AIBU?
AIBU to ask my sons nursery to stop using Sparklebox resources?
pizzaqueen · 30/04/2013 19:58
My DS (2.5) attends a lovely private nursery 2 afternoons a week. I'm more than happy with his care and he is really happy there.
Today he brought home a 'home to nursery bag' each one has a different theme and the kids get to pick them to bring home. I was shocked to find some sparklebox resources and worksheets inside the pack.
For those that don't know sparklebox's owner (Kinge) was associated with having indecent images of children and sex offence charges a few years ago and many schools and childcare providers boycott sparklebox resources as a result.
More here: www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6041853
Would I be being unreasonable to draw the nursery's attention to this and explain I'm not happy about them using these resources? I don't want to come across as a trouble maker but this just sits really uncomfortably with me, I hate to think in a round about way I'm finding child pornography.
McNewPants2013 · 30/04/2013 20:04
www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6041853
Yanbu i would bring this to the owners attention.
LindyHemming · 30/04/2013 20:41
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manicinsomniac · 30/04/2013 20:57
meh, I think YABU. SParklebox resources are awesome and save a massive amount of time.
This is the first I've heard of any problems with the site, they've been used for years in my school and nobody's mentioned a word of this.
Regardless, using them or not is not going to harm or protect any children in a teacher's care or elsewhere, they're just great, colourful display resources.
Hulababy · 30/04/2013 20:57
Sparklebox is barred from our LEA network, so not accessible at school. However, some teachers still use it where I work. They know my opinion on it and wherever possible I will not use the resources - I'd rather make my own or look elsewhere online. I hate it when I have no choice - sadly, I don't always get that choice (am a TA these days, if not knowing in advance and just presented with materials, etc).
CloudsAndTrees · 30/04/2013 20:57
No, I don't, sorry, I wish I did! I'm reading this thread with interest and hoping someone that knows more will come along.
I had been told by my old boss that the site was safe to use so she was going to start using it again, and she had always to rid of the logo anyway. But it hadn't occurred to me that the guy might still be making money from the site.
HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 30/04/2013 21:00
Regardless, using them or not is not going to harm or protect any children in a teacher's care or elsewhere
I think the children being exploited in the child pornography that these resources are funding or have funded in the past would beg to differ.
There should be a 100% boycott of these products, no exception. It's disgusting.
kim147 · 30/04/2013 21:01
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