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Events
Forthcoming Events
Holocaust Memorial Day 2009
To be held on Tuesday 27th January 2009 - more information about the East Riding of Yorkshire event to follow.
faith2faith Conference 2008
Venue: The Spa, Bridlington
The Forum works in the region and beyond to advance the contribution of faith communities, to encourage partnerships and to challenge
injustice and discrimination.
The Yorkshire and Humber Faiths Forum held their first conference for young people at Leeds University on December 12th 2006.
Faith 2 Faith brought over 100 16 - 25 year olds from across the region to share and discuss their experiences of discrimination.
Professionals that work with young people and representatives from the region's key policy makers also attended.
The conference was just the first step in the Forum's work that aims to provide a voice for young people from diverse faith backgrounds.
This conference was followed by the Annual General Meeting of the Forum.
For more information and for booking:
Past Events
Click on the image above to view the photos from this event
REaction 2008
The REaction days held in Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Hedon and Howden in 2008 were a big success.
Click here for photographs of the REaction 2008 events.
Contact
Sue Holmes, Teaching and Learning Consultant, Religious Education/Education Adviser (York Diocese)
Tel: 01482 392464
email: sue.holmes@eastriding.gov.uk
Click the logo to visit the HMD website.
Holocaust Memorial Day, 27th January 2008
Tens of thousands of people from across the UK marked Holocaust Memorial Day 2008, incorporating the theme ‘Imagine, Remember, Reflect, React’. The East Riding commemoration was hosted by Howden School.
REaction2 2007
The REaction2 days held around the Riding in 2007 were a big success.
Contact
Sue Holmes, Teaching and Learning Consultant, Religious Education/Education Adviser (York Diocese)
Tel: 01482 392464
email: sue.holmes@eastriding.gov.uk
REaction 2007
The REaction days held around the Riding in June 2006 were again a big success.
They attracted more than 2400 Y6 and Y7 pupils and staff from more than 60% of schools in the East Riding, and we received very positive
feedback, appreciative of the opportunity REaction gives pupils to explore aspects of religion in a creative way.
Would your school like to be part of Reaction 2007?
We are presently discussing details of the day with clergy, parish staff and Label of Love, the Christian creative arts team based in Hull.
In 2007 the content of the workshop-style sessions - music, dance, creativity, history, story, and reflection - will be based upon a theme of
Faith in Action.
The day is intended for Y6 and Y7 pupils, in our hope to encourage dialogue around primary/secondary transition; please make suggestions for
any specific input that you would like us to try and arrange.
We shall try to match primaries to their respective secondaries as far as possible, whilst achieving a balance of KS2 & KS3 pupils each day.
It is very likely that some venues will be oversubscribed, and although we hope to accommodate everyone with a chosen date, we would appreciate
it if you can indicate as many acceptable dates as possible.
I shall be writing to participating schools with further information about the REaction theme in the Spring when we have planned the
programme in more detail.
As usual, we shall provide modified RE units of work from the new East Riding schemes to include suggested preparatory and follow-up
activities from which teachers can make their plans for the Summer Term.
Please note - There will be a detailed teachers’ briefing meeting before the event, held at the venue, when a teachers’ pack of workshop briefs,
directions and floorplans, will be distributed.
To ensure the smooth-running of the event on the day, it is essential that all participating schools attend.
Contact
Sue Holmes, Teaching and Learning Consultant, Religious Education/Education Adviser (York Diocese)
Tel: 01482 392464
email: sue.holmes@eastriding.gov.uk
Holocaust Memorial Day, 27th January 2007
Click the logo to visit the HMD website.
Tens of thousands of people from across the UK have marked Holocaust Memorial Day 2007, incorporating the theme ‘The Dignity of Difference’.
The East Riding schools' event, hosted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council, was this year held at the Headlands School and Science College, Bridlington.
It was attended by students and their parents, school staff and governors, councillors, members of the School Improvement Service and SACRE members.
 Click here for photographs of the HMD 2007 event
Click the logo to visit the faith2faith website.
faith2faith 2007
This residential event brought together young people of different faiths, aged 16 to 25, from the Yorkshire and Humber region.
East Riding were represented by 2 young people, one of whom is on the East Riding Youth Assembly.
From this event has come "UNITED FAITHS", a faith forum for young people.
Click here for photographs of the F2F 2007 event in Corrymeela, Belfast.
Click the logo to visit the faith2faith website.
faith2faith 2006
Faith2faith is an interfaith dialogue conference for young people.
Friday 10th November 2006,
10.00 - 15.00,
City Hall, Hull.
An exciting mix of creativity, dialogue and exploration of faith.
This event is the culmination of a joint project, sponsored by the National Association of SACREs for young people in Hull and the
East Riding.
Click the logo to visit the SAYsomething website, where you can register, log in and have your say on attitudes to faith, and tell us what you thought of the faith2faith conference.
Over the past year young people have been talking with people of different faiths, backgrounds and cultures and recording their
experiences.
We hope that you will take this opportunity to see some of their work and to contribute to their dialogue.
RSVP
Development Education Centre (Hull)
Methodist Central Hall
6 King Edward Street
Hull
HU1 3SQ
Tel: 01482 224019
E-mail: hazel@dechull.karoo.co.uk
Click here for photographs of the F2F 2006 Hull
Click here for photographs of the F2F 2006 Leeds
REaction 2006
The pictures taken at REaction 2006 are available to view and download via the
link below.
Please refer to the REaction 2005 article below for a background to the annual event, and how religious education is brought to life for our
region's schoolchildren.
 Click for photographs of the REaction 2006 events.
Holocaust Memorial Day 2006
The East Riding of Yorkshire Council commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday 27th January 2006 at Vermuyden School.
REaction 2005
Following the hugely successful REaction days in 2004, the latter attracting 1900 Y6 and Y7 pupils and staff from 47 schools in Hull
and East Riding, we are planning another series of REaction days in 2005.
Please click the links in the panels below to look at some photographs taken at REaction 2003.
The eight REaction days held around the Riding in June 2004 were a big success.
This was the third successive year that the event has been held.
REaction attracted over 2200 Y6 & Y7 pupils and staff from more than 40 schools in the East Riding, and hundreds of grateful letters poured
in from those who came - children and teachers expressing their delight on many levels, some deeper than others but all very appreciative of the
opportunity REaction gives to explore aspects of religion in a creative way.
Again, there will be changes and improvements for REaction 2005.
REaction is curricular RE in context - an exciting workshop-style mix of active learning, contrasted with individual and group reflection, where
pupils are encouraged to participate and take away both new RE knowledge and understanding plus something much more personal to think about.
Each year there is a different theme linked to the East Riding schemes of work for RE and the day is facilitated by the Hull band of artists Label of
Love as well as local teams of volunteers in each of the Christian places of worship used as venues.
It is a collaboration between the LEA and the Diocese of York.
In 2005, for the first time, the event is included in the Educational Development Plan for the East Riding LEA, and as RE can also be chosen for
Creative Contexts, there will be points of contact between the two, so that for Year 6 pupils, REaction may be the summer term’s culmination of
their project.
In 2005, to fit with Creative Contexts, the content of the workshop-style sessions - music, dance, creativity, history, story, and
reflection - will be based upon a Creation theme, to include environmental issues.
It is hoped that some of the work from Creative Contexts will be on display at REaction.
The days are intended for Y6 and Y7 to encourage dialogue for teachers and pupils around primary/secondary transition.
A teachers’ pack about the theme will be prepared, to fit in with East Riding RE units of work.
For further details please contact:
Sue Holmes or Eileen Bayliss on 01482 392464.
Holocaust Memorial Day, 27th January 2006
Click the logo above to visit the HMD website.
Reflections from a SACRE member on Holocaust Memorial Day at Vermuyden School.
The event hosted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council was held in Goole this year at the invitation of Vermuyden School.
It was attended by students and their parents, school staff and governors, councillors, members of the School Improvement Service and SACRE
members.
The introduction was made by Mrs D Newton, Head of RE, who explained a brief history of Holocaust Day, which started on 27th January 2001.
She spoke of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, explaining that they were World Peace campaigners, who had made a difference.
In fact, she said 'Making a Difference' was the Theme of the Day.
A poem themed 'A Candle of Reflection' was read by two Year 8 pupils, entitled 'Let There Be Light'.
We then had a film where it was said that Anne Frank had died in a Concentration Camp.
Slides of the Holocaust were shown, and Oscar Schindler’s theme was read 'One Person can make a Difference'.
Evidence was then given to support this theme: Martin Luther King had received the Nobel Peace Prize before being shamefully murdered
in 1968; Nelson Mandela was part of history of the freedom and peace movement, and Bob Geldof with Band Aid, had also been someone who had
shown what one person can do to make a difference.
There then followed Poems by Year 9, a drama presentation by Year 10 and 'The Difference We Make' by Year 8.
Year 10 then spoke of 'One Voice', showing once again how one person can make a difference.
The Vice Chairman of the Council gave a few personal reflections on the theme.
The evening rounded off with a splendid buffet, and an interchange of ideas by people present.
This was a truly worthwhile and interesting event, which hopefully will be repeated each year, not only from an educational point of
view, but so that no-one will ever forget the horrors of prejudice and discrimination, and man’s inhumanity to man.
Cllr. David Rudd, Member of SACRE
Pupils' Work and Photos from Holocaust Memorial Day 2006
Holocaust Memorial Day 2005
Holocaust Memorial Day is 27th January.
Holocaust Memorial Day is about commemorating all the communities who suffered as a result of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution, and
demonstrating that the Holocaust is relevant to everyone in the UK today.
To see photographs and documents from the event please click here.
To see the pupils' work please click here.
 To see the newspaper article click on the image.
Please click on the logo on the right to visit the official Holocaust Memorial Day website where details of the day are available.
This year the East Riding commemoration was held in the Woldgate and Market Weighton School Partnerships.
Support for Planning for Future Holocaust Memorial Days
For more information please contact:
Contact
Sue Holmes, Teaching and Learning Consultant, Religious Education/Education Adviser (York Diocese)
Tel: 01482 392464
email: sue.holmes@eastriding.gov.uk
REaction 2004
On 22nd March 2004, 8 York schools took part in pilot day at York Minster and other events at Bridlington, Beverley, Driffield and Market Weighton
To see photographs of the event please click here.
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2004
In 2004, for the first time, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council agreed to commemorate the January 27th Holocaust Memorial Day.
An excellent information pack about the UK’s fourth national Holocaust Memorial Day, has been produced by government to encourage people
to remember, to reflect, and to educate on the specific 2004 theme:
From the Holocaust to Rwanda - lessons learnt, lessons still to learn.
The packs can still be obtained from www.holocaustmemorialday.gov.uk
A short civic event was held at Beverley Grammar School on January 27th (annually the Holocaust Memorial Day) hosted by the Charman of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Cllr. Mary Rose Hardy.
Dachau victims' memorial, Paris
The intention in 2004 was to encourage schools to bring the discussion up to date by
looking at more recent atrocities that raise similar issues, to show that many of the
human tragedies witnessed in the Holocaust have recurred since, albeit in different
contexts and circumstances.
Some of the East Riding of Yorkshire units of work for RE suggest Holocaust-related themes for Year 8 and 9 in units such as It’s for Yo-u (those who are called).
There are other opportunities in history, especially in linking to the citizenship curriculum, and the theme also provides an excellent focus for collective worship.
Please use the links in the panel at the top of the page to visit the citizenship and history areas of the eRiding website
We shall be grateful if teachers would let us have photographs and words schools might produce about the Holocaust or the commemorative day.
Submissions may be suitable as reports for East Riding News or to be published on the eRiding educational website (www.eriding.net).
For feedback or more information please contact:
Contact
Sue Holmes, Teaching and Learning Consultant, Religious Education/Education Adviser (York Diocese)
Tel: 01482 392464
email: sue.holmes@eastriding.gov.uk
The Anne Frank Website
Please do not forget to revisit our own Anne Frank website to find out more about the Holocaust.
Click here to visit the Anne Frank website.
For feedback or more information please contact:
Contact
Sue Holmes, Teaching and Learning Consultant, Religious Education/Education Adviser (York Diocese)
Tel: 01482 392464
email: sue.holmes@eastriding.gov.uk
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