My ds recently started primary 1 in our local primary school. It's a great school - 35 kids in total - 2 teachers and only 5 kids in P1 so we were more than happy to send him.
When we visited last year we told the head that we do not believe that religious observance should form part of school life (my dh and I do hold certain beliefs but think that religion should be part of home life and not school). She explained that in Scotland (don't know about rest of UK) it is a statutory requirement for schools to have a daily religious observance and that this school said a prayer every morning. She said though that the kids were not compelled to take part and could sit quietly during that time instead.
We do not want to make our child different so do not want to exclude him during this part of the day. Of course, now he has started school he has told us how he "prays" every morning - and does not want to stop taking part! I don't want to make a big deal of it - spoke to the head again who was very understanding and said my ds could help with dinner money or something during that time - but I really don't want him to feel or look different. Does anyone else have this problem?
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scotlou · 14/09/2004 12:49
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