Help with letter to school about PSHCE Day to protect our girls

[stillsmilingtoday]

Sorry for posting with a request, but I am sure that someone here has a letter somewhere which can be copied and sent to my daughter's school about what can appropriately be taught in a PSHCE day. The school is very 'progressive' in terms of having a very pro LGBTQ+ agenda which I have concerns about. The kids are anti JK Rowling, if that tells you anything.

What I really want to say is that I am all in favour of teaching kids to respect others' preferences, but that our girl's rights shouldn't be eroded in favour of teaching trans rights. Also that at y8 and even y7 thinking back, should the focus of these lessons be such that the kids then spend hours discussing whether or not they are gay, straight or bi? Maybe I'm old but it seems very young for the kids to be presented with a menu for gender and a menu for sexual preference which they then discuss with other similarly clueless people their own age, even before some of them fancy anyone! I worry about unintended consequences, I already know a number of kids who are questioning their gender identity, and not in a positive way, but feeling confused and alienated about it all.

I want to let the school know that I'm not on board with all of this and if there is any evidence or some good arguments that a balance must be taught without making me sound like a ranting dinosaur, please let me have them. I tried writing a letter but it turned into a rant and I am sure that there are some level-headed arguments that I have not thought of that would be much more persuasive.

Many thanks in advance.

NB - I am not anti-trans or homophobic etc before anyone accuses me of it. I just think that 11 and 12 is very young to be introduced to these ideas with no post-discussion management, and I've seen some very confused young kids who are not equipped to deal with the "choices" provided.

Here you are stillsmilingtoday People on here won't think you're transphobic or homophobic - merely a parent concerned about gaslighting of children and safeguarding. There's now lots of information but Safe Schools Alliance have numerous resources to help with talking to schools:
safeschoolsallianceuk.net/:

I think the RSE dept of education guidance 2021 is quite good at explaining what schools should be teaching and what is age appropriate. It’s about respectful relationships, consent, on-line dangers, contraception etc. I think if you sent them an email asking about how they are meeting these requirements it would show an interest in what they were doing and also remind them what they are supposed to be covering.

Thanks, these are useful. I've followed it up with a call to the school to discuss everything. Honestly I've had enough of sitting around worrying about not being liberal enough.

Well done stillsmilingtoday
As the government have finally realised, the uncritical access political lobby groups have had in pushing their sexual politics agenda at children is having an awful impact.
Schools have stepped way outside their professional boundaries with all this, aided and abetted by the useful idiots in unions and the captured civil servants in the DfE. Parents need to speak up as at the moment, those charged with safeguarding children are too busy bowing and scarping to Stonewall.