
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 01/06/2026What a fantastic discussion for tonight’s #REchatUK. Thank you all for your contributions so far - it’s such an important conversation 851
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Qu 5 - don’t forget to use the hashtag #REchatUK in your replies 1232
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Next question in tonight’s #REchatUK which is focused on how we support SEND and disadvantaged pupils in RE 851
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Lovely to see people joining us for tonight’s important discussion #REchatUK 1732
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Let’s get started 🙂 #REchatUK 1753
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Don’t worry about keeping up with all the questions - you can take your time discussing them under each post #REchatUK 1552
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNATRE @natre-update.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Please note that applications for the teacher engagement meeting close at 5pm THIS WEDNESDAY natre.org.uk/news/teacher-engagement-opportunity-draft-re-national-curriculum/ 024
Reposted by Nikki McGeeRuth Marx @mzmarxre.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Hackney are running some training on teaching Islam at GCSE 16th March- sign up here! hackneyeducation.bookinglive.com/book/add/p/1... #teamrehackneyeducation.bookinglive.com » Hackney Education - Booking Site 001
Reposted by Nikki McGeeRuth Marx @mzmarxre.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Very excited about our AREIAC online conference next month! Spaces for diverse voices in a nat. curr. for RE- exciting times for the RE world indeed. See you there! #teamre #nationalcurriculum #CAAR 012
Reposted by Nikki McGeeRuth Marx @mzmarxre.bsky.social · 17/02/2026#alevel teachers do you set super/extra curriculum activities? I'm working with Manchester Uni developing some free resources -Secularism, Church and State - and historical artefacts... What style of resource would you find helpful? Comment here or feel free to DM me #teamre pls repost!media.tenor.coma girl with red hair is sitting at a table writing on papersALT: a girl with red hair is sitting at a table writing on papers 133
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 17/02/2026We are discussing this in our interfaith group this evening. I didn't realise about the Mardi Gras. 000
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 17/02/2026New substack: I spent weeks reading 160 new Ofsted reports to see what they’re really saying about RE. Spoiler: there’s opportunity and risk 👇 open.substack.com/pub/rewithmr...open.substack.comRE in the New Ofsted Era: Visible, Valued or Vulnerable?I’ve spent the last few weeks reading new-style Ofsted reports in my spare moments, usually with a cup of tea and a growing spreadsheet. 040
Reposted by Nikki McGeeREonDemand @reondemand.bsky.social · 17/02/2026BREAKING NEWS: Ramadan 1447/2026 Crescent has been SIGHTED Subsequently, tomorrow i.e Wednesday, 18 February 2026 will be the first day of Ramadan 1447 #Ramadan Mubarak! #teamRE #REonDemand 031
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I dabbled with @thestorygraph.com at your suggestion 010
Nikki McGee @re-mcgee.bsky.social · 05/02/2026What are you using to do this? I really want to get back into reading 200
Reposted by Nikki McGeeRE Hubs @rehubs.bsky.social · 29/01/2026RE Hubs has teamed up with the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales to bring teachers classroom resources to help them deliver RS to GCSE pupils. Get the guides 👉 bit.ly/3KZ6jUw 011
Reposted by Nikki McGeeNatalie Ford @inquisitivetea2.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Looking forward to an inspiring day at Strictly RE today. Haven’t been to many conferences in the last year and have missed them. Very fortunate to have a SACRE who funds tickets for local teachers who want to attend. 061
Reposted by Nikki McGeeAlison Schrecker @schrecal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026It’s been a very busy January but what better way to end the month than #StrictlyRE. Looking forward to lots of insightful sessions and discussions at this exciting time for the RE community. #NATRE #TeamRE 041
Reposted by Nikki McGeeCulham St Gabriel's @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social · 31/01/2026We're at @NATREupdate #StrictlyRE! Come and chat to us about our scholarship programmes, project grants, campaigns, free CPD and webinars and all things RE! 011
Reposted by Nikki McGeeCulham St Gabriel's @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Fantastic and very poignant welcoming words from @katiekatie84.bsky.social to #StrictlyRE. "We stand in a moment where we can make change happen for our subject." Collaboration, humility, and shared hope for our subject is so important as we move forward together. 042
Reposted by Nikki McGeemrsloxtonre.bsky.social @mrsloxtonre.bsky.social · 31/01/2026An exciting day ahead #TeamRE #StrictlyRE 041