ACT Now Autumn 2005

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• Editor’s thoughts
Rupert Kaye

• Laura Smith
argues that a Christian Manifesto for Education should start with the fundamentals of the Christian faith

• Craig Samuels
calls on non-RE-teaching ACT Now readers to contribute more to the magazine

• All things do work together
Barbara Todd recalls how God helped her through a particularly difficult period in her professional and personal life

• A breath of fresh air!
Jim Hammett makes the case for residential trips and says teachers need to put their worries and concerns into perspective

• The unforgiving teacher
Rupert Kaye retells a familiar story

• Thinking outside the box
Anne Roche imagines lessons characterised by freedom, excitement, choice and uncertainty… not clock-watching, control-freakery and tick boxes

• Happy Birthday Stapleford!
Alison Farnell and Rupert Kaye celebrate 25 years of Christian work in education

• Hubble bubble, toil and trouble
Doug Harris gets to grips with JK Rowling’s sixth book about Hogwarts’ young hero: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

• A conversation with Rosemary Woodward
Trevor Cooling chats to Rosemary about teaching, studying for an MA and developing links with a school in Kenya

• Faith in Work
Enid Johnston reports on a Christian careers conference for sixth formers

• Schools, shibboleths and employment law
Mark Jones tells us what the law says Christian schools can and cannot do to recruit Christian staff

• Headteacher’s Log
Leonard Bookman