SafeSchools - political indoctrination in KS1 maths!

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ThumbWitchesAbroad · 22/06/2021 01:49

twitter.com/SafeSchools_UK/status/1406897450892333059

For those who can't see the link:

Safe Schools Alliance
@SafeSchools_UK
This is KS1 (ages 5-7) maths from
@JustLikeUsUK
for #SchoolDiversityWeek. What teaching/child development qualifications did the author have? This is political indoctrination & in breach of the 1996 Education Act.
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SafeSchools - political indoctrination in KS1 maths!

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MrsOvertonsWindow · 22/06/2021 08:57

This is what happens when you give political activists free reign in schools. Indoctrination, a shambolic curriculum with nothing centring the needs and rights of children.

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 22/06/2021 08:49

I saw that and couldn't quite believ just how unsubtle the indoctrination was!

Childrenofthestones · 22/06/2021 08:34

Even if it's a mock up lets be honest, it's only a matter of time until it's a reality.

Leafstamp · 22/06/2021 08:23

alias — This has got so ridiculous that I wouldn’t be surprised if they would be marked wrong, or at least a correction made if full marks awarded.

I despair at times.

aliasundercover · 22/06/2021 07:57

The maths answer is ‘10 bottles’.* If a student wrote ‘she needs to buy 10 bottles’ would they be marked as correct or incorrect?

I think. It’s early.

Leafstamp · 22/06/2021 07:48

Another example:

mobile.twitter.com/SafeSchools_UK/status/1406897455338295296

ScreamingMeMe · 22/06/2021 07:29

That looks like a parody

AngelicaElizaAndPeggy · 22/06/2021 05:57

This can't be a real maths problem that has been given to children; it looks nothing like any material I've ever used in school during my entire career in teaching. Maths questions are crafted really carefully in ks1 to make sure the operation and quantities involved are signposted clearly. This question is worded in such a fluffy way, you'd have to give it to year 2 (unless you were reading aloud to year 1). However, the maths itself is quite basic, so not year 2 level.
We do teach children to use highlighter pens to select important maths information, though - I guess this could be an example of a question where the maths problem itself is quite oblique and you have to siphon out the info from a lot of extraneous information that isn't important?

DdraigGoch · 22/06/2021 05:04

This has got to be a parody.

Stop the Earth, I want to get off!

ChakaDakotaRegina · 22/06/2021 02:55

Please tell me this isn’t real and hasn’t actually been used to teach maths to 5-7 year olds?

FemaleAndLearning · 22/06/2021 02:52

It's just awful and confusing. Verbal reasoning in maths is about picking out the important maths bits not filtering out political statements.

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