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The National Society's Godly Play Schools' Project

Godly play is an approach to religious nurture, developed by the American religious educator and Montessori teacher, Jerome Berryman.

Over the past three years, with funding from the St Christopher's Trust, teachers from schools in the Midlands, London and Herefordshire have been exploring the Godly Play approach in RE lessons, to see whether the method can be adapted and appropriately used in schools in the UK.

Several lines of enquiry were followed:

Could Godly Play take place in a school setting or was it only appropriate for use within a faith community?

Could both pupils and teachers gain from the Godly Play approach?

Could the Godly Play approach have importance beyond the RE classroom?

The Godly Play method has had a profound and often surprising impact on the teachers involved in the project. Some have found that they are rethinking not just how they approach their RE lessons; but the whole process of teaching and learning.

To find out more about Godly Play and the work of the Project, explore the online report, the contents of which are outlined below. You can jump straight to any page using the navigation menu to the left, or follow the Next >> links to move through the full report a page at a time.

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The National Society's Godly Play Schools' Project

Godly play is an approach to religious nurture, developed by the American religious educator and Montessori teacher, Jerome Berryman.

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