JIgsaw PHSE materials - I have details

It's not exactly a ringing endorsement when the best that can be said is "well, I suppose it could be worse."

Doesn't sound like the most inspiring lesson. but good that they are being taught this. I'm sure teachers will make it more interesting/relevant to their own cohort of children.

God I pity the kids. I can't imagine a more boring lesson. I suppose a whole hour with whoever is in charge of waste disposal at the hospital as part of induction week "you put this in an orange bag and that in a black bag and make a swan neck for the tie like this" is up there. I'd rather sit through the rubbish sorting talk tbh.

And I'd rather my children (who thankfully are out of school now and just missed this) got taught something more enriching.

The rights and responsibilities usually relate to the UN convention on the rights of the child. If they’ve been doing Jigsaw for a while then they’ll know about this. So they might just refer back to those rights/responsibilities.
I feel sorry for everyone in this situation! I think Jigsaw has done what it can to refer to transgender people in a way that primary children can just about understand.

Thanks OP. I have responded to dd's school consultation relating to jigsaw pshe. I knew some of the contents of this lesson but not all. I think the focus on fair treatment is, well, fair, but the children are going to be confused by the content. I teach secondary and my students (not of the woke variety) are very confused by the whole sex/gender thing. I try to explain as best I can but am always looking over my shoulder in case I say something heretical.

I need to look at this properly (just skimmed so far) school have sent the PHSE consultation through so I will use this info in forming my reply.

The school has over 40% of pupils who English is not their first language, so race would be much more relevant.

I'm.not sure why it's a good example fir children. It's literally telling telling that the impact on families is nothing important and all that matters is how kind people are to the person and that they are happy.

Roberta Cowell said she had XX male syndrome. However she also had 2 children, and all people with XX male syndrome are sterile.

Sorry Roberta Cowell befire I'm jumped on fir dead naming or whatever

Robert Cowell, isn't that the one who lied about having children to back up the claim of being intersex so the dr would do the surgery?

The lesson plan is awful tbh

Don't suppose they mention how the children that were denied felt?

This is interesting OP.
I have just emailed my DD’s primary school today as apparently last week there was a meeting with some specially invited parents (not me) to discuss the new Sex Education classes . I’ve asked for detailed lesson plans and who the outside agencies involved are.
My email has been forwarded and I am to await a reply ……

'be kind' just gets eyerolls from my kids, now. The school bang on about it relentlessly, but don't actually step in and stop bullying, so they recognise it as bullshit lip-service.

Some transgender people take a medicine called a hormone blocker'

Strictly speaking, don't they take a medecine used for cancer treatment and use it to stop puberty happening, or they take artificial hormones.

Is this accurate?

The emphasis on fairness is clever. Kids often don't care about being kind, but they do care about being fair.

I agree.

I'm interested to know what answers children usually come up with to this section:

Starting with 'Rights', ask each group to list three rights that are important in a welcoming community. Ask each group to write these on one side of the paper. Once the children have finished, they need to pass their list to a different group. This group now lists a corresponding 'Responsibility' for each of the 'Rights'. Prompt the children with one or two examples if needed.

Any primary teachers on here used this material? I'd say that the types of responses elicited here would give a good indication of what the children have absorbed about fairness and rights, and how they think it relates to gender, or indeed their reactions to the idea that someone might feel they are female but be born in a male body. Also think that's a bit close to the now proscribed 'born in the wrong body' rhetoric isn't it? My kids' school also uses these resources and I am keen to know more.

I hope they give as much time to all the other protected characteristics and potential "differences". It would be nice to see as much resource being put into supporting e.g. children with disabilities, autism, learning disability, hearing difficulties etc etc etc

What's glaringly missing from this is making sure that young children don't mistakenly think people can actually become the opposite sex just because they feel a certain way.