Dear Colleagues Parental Concerns about RE Visits Members of Essex SACRE (Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education) have received reports that some schools are encountering objections and negativity from parents when they are planning trips to places of worship, or trips which include visits to places with religious significance. SACRE has produced a suggested Letter to Parents, (copy attached), which it is hoped will be helpful to schools in pre-empting parental objections. Schools are free to use this to accompany the notification of the school trip letter. I very much hope that you will find the document useful, and I would be very grateful if you could circulate it widely amongst any of your staff, to be considered in their planning for visits and trips. Yours sincerely SACRE
Dear Colleagues Parental Concerns about RE Visits Members of Essex SACRE (Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education) have received reports that some schools are encountering objections and negativity from parents when they are planning trips to places of worship, or trips which include visits to places with religious significance. SACRE has produced a suggested Letter to Parents, (copy attached), which it is hoped will be helpful to schools in pre-empting parental objections. Schools are free to use this to accompany the notification of the school trip letter. I very much hope that you will find the document useful, and I would be very grateful if you could circulate it widely amongst any of your staff, to be considered in their planning for visits and trips. Yours sincerely SACRE