By Susan Mason
INTRODUCTION
Freenations is pleased (and horrified) to present an article by Susan Mason, founder of the School Gate Campaign, about the sexual indoctrination of children as young as 4 describing and promoting overt sexualisation, homosexual relationships and gender change. It is already permitted in Britain today to apply drugs to young children to delay puberty in case they wish to “change gender”. A recent Court case affirmed this https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/17/appeal-court-overturns-uk-puberty-blockers-ruling-for-under-16s-tavistock-keira-bell .
All this occurs under a Conservative Government. Johnson’s administration seems to be no more than a front for radical Marxist sexual (and other) policies. The sections “Alternative Sexualities” and “Transgenderism and Drugging of Minors” in this Freenations post covered this scandal in 2018: http://freenations.net/the-first-marxist-conservative-government-in-history/
In December 2017 the Conservative Government approved guidance issued by the National Association of Head Teachers that “primary schools should include books that feature transgender parents in the curriculum and “ensure the visibility” of trans perspectives in the classroom.”
No wonder Johnson once said he saw “nothing wrong with Woke”. As Susan Mason says there are laws to protect children and not all RSHE programmes are unacceptable but knowing what material is being used in each school is not easy and so much of it would horrify parents.
There is a video mentioned at the end of this article. www.rsereview.orgIt contains such extreme material that apparently you cannot access it on eg Youtube without going through a long Google age-verification process!
The irony will not be lost on you! Educational tools used in schools, exposing children to graphic sexual material is so bad that adults on Youtube have to prove they are not children in order to view it!
Susan Mason:
A new law Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) about relationships and sex education came into effect in 2019 for all schools in England. The RSHE regulation required teaching from Sept 2020, but there were 1500 early adopters from Sept 2019.
Children from the age of four must be taught what schools think they should learn about sex, sexuality and gender dysphoria. Unfortunately, this law has created an environment where children can be misled, confused and in some cases prematurely sexualised.
Serious issues have already arisen. For example, one parent was told by a teacher in a primary school that it was none of her business what the school taught her child about these matters!
Schools have been known to act unlawfully and push a problematic ideological agenda. The Educate and Celebrate programme is not neutral but aims to “smash heteronormativity” and the No Outsiders programme that attracted so much media attention when parents protested outside a Birmingham primary school is based on “Queering the primary classroom”.
Some Head Teachers have refused to listen to parents’ concerns. In Heavers Farm Primary in Croydon children were expected to participate in LGBT Pride celebrations against parents’ wishes.
Even Local Authorities have caused problems. Warwickshire County Council has recommended schools use the All About Me programme which encourages self-stimulation for Infants children. It took the threat of legal action to make the council withdraw its recommendation of the programme.
So, what are the issues with RSE? Alarmingly, established, mainstream child development expertise has been ignored in many RSE programmes. This means that they cannot be guaranteed to be age appropriate. Some programmes aim to lower a child’s inhibitions and encourage sexual experimentation. This is effectively grooming.
Images cannot be unseen. They are imprinted on the memory for life. There have been instances of primary children shielding their eyes from viewing the sex education video presented to them. The British Board of Film Classification would not allow some images in primary school sex ed programmes to be shown in films for adults.
In some Relationships education programmes, friendships with a person of the same sex (the most common friendship among children of primary school age), is blended with same-sex, adult sexual relationships. This is misleading, confusing and unhelpful. It is not education.
Teachers promoting gender choice are irresponsible and are arguably criminally misleading children. Life-changing surgery and a lifetime of drugs is not good health. For example, there is evidence to show puberty blockers retard and even stop physical development in areas like skeletal structure and the brain in children and teenagers. And many individuals have already deeply regretted their decision to transition.
Regarding puberty blockers, I attach a screenshot from a presentation made by Michelle Cretella MD, Executive Director, American College of Pediatricians at the Esther Council, March 3 2021
The law says that parents are the primary educators for their children. There is, however, no right to withdraw from Relationships education up to 16 years, and there is only a downgraded right to request withdrawal from sex education in secondary school. This is an unprecedented step to usurp the authority of parents by the nanny state.
Every school will choose how they will fulfil the requirements of RSE law, some using in-house resources and others using or adapting external programmes. Therefore, the only way a parent can know what their child is being taught is to check it out for themselves.
Every school must consult with parents on RSE policy and samples of materials should be made available for inspection. It is imperative, then, that parents take the initiative, so the RSE curriculum can be developed with their input.
Analyses of various RSE resources are available on www.rsereview.org. Parents can see whether the programme their school is using has been flagged for safeguarding, ideological or any other issues. If their programme is not mentioned, they may be able to submit it for review.
There is nothing to stop parents from suggesting quality RSE resources for consideration when the school is reviewing its RSE policy. Examples of good RSE materials can be found at www.rseauthentic.uk. The Relationships Matter programme, for example, has no controversial content, covers every statutory requirement, and is free for schools to use.
Parent’s rights regarding the education of their children are considerable, so it’s important to know and use them where necessary.
THE LAW
- The RSE regulations requires that “[RSE] education is appropriate having regard to the age and religious background of the pupils.”
- They also require that the governing body of a maintained school must make and keep up to date a separate written statement of their policy with regard to the provision of RSE,
- publish a copy of the statement on a website and provide a copy free of charge to anyone who asks for one, and
- must consult parents of registered pupils at the school before making or revising that policy.
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION GUIDANCE (NOT LAW)
- The Dept for Education guidance requires schools to make samples of the materials that will be taught available.
- Schools with a religious character are permitted to teach their distinctive faith perspectives on relationships, marriage and civil partnerships and balanced debate is permitted to take place about issues that are seen as contentious.
- While strongly encouraged by the DfE to do so, primary schools are not required by law to teach LGBT elements (or the Equalities Act).
OTHER LAW
- Parents have a right to receive education for their children that is in accordance with their own philosophical and religious convictions. (Human Rights Act 1998)
- An organisation in schools attempting to persuade or convince, instead of safeguard and support, is essentially political in nature. Materials from lobbying or political organisations are forbidden in schools. (Education Act 1996)
- If what is being presented to children in schools is not objective, pluralistic and critical, it is categorised as indoctrination and is breaking the law. (Folgero and Others v Norway)
Finally, this brief video www.rsereview.org or https://rsereview.org/ from RSE Review shows a sample of the RSE content on offer in schools around the country. Unlike other versions you can access it easily.
