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primary school - gender stereotyping

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pinguina · 06/10/2014 10:39

Hello
I live in the Midlands with DH and 2DD aged 4 and 6. On Friday I received the school newsletter with this info: in order to improve their writing by giving them topics they are interested in, the children in my eldest DD's class have been split into groups, boys and girls. (I quote verbatim): boys' activities include climbing ropes, bending it like Beckham and making paper planes. Girls have been learning how to give a hand massage, how to make an entrance and strike a pose.This afternoon they will be getting together to put on a fashion show.
Is it 1954 and I hadn't noticed? I went to complain to the headteacher. What would you do?

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IndiansInTheLobby · 06/10/2014 11:07

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JubJubBirds · 06/10/2014 11:02

Having a more stereotypically boy/girl topic every now had been shown to have fantastic results but only when the topic is high quality to begin with. Both the topics sound pretty awful but the girls' spectacularly so.

What did the head say?

TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 06/10/2014 10:57

Definitely complain - they all sound awful and far too specific. They should be looking at broader topics that engage everyone - and the girls stuff sounds vile. Why would a little girl need to give a hand massage? Yuck

Pippidoeswhatshewants · 06/10/2014 10:57

Shock I think I would struggle to go in and have a level headed discussion about this! I can't believe that they actually did this!

BuffyBotRebooted · 06/10/2014 10:55

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claraschu · 06/10/2014 10:53

All the topics sound like crap.

starlight1234 · 06/10/2014 10:50

I was told by my sons teachers they do more boys geared topics as girls tend to write about anything , boys generally if they are interested but not heard of such an obvious divide before. I would complain too

UriGeller · 06/10/2014 10:46

They don't have a clue do they?

PetulaGordino · 06/10/2014 10:44

oh. good. grief.