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I have just had a conversationw ith the mother of one of the chiuldren in DS1s class

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saltiresaysSANTA · 16/12/2008 16:05

They are a muslim family. She wears the muslim dress scarf covering her head etc. Anyway, we were chatting and she said to me "Y(her son) loves this school because they make no difference at all with regards to his religion. His old school, the entire year group were told not to hand him Christmas cards in case they upset him. Well you can imagine they did upset him by excluding him, can you imagine how he felt sitting there while the enire class got cards.. They didn't have a class party one year in case they upset him, we were asked if we wanted to keep him off school when they did Cinderella, yet here, everyone has given him cards, everyone has given him ones with santas ona dn snowmen, nothing religious, and he got a mian part in the school play". She was almost crying, and yet she seemed really pleased as well.
Also a minority of the other mothers ignore her

I don't actually know why I'm telling all of you this, I just felt I wanted to share it with you all. Its the season of goodwill to all isn't it!

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cornsilk · 16/12/2008 16:07

How sad about his last school. Head carrying out policies without consulting with parents probably.

Lizzylou · 16/12/2008 16:08

Oh, how lovely that her and her son feel included now.

tissy · 16/12/2008 16:09

that's nice, saltire.

One of the (few) good things about dd's school is that they are very inclusive, even though they seem to push Christianity VERY hard! Dd came home every week in P1 and P2 with new words to hymns- I have a lovely memory of her sitting in the bath one night at the ripe old age of 4, singing, "Yes, Jesus Loves Me!" at the top of her voice!

saltiresaysSANTA · 16/12/2008 16:18

She said her parents and ILs couldn't understand why they moved away, but she didn't wnat her son growing up surrounded by "antagonism". Her word.

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ruddynorah · 16/12/2008 16:21

lovely. i have a lot of muslim staff and they all happily GIVE and receive christmas cards. we always put on a christmas dinner for everyone and this year all our muslim colleagues got together and put on an Eid dinner for everyone. was wonderful. two big dinners a week apart!

vesela · 16/12/2008 16:23

First school sounds totally muddled - doesn't bother asking what their preferences are re. Christmas cards, but then asks whether he should be off school for Cinderella?

I can understand they don't want to make her feel she has to say yes, but surely the way to do it is to say 'we're planning to do various Christmas-related activities, what are your preferences re. X, Y and Z?'

Myrrhcy · 16/12/2008 16:39

Previous school sound bonkers,

I'm glad the family are happier in this one - I can see why you wanted to post about it!

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