WT actual F?
Dd1 is 5, and in year one of a Catholic school against my will (only school with a place, despite us waiting till summer on 8 waiting lists, and I was too ill to HE)
DH persuaded me to let her go because he assumed it had better academic results and that she would learn Latin 
Anyhow, the latest Ofsted and league tables are 'satisfactory' and only the forth in the area for level five and above at year six. It also has much less special needs and free school meals, so no excuse. Not that all that is the most important thing, but DH doesn't have that to hide behind.
Now, I have no problem at all with other people bringing up their child how they like, as long as we are allowed to do the same. I do think that views that aren't inclusive and suitable for all need to be kept away from state provision, however. If you need more than Sunday school, or after school madrassa, or whatever, go to private or HE.
I wasn't happy up to now anyway, but my FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD has just told me that her teacher said she has to pray every night, on her knees, so that God cares about her. God looks after people who love him only, and he only likes Catholics. Everyone else makes him sad, apparently, and he doesn't like them or look after them.
Can I add that they have already had homework saying that the only way to be Catholic is o be baptised? DD is not baptised. She also attended her parents wedding.
I told her that, if I believed in God, I would think that he would be friendly and love everyone.
DH has reluctantly agreed to look at other schools, but he says all schools teach the same kind of thing, because of the 'collective worship' in assembly.
When she started, they told me that all they o is pray at the start and finish of the day, and sometimes have events in church.
This is a whole new level.
Aibu to be wanting my child out of there asap?
AIBU?
Aibu to be v annoyed at 'God only cares about Catholics'
BrittaPerry · 30/09/2012 10:31
Bloody hell 
Get her out of there!!
An ex of mine was from a Catholic boarding school, and had no idea how to use a condom... I was shocked they hadn't at least TOLD them about them!
My daughter said something like this when she was at a Catholic primary school too. She was a baptised catholic but we went to a free church, and were probobly the most active Christians in the school. Because of this they wouldn't allow her to do first communion classes. She came home one day and said "Mummy, why does Jesus love the other children and not me?"
Atm, it is this school or HE, and Dh refuses point blank to consider HE.
I've never had any dealings with Catholics before. Well, I went to a Catholic sixth form college. There was a chapel and priest, for if you wanted them, and they did fundraising for CAFOD etc. It was also the only local place apart from private that did Latin and Religion A levels. But that was it. I went on a couple of trips to places like beaches, for a session of silent prayer/meditation/chilling out in silence. But there was also a muslim prayer room, and if we didn't want to join in with ny worship things, we didn't have to.
I went to a normal primary, where we were taught that evolution is impossible but at least that was the local evangelists coming in for a separate lesson, and they weren't the people also telling us that 1+1=2
DH says I am being racist against Catholics. I'm not, am I?
I used to teach in a catholic school - you do get the occasional nutter teacher who is a religious obsessive and who is kept well away from any RE for that reason. They generally think that the way religious education is being taught in the school is wrong and not Catholic enough - they then try to wriggle their strange views into other lessons (in one school I taught it was a music teacher). The only way the school gets to hear about this and deal with it is when parents tell the head.
I would gently find out what your dd thinks she's been told, write it down in a very coherent way, build up a bit of a dossier over the course of a week or so and then make an appointment to see the head. Hand it over and say that you were not aware that those views were the official teachings of the Catholic church, and that if they are then there should be more public awareness of this. Could she please let you have a copy of the syllabus which is used for teaching religious education in the school? Say you assume that as it's such an important subject the teachers have been trained in catechetics (pronounced cat - a - ket -icks) you will sound very knowledgable 
Unless the head is a nutter rather old school RC then s/he will probably be horrified.
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She's five. Are you sure she's reporting verbatim, or is this her take on what was said?
5 year olds have been known to either wildly misinterpret things, or to embellish things deliberately. I wouldn't take it as gospel (pun not intended).
You'll find religious loons in every school. At my sons school, the RS teacher is a non believer (despite a masters in philosophy) and takes the piss out of anyone with any faith. . it is non faith school.
Move your daughter if she is unhappy but it is an upheaval, transferring schools, losing friends and routine and forever being the new girl
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