Dawn Cox Helen Prince talks to Dawn Cox about strategies to teach subject vocabulary in the RE classroom, ensuring equality of provision, testing retrieval of key words, and the important role parents can play in supporting pupils.  Dawn Cox is a Head of RE and SLE in Essex; she is also a respected blogger and author. She tweets at @missdcox Further reading and support: Dawn shares strategies to develop students’ understanding of the words they read, hear and speak. in our activity pack 'Closing the Word Gap: activities for the RE classroom'. Download a copy.