At Braunstone Frith Primary Academy, we follow guidance from the Government on how to teach British Values. Some people say that there are “boy things” and some say there are “girl things” but we say this is not the case and boys and girls can do the same sorts of things if they want. While No Outsiders has been the subject of widely publicised and protests by some this BBC article explains more about this, and how challenging this has been for the schools affected), Andrew has delivered training in numerous schools and the programme has successfully been taught to many children.

Since less than 10% of the population is LGBT, schools should be presenting heterosexuality for over 90% of the time. But some parents at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham say lessons featuring books depicting same-sex relationships are not age-appropriate and the lessons have currently been put on hold. e. schools) that promoting some of the protected characteristics of the EA while ignoring others is simply against UK law. Marian Liebmann is the chairwoman of the Bristol Holocaust Memorial Day steering group and she says, "Anything I can do to make this word a better place, where people are welcomed, whoever they are, then I would like to do that.They are told to imagine Tiny joining their class and how they would have to reconsider using pronouns.

Wikipedia gives a rather better explanation of how the word “homophobia” is used in practice, to label a wide range of different “negative” attitudes.He explained that, “statistics show that in the last few years in Britain there has been a significant rise in hate crime. By being a No Outsiders school, this means that we celebrate diversity and are committed to the principles of inclusion and equality. Would you want that teacher to gently explain that it’s not wrong, thereby contradicting some parents? The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. In fact, often children need extra training in how to answer maths questions because they get bogged down with the details like names and miss what the question is about.

Another parent, Fatima Shah, mother of two who has been prominent in the campaign said of her 10-year-old daughter: ‘My child came home and told me am I OK to be a boy? Dresses by Marcus Ewert and Rex Ray is taught to year 6s, the final year of primary school in Andrew Moffat’s CHIPS programme. Written by a practising teacher whose work to promote equality has been globally celebrated, this book provides lesson plans for use in classes from EYFS to Year 6. The 'No Outsiders' programme educates children about diversity within our communities and addresses issues such as sexism, ageism, race and different types of families. Secondly, in your example of a teacher having to deal with a conversation where a child has two parents of the same sex, does the teacher have a duty to put forward the “truth” that politics (or lobby groups) dictate?The credibility of " No Outsiders in Our School" is further increased by the fact that it's author - Andy Moffat - has a history of producing successful, story book projects for schools. There was recognition from the chief executive of Holocaust Educational Trust, Karen Pollock, that this year Holocaust Memorial Day is difficult because of the conflict in Israel. Andrew explained that “No Outsiders is a whole school ethos that starts the moment a child enters Early Years.