to not want my kid to go to a mosque ...again!

[moaningminnie2]

We live in North Yorkshire and every year the village Cof E school run a whole-school trip to Bradford.First they went to a mosque, then the following year a Gurdwara and then a Hindu temple, and now this year back to a mosque again.They do that in the morning, then have lunch and a run around in a park, and then in the afternoon a quick visit to 'Bombay Stores' and then back home for school pick up. DD and her friends don't want to go ( they went in Y2) and I resent having to pay £13 for each of my 2 kids at the school.Whaty is the point of going to the same place again, and do the school get 'Brownie Points' for doing this sort of RE trip.

I don't see how they could sit in an empty classroom all day because all the teaching staff will be going.
And then the other school trip they have planned is a 'taster day' at a crap undersubscribed secondary school 20 miles away in the arse end of nowhere.They are Y4s! They have 3 more years left of primary

What is £13 for?

Sounds very expensive. But then we are spoilt by being in outer London so my kids have free transport for the majority of trips.

Oddly enough our school do trips to the synagogue (walking) and Temple (rare coach trip) but never seen to go to church. I think alot depends on the schools relationship with the local venues as to how often they get invited/allowed to go.

You should have left the bit where I said that it was just mosques she objected to as she doesn't object to going to church twice.

It's not ok in the current climate to leave such Anti Muslim sentiment up IMO.

What is £13 for?

the coach i assume.I don't know what else would cost.

Agree with Laurie.

I honestly wouldn't mind if my two school aged children went to a mosque for a school trip. Even though we're more church people. I think it's healthy to learn about different religions from a young age. Teaches tolerance and all that.

Mate, you need to move to London. You get the Cutty Sark, the British Museum, the Transport Museum, the Science Museum

as well as the gurdwara, mosque, church, synagogue.

And that's just in infants and all free!

** I'm stealing this...

Can I just say, I don't mind a visit to a mosque,once.I think they enjoyed it, but why go back again so soon?

Personally I wouldn't mind my children visiting any place of worship but I wonder what would happen if I started a thread saying I think all children should visit a catholic cathedral?

4 years is not soon.

Lurie going to the church is different.It is a Cof E school so they go there to worship every month.It is not a school trip.

Everyone would agree that they should visit a cathedral

Because they do

There was something about diversity in the old Ofsted frame work. It was very difficult for a 100% white rural schools not to get a 'could do better'

Given it's a first post and the location given, I'm certain the OP is waving a large wooden spoon.

Coaches are, however getting prohibitively expensive and neither the DDs primary or secondary has ever, sadly found the time, money or contacts to visit a non CofE place of worship.

Great shame as I have been lucky enough to go to a synagogue and a Sikh temple and both were fascinating.

DDs have been to a synagogue for a DFs sons naming ceremony, but not with school.

Frustratingly, CofE primary was actually more multi faith than DD1's Christian centric RE GCSE

Lots of people have said 4 years .It isn't 4 years it's 3! See, if this is the national numeracy standard, they would be better in school doing their maths lesson!

Elephants I name changed because I don't want to be identified by anyone at the school.

I'd be delighted if my kids were going to visit a Catholic cathedral. I''m Jewish, so they'd be more likely to see the inside of one if they went with their school than waiting for me to take them.

Take them to the Hare krishna people. They have lovely vegetarian food.

"so soon"?! Like leap years, coming along all the bloody time.

Actually I made a mistake in OP.DD said she went in Y2, but it must have been Y1

Maybe you could talk to your DD about the privilege of living in a society where different religions can live side by side and the problems in the world that can/do occur due to religious intolerance. Turn this into a positive for her.
If the cost is the problem then you should query this with the school to see if it can be done any cheaper.

Who cares whether it's 3 or 4!

Children grow up and get different experiences from the same place each time they go.

They have a deeper understanding at 8 than they did at 5.

And when they do A levels they might do the same periods in history that they did at Gcse but they do it more in depth and have a greater understanding.

I am going to get this thread pulled, because I don't want to get suspected of trollery

I agree with Lauries deleted post. All of it.