Agenda item

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 8 July 2024.

Resolved:    That the minutes of the meeting held on 8 July 2024  be approved subject to West Offices being amended as the location for future meetings.

Matters Arising:

Minute 66: Maxine Squire had requested a link to for a link to the RE Hub on the SACRE webpage.

Minute 67:  Maxine Squire had circulated the Ofsted ‘Deep and meaningful? The religious education subject report and national standards’ to Members.

Minute 67: There had been no feedback to the Chair what could be provided to schools between the syllabus conferences.

Minute 68: The Development Plan was on the agenda.

Minute 68: Members were reminded to write a sentence or two about themselves for the SACRE website regarding who they were and why they were on SACRE.

Minute 70: Maxine Squire had spoken to Taco Michiels who had indicated that it should be fine for SACRE to visit Joseph Rowntree School. She had also spoken with the Headteacher at Huntington School and was going to speak with the Headteacher at Fulford School. Maxine undertook to circulate dates for the school visits.

Minute 71: The ‘Activist SACREs in 2024 - 35+ things a good SACRE can do!’ had been circulated to Members.

Minute 71: Members discussed the possibility of a yearly SACRE conference and agreed that it would be good to hold one. It was suggested that it would be good to use previously released material at the conference. Diane Norton was asked and agreed to contact a university colleague about doing a lecture at a possible SACRE conference. A Member noted that James Holt, a member of My Faith had spoken at York Interfaith and that he may be useful as a guest speaker.

Minute 75: Cllr Wilson noted that she would host a zoom meeting during Interfaith Week regarding the work of SACRE. Penny Coppin-Siddall noted that work was almost finished on finalising the programme, which celebrated 35 years of Interfaith York.

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It was agreed that Diane Norton would arrange a visit to the maintained schools RE group with Maxine Squire.

Update on Interfaith week: Penny Coppin-Siddall reported that work on Interfaith week was in progress. In York, Interfaith Week was to begin on 9 November 2024 with the opening activity to be an informal breakfast on from 9.00 – 10.00am on 9 November. This would be followed by an activity at Clifton Ings at 10.30am. Penny Coppin-Siddall undertook to share the Interfaith Week Plan with SACRE Members. It was noted that it was the 35^th anniversary of Interfaith Week in York.

Request for information for schools: The Chair and Maxine Squire had received two requests from external organisations to send information to schools. They suggested that SACRE put together a catalogue of events from different organisations to send to schools. It was suggested that the RE Hub could be accessed to support the information in the catalogue. It was acknowledged that it was not SACRE’s role to promote different faiths. Following discussion it was;

Resolved: That Maxine Squire would arrange for a link to the RE Hub on the SACRE webpage and that Members would feedback comments on this to her.

Reason: In order to direct schools to the RE Hub for further information.