Easter celebrations cancelled at Primary school

Jaxjacky

Apologies Rula I missed your previous post

Thank you , that's fine! I've done it myself.

This just shows the twisted thinking of some people. She probably thinks she is being terribly modern and progressive, but she is actually showing how stupid she is.

Rula

No Oreo, it's not a big assumption on the case I was talking about.

They are all Muslim children. No white children in the school. All Muslims.

So there you have it.

White children can be Muslim too.

How silly !

What type of Country are we where this is allowed?

Yes Allira. I know.

Thanks very much to all who have twisted my comment which, I agree, was clunky.

I'll be leaving now

Thanks a lot for picking on me. I do apologise for anything I've said that's caused upset.

As you were.

We're not picking on you, just saying that some things you posted were misconceptions, as we know from our own friends and families.

We all learn on Gransnet - every day's a school day.

Obviously, in line with her thinking, this Head will be cancelling Christmas services and celebrations.....

Dorset

What type of Country are we where this is allowed?

A multicultural one where teachers are overworked, the curriculum is too ambitious?

Wong

Obviously, in line with her thinking, this Head will be cancelling Christmas services and celebrations.....

Cancel Christmas....hurrah! Alliteration. Always a favourite with some sections of the population.

What section would that be?

The same ones who get agitated about Easter Bonnet parades being canceled? Maybe?

It's laughable. Easter Bonnets.

I’m still rather stunned by the suggestion there are no ‘white Muslims’ or that Christians are white.
It isn’t like that where I live

😀
Yes, it's stereotyping.

Its laughable for the section of the population who have absolutely no idea what is important to many people. That section likes to mock and sneer.

I think the idea is that all primary school children should have an understanding of all religions to allow them to grow up with tolerance for the belief of others. You don’t need an Easter service to do that but I would expect the principles of Easter to be taught in school. An Easter bonnet parade is an English tradition and great fun so why not? A bit like Maypole dancing? That’s fun too. English traditions. No real need to make huge religious connections.

pigsmayfly.

I think the idea is that all primary school children should have an understanding of all religions to allow them to grow up with tolerance for the belief of others. You don’t need an Easter service to do that but I would expect the principles of Easter to be taught in school. An Easter bonnet parade is an English tradition and great fun so why not? A bit like Maypole dancing? That’s fun too. English traditions. No real need to make huge religious connections.

Not just English 😁

I think schools should be entirely secular.

Rula

Yes Allira. I know.

Thanks very much to all who have twisted my comment which, I agree, was clunky.

I'll be leaving now

Thanks a lot for picking on me. I do apologise for anything I've said that's caused upset.

As you were.

Rula, Your original post was informative and interesting. It’s a shame it’s been derailed by the faux pas which you acknowledged was a mistake. Don’t feel you have to leave.

Most, the great majority in fact , are not nasty nannas Rula . Please don’t leave . There are many very lovely and supportive people on this forum.

Sad this thread like many others has turned into an argument, with people feeling upset.
I'm sad that the children won't be having Easter bonnets as I think the youngest ones would have liked that.
The head needs to realise that cancelling Christian celebrations will not promote inclusion - quite the opposite as can be seen on FB with many very racist comments sadly.
My granddaughter's school teaches a basic understanding of all faiths which is the way forward I think. Post boxes for Christmas cards, lights for divali, Easter traditions and making Easter cards for parents, etc. This is inclusion imo

The Head needs to reinstate the Easter Bonnet competition and the Easter service and apologise to the parents, which will hopefully defuse an unpleasant situation and a poor start to her Headship.
And practise diversity and inclusion without lecturing the parents about it as a reason for doing something unpopular.

sazz1

Sad this thread like many others has turned into an argument, with people feeling upset.
I'm sad that the children won't be having Easter bonnets as I think the youngest ones would have liked that.
The head needs to realise that cancelling Christian celebrations will not promote inclusion - quite the opposite as can be seen on FB with many very racist comments sadly.
My granddaughter's school teaches a basic understanding of all faiths which is the way forward I think. Post boxes for Christmas cards, lights for divali, Easter traditions and making Easter cards for parents, etc. This is inclusion imo

A bonnet parade is nothing to do with Christianity. Have a spring bonnet parade or accept that in this instance Easter is being used as a secular name

Telling people that some how bonnets are some great religious event is insulting.

A church service is a different matter but people seem very focused on the bonnets. There is a whole other debate about how appropriate it is to make children attend a religious ceremony in what is not their religion. Children can be taught about religions without having to take part.

eazybee

The Head needs to reinstate the Easter Bonnet competition and the Easter service and apologise to the parents, which will hopefully defuse an unpleasant situation and a poor start to her Headship.
And practise diversity and inclusion without lecturing the parents about it as a reason for doing something unpopular.

She’s probably already handed in her resignation, having decided the jobs not worth the hassle.
Leaving yet another school without a Head.

( You just can’t get anyone to apply nowadays- I wonder why)

Sheian57

Easter is the most important date in the Christian calendar. All children in this country, being educated in our schools, irrespective of whether its a church school, should be educated as to what it is about. I am sure Ramadan, Eidd, Passover, Hannakah, Diwalli etc are all taught. Will they be off school on Good Friday and Easter holidays? Why? Surely this woke nonsense has gone too far. Our culture and foundations are being lost. I hope the feast is celebrated and taught and the head and governors reflect. Christianity is the most inclusive of all religions demonstrating love, forgiveness and compassion. The head is being exclusive anti-Christian IMO

Good post, I agree.