Blindfish RSE

I have decided to put together another reading list. This time focusing on the specific overlap between RSE and faith. Including a link on this list is not an explicit recommendation of their full content but as examples of what is being written about the connections between the two field.  (List is not yet complete and will be expanded)  Sadly some links to journal articles are behind a paywall. If you contact the article's author on  www.researchgate.net  you will often find them willing to email you a copy for free.  Websites and free downloads Abrahamic Commentary on the English DfE RSE Legislation   Jewish, Christian and Islamic notes on each learning outcome within the 2019 English RS(H)E statutory guidance for schools.  Faith, values and sex and relationships education (guidance from the sex education forum that is showing its age but still an interesting read) Books The Sex Thing: Reimagining conversations with young people about sex * (A cont...

Today I wanted to share a few short insights into the everyday realities for children and young people living in a HIV orphanage in Thailand. I visited this orphanage, The House of Grace, in 2012 whilst travelling around South East Asia (read my post about it here ). Like my work in UK this project is linked with ACET internationa l. Today I received an email from the project and wanted to share a few snapshots of what it is like for children and young people in Thailand being supported in The House of Grace. Funded and staffed by Christians the project provides a hope and a home for alone, rejected and something sick young people victims of HIV. Kitisak is the pastor who has dedicated his life to supporting these children and running the House of Grace. These hopefully give a snapshot of the rough and the smooth.  Arriving - Fah Nine year old Fah is one of the most recent children to join the House of Grace family. One evening, towards the end of December...