Stories
The Bible in the Classroom
As part of GCSE Religious Studies, I was helping students navigate the Tear Fund website. My intention was to investigate different strategies they employed for tackling global poverty. Part way through, one student asked to e-mail the regional organiser. She had obviously been moved by the material and sought out a way to act in response. One thing led to another. With friends, she very swiftly coordinated a fund-raising activity and invited the whole school to an assembly during which they presented the cheque. Something had been touched in her that lesson…