For non-teachers, Twinkl is a huge part of many teachers' lives. They produce colourful, generally reasonable quality resources- worksheets, displays, vocabulary mats etc. Their stuff links closely to the National Curriculum and they add topical stuff for eg Olympics, royal weddings etc. They are seen as trustworthy and run Facebook groups that thousands of teachers follow and use as a place to discuss issues and ask for help.
Today they have posted 'If you do one thing tonight, read this blog: Trans teen "What I wish my primary teachers had understood " '. There are accompanying resources.
I am not a Twinkl subscriber so I can't see everything, but I can link to the blog which includes things like "why can't toilets be gender neutral?" and sleeping arrangements on residential trips.
Some teachers pay their own subscription to Twinkl, others work in schools that subscribe. They are a huge part of the education landscape and seen as very mainstream, establishment even. It alarms me hugely that they are peddling this stuff with no reference to the equality act. It has the hallmarks of them having asked the wrong people to advise them.
Could any MN Twinkl members who feel as I do let Twinkl know about Transgender Trend so that they see an alternative viewpoint at least? And perhaps express some disappointment about the disregard for girls' rights, eg Year 6 girls having to share toilets with boys as they deal with periods for the first time.
[MNer for 12 years but couldn't fathom how to get back on post data-hack, hence NC]