Andy Drozdziak
A new RE textbook, which is ‘wowing’ teachers, has been praised as both ‘rigorous’ and ‘accessible’ for students.
Source to Summit, published by Oxford University Press in May, is a new course supporting the Key Stage 3 Religious Education Directory for Catholic schools.
One Head of RE in the Nottingham Diocese, simply said: “Wow!”, adding that ‘I have never seen this amount of hard work, commitment and dedication for Catholic Education offered by any publisher before and probably never will.’
The first textbook in the series, for Year 7, endorsed by the Catholic Education Service (CES) for the new Religious Education Directory (RED), is available to order now. The Year 7 Student Book has also been granted an Imprimatur.
Written by a team of experienced teachers and led by Series Editor Andy Lewis, Source to Summit mirrors the structure of the new curriculum, with a narrative telling the central story of Catholicism, from Creation to the Church of today.
It includes up-to-date case studies that bring the Catholic faith to life for students of all faiths and backgrounds.
Andy Lewis said: “We feel we have created something that is authentic to the Catholic faith, providing catechesis to those who seek it, while also being academic and rigorous as well as lively and engaging.”
Emma Westbury, Head of RE in a large Catholic school in London, called Source to Summit the resource ‘that fills what many of us have been yearning for.’
“I think that the content is rich and accessible and really pitches RE as an academic subject and shows rigour as well as the living faith,” she said.
“This is a resource that fills what many of us have been yearning for. The information is accessible and whilst it is a leap up, potentially, for some departments and teachers, I think the phrasing and unpacking of deep concepts is done skilfully.”
Author and Lecturer David Wells said that ‘Source to Summit manages to address many questions students are genuinely asking. The language here is accessible, the tone clear and the layout tidy.’
The Source to Summit Year 7 Student Book is available to order online or through a member of Oxford’s customer service team. The Source to Summit Year 7 Kerboodle is also available to evaluate for free. For further information, please visit: www.oxfordsecondary.com/sourcetosummit