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BBC Bitsize - Pronouns

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OhHolyJesus · 22/10/2020 09:27

I mean I'm not surprised but Bitesize is used by schools through the country as a supposed reliable, unbiased source of education material.

mobile.twitter.com/SafeSchools_UK/status/1319025713475952641?fbclid=IwAR0rTBD2j5PKOeTKvYSSX90c4RUDmJDo7Zg613qnDBXNaAncv3J8epYWLSQ

You can complain here:

www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint

Or email your MP and cc MPs Safe Schools Alliance on info@safeschoolsallianceuk.

In the tweet thread there are some people already complaining. I'm not a defund the BBC kind of person but I can see why license fee layers are questioning what the BBC are doing with their money (there is a website 'BBC complaints' that's all about biased Brexit coverage).

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RozWatching · 22/10/2020 11:15

"How does this relate to non-binary people?

Non-binary is an umbrella term for people who don’t fit comfortably into ‘male’ or ‘female’ categories."

Seriously? Why push this on kids? How is this part of BBC Learning's remit?

Clymene · 22/10/2020 11:13

[quote WootMoggie]They haven't deleted it - they've (presumably) just withdrawn and reposted it to avoid a pile-on:

mobile.twitter.com/bbcbitesize/status/1319211222517059584[/quote]
And you can't reply to it now. This is an educational resource provided by a publicly funded body and they don't want pesky parents interfering in their propaganda Angry

Melroses · 22/10/2020 11:09

sorry - it didn't upload.

BBC Bitsize - Pronouns
Clymene · 22/10/2020 11:09

The took the first tweet down but it's back up again. I had hoped someone had realised that directing children to stonewall which is in direct contravention of the government's guidance on RSE

Melroses · 22/10/2020 11:08

From this morning.

I read on Claire's twitter that when she told the GP she had a DSD, the GP asked her pronouns Confused

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WootMoggie · 22/10/2020 11:06

They haven't deleted it - they've (presumably) just withdrawn and reposted it to avoid a pile-on:

mobile.twitter.com/bbcbitesize/status/1319211222517059584

MouseandCat · 22/10/2020 11:03

Here's the screenshot.. sorry missing date ... not very good at this

BBC Bitsize - Pronouns
gardenbird48 · 22/10/2020 11:00

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zp6ftrd

it is still on the website - utter nonsense advised by Stonewall. When you at it next to the actual learning on grammar it makes no sense - you can tell it has not been written by an educator - it has a defensive tone.

I have written my complaint.

MouseandCat · 22/10/2020 10:58

There's a whole bitesize area on this
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zp6ftrd

And a tweet linking it in the BBC bitesize twitter account

Swallowzandamazons · 22/10/2020 10:45

Screenshot? Its gone...

Clymene · 22/10/2020 10:39

Oh! They've taken it down - well the tweet has gone. I'll check the website

Clymene · 22/10/2020 10:38

Thanks for posting a thread. I posted a screenshot on the international pronouns thread but I'm furious about this. We use Bitesize as a resource regularly in our house - both at the school's direction and as an additional resource for homework.

I might have to bookmark the BBC complaints page at this rate!

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