Girl in Union Jack dress sent home on diversity day

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What were the school thinking? I read a comment in my newspaper that said the girl was told she could 'Celebrate being British every day' and on that basis she couldn't do so on this particular day. What kind of idiot thinking is this? Perhaps the person who decided on this course of action might like to stand up, own up, and explain.

Proof, if any more was needed, that we are not encouraged to have any pride in our country. Schools should start the day singing the National Anthem and we should not change the names of our festivals, such as Christmas, in case in upsets ethnic minorities.
I hope this girl wears her Union Jack dress at every mufti day and school event from now on.

ronib, in answer to your query, 'any specific examples of Reform quashing diversity?'
There are lots of examples if you google that, including a Youtube video of Andrea Jenkyns 'Scrap all diversity jobs', and there are lots more.
So in answer to your query 'YES, Reform wishes to quash diversity.
Who would have thought?

Can I just clarify what is happening
The school my son attends has has a mufti/cultural dress day -we live in a very multiculturally diverse area. Students go in traditional dress - Romanian lace outfits for example. Most kids go in tracksuits. No crop tops, off the shoulder tops, no mini skirts and absolutely no crocs (!!) are the rules

I’m not in Rugby 🏉 but just wanted to share what the days are for.

It seems like flags seem to have become a ‘thing’ that is deemed racist and maybe that is a discussion in itself.

Yes didn't those councils taken over by reform say they were going to get rid of diversity jobs( only to find there weren't any)

What is a Grade A student? Are year seven children graded like foodstuffs? I thought that sort of nonsense went out with the 11 plus.

Is this news? It looks like the silly season has started already.

The crocs thing makes me laugh though. Why no crocs? 😂

Crocs aren’t really suitable for school as they can slip off and cause accidents- my GCs primary school don't allow them .

Even in sports mode? My crocs are difficult to get off in sports mode

ferry23

Are afternoon tea and fish & chips prevalent in other cultures? I can't think where.

She's a young girl trying to articulate how she feels being British. Of course there are attributes that are common among many cultures, but she's what? 11 - 12? I thought she did well and the school have now made a big mountain out of a small molehill.

Afternoon tea is quintessentially a British tradition but majority of hotels in Singapore do serve afternoon teas because of the historical connection to British colonial past. I daresay, you can get afternoon tea in hotels in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong.

On my birth certificate, my mother was listed as a ‘British Protected Person’ although I have no idea what that means.

Many years ago, I accompanied my husband to a Christmas meal and concert at St James palace. Everyone in the audience were waving the British flags during the concert.

I said to my husband that this must be one of the few places in the UK whereby you can wave a Union Jack flag without someone getting all upset.

I read online that one student from a farming community wearing a flat cap, and a tweed coat was also stopped at the school gate.

Not sure where this woke, cancel culture come from? Is it America?

The school made an absolute mess of their diversity day, no British unless a tartan tie is your thing. No British English or Welsh commemoration. The line that British culture is celebrated daily doesn’t hold water as we allow various items of headwear or clothing that confirm Muslim or Jewish heritage.

I don’t see anywhere on the school’s flier that says British culture was not to be included in the ‘diversity day’.

Nor have we had the school’s side of the story. Sending the child home just for wearing that ghastly dress seems really weird to me. But we will never know the school’s side now that they have made a grovelling apology.

I’m afraid her father’s use of ‘woke’, that meaningless term of abuse which just replaced the equally meaningless ‘politically correct’, spoke volumes to me…

"Is this news?" Well in a normal state of affairs it wouldn't be, but it's become symbolic of a subliminal and insidious suppression of our national culture as something not to be celebrate. There is the dichotomy between that fact and extolling the virtues of multi culturism, which has in many aspects enriched our country, but simultaneously has proved to be a Pandora's Box of practices that don't accord with British values. Surely those values, shared of course by many of our western counterparts are what attracted immigration in the first place.

I wondered if they were trying to be provocative hence saying woke. I think unless the dress was too short or low cut or she was wearing crocs, she shouldn’t have been sent home though.

British Values are part of the curriculum even up to level 4 study fwiw

Chocolatelovinggran

Liloldlady, which of the countries you listed do not share values such as justice and fair play?
I made no reference to flags, so I'm not clear why you are asking me about them.

Sure you could quote a few, Saudi Arabia, countries that suppress women's rights.

Magenta8

What is a Grade A student? Are year seven children graded like foodstuffs? I thought that sort of nonsense went out with the 11 plus.

Is this news? It looks like the silly season has started already.

Secondary schools in SE Surrey, where I live, stream their pupils at Year 7 entry.
The reason for it is that teachers can tailor their lessons for the level of student ability within that class. If there was a wide mix of ability within a class with gifted, average and special needs pupils, the likelihood is that a percentage of them would learn little from the lesson. I have a GD at secondary school and it works very well. Grade A student denotes a pupil in top sets.

JaneJudge

I wondered if they were trying to be provocative hence saying woke. I think unless the dress was too short or low cut or she was wearing crocs, she shouldn’t have been sent home though.

We don’t have the faintest notion of why she was sent home. Just her father’s spin on it.

MaizieD

JaneJudge

I wondered if they were trying to be provocative hence saying woke. I think unless the dress was too short or low cut or she was wearing crocs, she shouldn’t have been sent home though.

We don’t have the faintest notion of why she was sent home. Just her father’s spin on it.

Yes, this is what I am thinking. I am pretty sure there is a lot more to that story than just the dress.

MaizieD

JaneJudge

I wondered if they were trying to be provocative hence saying woke. I think unless the dress was too short or low cut or she was wearing crocs, she shouldn’t have been sent home though.

We don’t have the faintest notion of why she was sent home. Just her father’s spin on it.

Exactly this.
No-one knows the background either.

Maremia

ronib, in answer to your query, 'any specific examples of Reform quashing diversity?'
There are lots of examples if you google that, including a Youtube video of Andrea Jenkyns 'Scrap all diversity jobs', and there are lots more.
So in answer to your query 'YES, Reform wishes to quash diversity.
Who would have thought?

Wes Streeting is working with the new boss of the NHS to save money for essential services. Diversity management roles at £122k are still being advertised even though the mood of government is changing. So not just Reform moving into this area of cutbacks.

"I am pretty sure there is more to the story than the dress" What could that be some sort of agent provocateur stirring it all up? maybe the arch manipulator himself Nigel Farage has a stooge in every school. The point is there wouldn't be a story without the dress and the school's grossly unfair demonisation and making an example of a pupil who was absolutely interpreting the criteria as set out in the poster. The child I believe is 12 or 13 how is she supposed to understand the skewed nature of the DEI the school basically adhering to some of which is nonsense and unable to make sound judgements, Clearly their first knee jerk reaction to her dress was Britishness = bad. As opposed to children who may emanate from other cultures, cultures who condone torture, capital punishment, suppression of women, gay people = good because we are showing our range of diversity.

Sarnia

Magenta8

What is a Grade A student? Are year seven children graded like foodstuffs? I thought that sort of nonsense went out with the 11 plus.

Is this news? It looks like the silly season has started already.

Secondary schools in SE Surrey, where I live, stream their pupils at Year 7 entry.
The reason for it is that teachers can tailor their lessons for the level of student ability within that class. If there was a wide mix of ability within a class with gifted, average and special needs pupils, the likelihood is that a percentage of them would learn little from the lesson. I have a GD at secondary school and it works very well. Grade A student denotes a pupil in top sets.

I have a year seven GS who is in all the top sets and he also attends extension classes, my DD has mixed feelings about this. He and his like are never referred to as Grade A Students. in reports, or anywhere else, to my almost certain knowledge. Perhaps it is a SE Surrey thing.

Strangely, the more that people keep insisting that we should 'have pride in the British culture' the more I feel resistant to the idea.

Maremia

ronib, in answer to your query, 'any specific examples of Reform quashing diversity?'
There are lots of examples if you google that, including a Youtube video of Andrea Jenkyns 'Scrap all diversity jobs', and there are lots more.
So in answer to your query 'YES, Reform wishes to quash diversity.
Who would have thought?

You mislead, giving someone a job because of their ethnicity etc, is what is being challenged, not diversity itself.