Extreme RME ? - Teaching Religious and Moral Education in Wild Places !

We will present the story of our Teaching in Nature collaborative action research with Scottish Natural Heritage and the University of Stirling over the last two years. Working within key RME experiences and outcomes teachers will demonstrate their creative approach to planning, crafting and curating opportunities for learning in wild spaces and natural woodlands.

Their work in the outdoors takes shape around pupil enquiries into Special Places, Special Books, Harvest, Autumn, Prayer, Life and Death and Growth and Change. Presenters will describe the strategies used, challenges faced and the connections their pupils made between experience in nature and learning about and from religion.

We will be using video clips, photographs, our Glow pages and examples of pupils' work to illustrate our adventures and share our learning.

Julie Wilson

An RME specialist, Julie Wilson has been engaging adults, children and young people in strong and vibrant RME for more than 25 years. A Chartered Teacher in Scotland, she has a passion for creative and playful adventures in learning, especially through the exploration of outdoor spaces. As a previous Advisor for both RME and Professional Development in England and Canada, she brings an intergenerational and international perspective to her present role as Development Officer for RME, Outdoor learning and Learning and Teaching in South Lanarkshire.