Big Books

"These contain a collection of excellent images, photographic and pictorial, which can be used to provide a stimulating starting point for class discussions, or support for independent work. Photographic references are made to other religions so that children representative of those religions need not feel excluded, but are in fact made to feel included, creating a sense of belonging." – START Magazine, Staff of the Dr South’s CE Primary School

Teacher Books

"Comprehensive lesson plans are linked well to the colourful and attractive images in the Big Book. The content is based on the QCA Schemes of Work. However, for those teachers following an alternative Religious Education syllabus, the Folens scheme provides a useful resource to dip in and out of when appropriate. Lesson plan are differentiated for higher and lower achievers. Plans also include good open-ended questions that require children to relate lesson content to their own experience of life. Some of the questions would allow higher achievers to develop their thinking skills too. Ideas are suggested for imaginative cross-curricular links, including PSHCE. The photocopiable resources are somewhat limited, in that the activities involved are ring-fenced in their extent. The prompts given for pupils to experiment with independent research using the internet were more exciting.

These contain a collection of excellent images, photographic and pictorial, which can be used to provide a stimulating starting point for class discussions, or support for independent work.

…a useful resource to dip in and out of when appropriate." – START Magazine, Staff of the Dr South’s CE Primary School