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Changing rooms and withdrawing from PE

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usernamewastaken · 10/02/2020 11:01

Hi. My DD is 8, year 3. She's becoming increasingly aware of her body. In school, her class gets changed for PE all together, there isn't a partition for boys and girls. This wasn't an issue in year 2, but she has told me she is becoming embarrassed as boys point at the girls in their underwear. I know there's no legislation until year 7 upwards, but I've read the 'best practise' NSPCC factsheet. I went to this school, and there were changing rooms in the 80s, obviously they must have knocked them down/renovated. The school won't put up screens to divide the genders. There is no Intimate Care Policy on their website. The teacher, worryingly, leaves the window blinds open during changing (with staff/pupils/visitors walking past outside). I want to protect her privacy, and in her words she has told me she feels vulnerable. What are my rights over refusing for her to do PE or her getting changed in front of the boys? I'm also concerned for the year 6 pupils who may have started to develop early. Tia.

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healthylifestylee · 11/02/2020 18:56

Don't remember having any thoughts about this In school till year 5 when us girls would change in the coat room and toilets in year 6

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