Oh good. So today at school dd has learnt about death and child abuse. What has your child learnt today?

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So far dd has come home explaining that they have learnt about "people dying" (rememberance day) and the NSPCC (confused).

Rememberence day I can understand. She came home with a poppy picture, very sweet but all she seems to have picked up on is that some brave knights went and had a big fight and lots of people died.
Not really what I would have wanted her to have learnt or picked up at the age of 5, but hey ho.

Then an advert for the NSPCC came on tv and she announced that they have been learning about that at school too today!
When I asked her what it was, she said it was about children and theres a green full stop.

dd1 told me that at school today at 11 o clock everyone in the world closed their eyes and thought of the brave men and women

well, I think it's important that children learn about rememberence, and that there are men and women out there who have died in wars.

Not sure about the nspcc though!

I wonder if someone came in to talk to them about the NSPCC, maybe in assembly ? Perhaps they are going to do some fundraising.

Its great that she has taken it all in and has been telling you what she has learnt. I would be happy for my 5 year old to learn about both, at the appropriate level.

Sometimes the NSPCC go into schools to do fundraising. How effective they are at getting their message across is debatable. I worked i a school in a deprived area once ad a woman from NSPCC cam in to assembly. 'Imagine if you'd never been to Mc Donalds!' was her definition of needing support from the NSPCC. Several heads went down as many of the chn sat there were too poor to visit Mc Doalds. Numpty.

DD did the NSPCC yesterday - they must be visiting schools at the moment as we had an accompanying letter talking about a presentation the children attended and asking for money

Apologies for my spelling - ds's laptop is pants.

ds's class were doing poppy pictures today. He came home and asked me if his 'great great great great great grandad' had fought in WW1! I said no, but possibly in the English Civil War...

I really don't mind rememberence day being taught.
I think its important they learn about it but the NSPCC

Why would they be going around schools to talk to children?

Aha! This explains why my DD1 has come home for the past few days discussing people dying and guns ...well at least I think it explains it

Numpty indeed Cornsilk!

LOL edam

Money? All the children came home with an envelope containing an activity pack and a donation envelope! Would have thought it would cost more to produce the packs than the donations they will receive a a result.

I better double check her school bag but I'm sure she hasn't brought anything home.

DD has just said that they were given something to colour and a green badge with a smiley face.

How bizarre.

the green full stop thing is about the current slogan/mission of the NSPCC:

Cruelty to children must stop. Full stop.

Ah yes, have just had long chat with DD (5) about death and dying. And war.

I think it's miserable how much we force upon our children sometimes. WHy should they know about child abuse or cruelty? It's not fair. They aren't responsible. They can't do anything. It can only make them sad, pointlessly, surely?

I disagree. If children are educated and informed that it is wrong for adults to hit them or beat them, and given the information as to how they can report this themselves (talk to a teacher of phone childline), then abuse can be tackled and can be reduced in this country.

Just heard something in relation to that terrible child death that's in the news. Apparently we have one of the lowest rates for child death amongst developed countries.

Of course we should work to prevent, detect and punish all cruelty to children, but from the NSPCC and the media I'd never have guessed that was the case.

so how are children supposed to know there is someone out there for them if you don't want them to talk about it at school?

there are children in your child's school who need help from the NSPCC. Why should they not be made aware?

I think that they should have informed parents beforehand, rather than just letting the children listen to it all and coming home blurting out that they've been learning about the NSPCC.

I was a bit suprised to say the least!

Oh cornsilk, that happened to me too. I was teaching in a school in a very deprived area. "Imagine if your house had broken windows and no heating. Imagine if your parents couldn't read and you had no socks to wear in the winter..." Cue lots of children inspecting their bare ankles and hanging heads as the woman showed pictures of homes just like theirs. Then my lovely kids gave their pocket money to this woman. I wish they would find out a bit about their audience before they start campaigning.

I think that the NSPCC should be introduced to children at a young age. However, I think it should be age appropriate and dealt with some tact.
Personally, coming from the perspective of an abused child myself, I would have loved it if the NSPCC had come to my school and talked about such issues as child abuse.

DD (6)came home from school yesterday full of talk about dead soldiers and that "they had actual skin but they were dead!" I was a bit

The NSPCC came to my primary school for an assembly when I was 8. I still have nightmares about the torture stories the woman told us in graphic detail - worse than the news last night.
Teach kids that being hit or starved is wrong, yes, but surely they don't need the voyeuristic detail?

DD's primary school has a Rememberance Service, and a 2 minute silence. Allt he childrenw eer invovled, inc Reception. I was at the assembly (I help out) and yes, soldiers dying was covered obviously but all the children seemed fine about it and seemed to understand it all quite well.

Nt sure about the NSPCC - depends on what was done and how it was covered.