Ramblings of a RE teacher!

A few years ago I was chatting to a few friends who worked on a challenge called ‘Live Below the Line’. This challenge calls you to live for 5 days on just £1 per day for food and drink. Recently, I’ve been thinking that I’d love to participate in this to really see what it will be like to live on a very small amount – something that over 1 billion around the world do every day. 5 days seems like an insignificant amount of time compared with those people for whom it is a daily struggle – and yet, a vast amount of time for someone who daily buys meals out and rarely considers the cost of food. Poverty affects both the third world and first world countries – relative poverty is forecast to rise from 2.6 million in 2009/10 to 2.9 million in 2015/16 and 3.3 million by 2020/21 in the UK 1. Absolute poverty is also expected to rise; however, there are many different charities that work to bring sustainable change to those communities that face poverty around the world – such as throug...

Kids can be great to work with, sure. But sometimes, they say things that make you lose your patience. So here's my list of 7 incredibly annoying questions that I get asked every freaking day: 1. What's the date? I get asked this question by at least 3 kids during every lesson, 5 times a day. It's on the board. In the same place it is every single day. Underneath the word 'date'. How can you not know by now? It's also on your smartphone, which I know you have - because I saw you put it in your pocket and then check it every 10 minutes. Find out the date yourself and stop asking me! 2. What's the title? Very similar to the one above. It's underneath the word 'title'. In the same place it is every lesson. Right next to the date - which you have just written down. Seriously kids, get some common sense! 3. Is the homework in today? You walk into the classroom and ask if the homework is in TODAY? It's a bit late now isn't it?? I...