Hereford Cathedral Awarded the Quality Badge for Learning Outside the Classroom.
For the second time running Hereford Cathedral Education Department have been awarded the Quality Badge by the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom. The CLOtC believes that every child should experience the world beyond the classroom as an essential part of learning and personal development, and the Quality Badge is awarded to organisations that meet particular criteria.
Sarah Arrowsmith, the cathedral’s Education Officer, said ‘The LOtC Quality Badge is awarded for two years, and is a real tribute to the hard work and commitment of the volunteers who make up the Education Team’.
Cathedrals fall into the CLOtC category ‘Sacred Spaces’. This includes places of religion like gurdwaras, mandirs, synagogues and mosques, and also sites like Glastonbury and Stonehenge. These sacred spaces offer experiential opportunities for children and young people to develop knowledge and understanding about:
• beliefs: how beliefs about God, the world and others make a difference to people’s lives
• teachings and authority: the teaching of sacred texts and other sources about God, the world
and human life
• worship, pilgrimage and sacred places: where, how and why people worship
• the journey of life and death: beliefs and rituals associated with key events in human experience
• symbols and religious expression: how religious and spiritual ideas are expressed through ritual,
art and architecture
• religion, family and community: how individuals, families and communities practise their faith
and the contribution this makes to local life
• beliefs in action: how religions respond to global issues of human rights, social justice and
responsibility for the environment.
Please click on the link below to view some photos of our education work: