I am trying to decide whether I am being overly pedantic - so feel free to tell me if you think I am.
My dd, 5yrs, had her Harvest Festival service in our local church recently. The whole school was there, and each class had a set piece to do - based upon the theme ' Harvest Around the World'. It was a really lovely service overall, but a couple of things struck me as a bit wrong. I suppose I had better just mention that dd attends a C of E primary in England, though as a family we are a mixture of lazy Atheists and non-practising Christians.
So, this Harvest Festival Y3 had Australia as their subject. Most of it was fine - all a bit 'oooh, they do it at a different time of year'. But when they got to the hop harvest one child proceeded to hold up a picture of a can of lager. So far as I know, hops play no part in lager production
. In the grand scheme of things it is not earth-shatteringly important, but I am just itching to point it out to the school!
Rather more worryingly, Y6 had China and went for a historical angle. Apparently, in the 13th century the Chinese were governed by the Mongols who were (and I quote) 'very evil people'. Now, I recognise that the Mongols can be held to account for a substantial number of atrocities. Surely dismissing an entire race as evil in a C of E church service is going a bit far though???!!! 