Cornwall Council confirmed this week that teaching about Paganism has been a religious-education option in the Duchy’s schools since a revision of the locally agreed RE syllabus last year. After claims of “witchcraft lessons” made in a Sunday newspaper last weekend, a spokeswoman said that Paganism was just one option availÂable to schools that were within sight of standing stones, or where some pupils had Pagan parents.
But the RE adviser for Cornwall, David Hampshire, said that the intention was wider. The option was developed after the Agreed Syllabus Conference decided to produce a specifically local element, “CurÂriculum Kernewek” (Cornish curÂricuÂlum), for the county, which has more Neolithic sites than anywhere else in Britain. “This includes inÂformation about Cornwall’s many local saints and historic Christian associations, as well as Paganism,” Mr Hampshire said.
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(Church Times) Cornwall Council defends Paganism in RE lessons in schools
Cornwall Council confirmed this week that teaching about Paganism has been a religious-education option in the Duchy’s schools since a revision of the locally agreed RE syllabus last year. After claims of “witchcraft lessons” made in a Sunday newspaper last weekend, a spokeswoman said that Paganism was just one option availÂable to schools that were within sight of standing stones, or where some pupils had Pagan parents.
But the RE adviser for Cornwall, David Hampshire, said that the intention was wider. The option was developed after the Agreed Syllabus Conference decided to produce a specifically local element, “CurÂriculum Kernewek” (Cornish curÂricuÂlum), for the county, which has more Neolithic sites than anywhere else in Britain. “This includes inÂformation about Cornwall’s many local saints and historic Christian associations, as well as Paganism,” Mr Hampshire said.
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