ACT Now Autumn 2008

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• Editor’s thoughts
Rupert Kaye

• Rupert Kaye answers concerns about editorial bias and journalistic balance

• Alison Wilson puts the record straight about her views on corporal punishment

• Dalwyn R Attwell identifies some of the strengths and shortcomings of Brain Gym

• Mark Deacon gives advice on how to respond positively to Brain Gym in school

• Geoff Sigmund says there is good fruit on the Brain Gym tree in his classroom

• Richard Wilkins reflects on the advice given to King Lemuel about alcohol

• John Lord considers the significance of Jesus turning water into wine at Cana

• Karen Smith asks whether the time has come to take pets out of classrooms

• Mark Lessing calls for ACT’s Prayer Diary to return to its one-prayer-per-day format

• Alison Wilson calls for ACT’s Prayer Diary to return to its one-prayer-per-day format.

• Christmas night
Monica Dart shares her play about animals who follow three mysterious human visitors from the east

• Getting out and about
Barbara Todd explains why she is a fan of the new Learning Outside the Classroom agenda

• The secret
Monica Dart considers the power and allure of learning and teaching amidst meadows,woods and hills

• Emmaus: a tale of two trailers
David Edgington tells of a virtual journey through space and time for 8–13 year olds

• The lost message of Jesus
Steve Chalke, Rupert Kaye and Alan Mann contemplate Christ’s teaching about ‘Shalom’

• The cross in cross-reference
Sue Coyne commends an online resource for 16–19 year olds studying English literature

• Resource reviews

• Eyewitness Assemblies
• Faiths & Religions of the World
• Care for the World
• Growing Green
• A Teacher’s Handbook of RE
• Ending the Slave Trade with William
  Wilberforce of Hull
• William Brewster of the Pilgrim Fathers
• Mrs John Rolfe of Heacham better known
  as Pocahontas
• The Lion Book of Christmas Carols
  to Sing and Play
• Boring Bible: Crackers Christmas

• ACT news, reports and events

• Headteacher’s Log
Leonard Bookman