Being against Religious Instruction isn’t anti-Christian!
I’m always a little perplexed by how offended some Christians get when they they are confronted by resistance to their “religious education” classes. Many of […]
Articles by Dave
Religious Education isn’t what you think it is
“Religious Education” in New Zealand primary schools is a misleading term. What parents remember as “RE Classes”, are for the most part, Christian Religious Instruction […]
How the Regional Director helped out
What with Xmas and New Year and just being busy, it took a while to meet with Ministry of Education Northland Regional Director, Hira Gage. […]
Going direct to the Secretary of the Ministry of Education
Voluntarily dealing with Government departments isn’t really my idea of a fun time, so it was with a heavy heart that I contacted the Ministry […]
Moving up the Ministry of Education chain of command
I wasn’t quite sure what to do next. I’ve been advising people on either financial decisions or internet marketing as part of my business for […]
My response to the BOT response
So yeah. What can you say in response to that? This blog is part of a story about my experience with religious education in my […]
Official Response from the Board of Trustees
So this is the response I got from the Board of Trustees, two months after the meeting. It’s almost as if they didn’t take in […]
What harm do religious education classes do?
After the meeting with the Board of Trustees, I thought that there were some things that were fundamentally misunderstood by them. So I put together […]
How the BOT reacted to the proposal on Bible in Schools Classes
After the initial pleasantries, tea, biscuits and chat about the weather and how all schools have the same smell of squashed bananas and kids feet, […]
Addressing the Board of Trustees about Religious Education Classes
The meeting with the School Board of Trustees went ahead on 19th August 2015. The last time I was in a school staff room, I […]