Tag Archives: Religious Education

11. Teaching subject vocabulary in the RE classroom



Dawn Cox

In this episode of Word Up with Helen Prince, Helen chats to Dawn Cox about strategies to teach subject vocabulary in the RE classroom, ensuring equality of provision, testing retrieval of key wordsand the important role parents can play in supporting pupils. 

Dawn is Head of RE and SLE in Essex; she is also a respected blogger and author. 

Further reading and support:

  • Dawn shares strategies to develop students’ understanding of the words they read, hear and speak. in our activity pack ‘Closing the Word Gap: activities for the RE classroom’. Download a copy.