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Emma is a wife, mum of 4 kids (aged between 6 and 19), ex primary school teacher and now runs Early Childhood Centres in Auckland, NZ.
We take a look at the NZ Police Keeping Ourselves Safe programme currently being run in many NZ schools. Over the last 4 years (2019-2023) 977 schools have engaged with Police with a total of 24,674 sessions delivered. Source OIA response, Sept 2023.
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So, who’s taken a look at this programme?
With more parents having alarm bells on what’s happening in classrooms, some are compelled to check now, particularly when it’s a programme being run in conjunction with an external agency. Concerning (political) ideology has seeped into far too many places in education.
This is a compelling conversation with a mum who did look, even though she used to teach this programme in primary schools years ago. Some teaching resources have been updated, and we recommend diving in and looking.
On questioning the teachers and principal, these parents learned that the teachers were about to teach a programme that they had not analysed themselves.
Red flags
Emma’s red flags of what was going to be taught to her 6-year old, in ‘Keeping Ourselves Safe’:
Never assume ‘gender’ of anyone including other children
Removal of words ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ and replaced with ‘children
Removal of words ‘mum’ and ‘dad’ and replaced with ‘parents and caregivers’
A lot about sexual touching
Reducing parents role in being important trusted adults, in these topics.
We discuss the appropriateness of teaching young children:
Sexual topics
Consent
‘Homophobia’ and discrimination.
We have the right and responsibility to question what is being served up for our children by the state.
We challenge the approach used, to teach all children these topics as a solution to child abuse. But is this the best approach? Should we give our children the burden, or should we deal with abuse on a case-by-case basis. There appears to be a narrative in education that the worst things may be happening to all children.
Identity - what are we focussing on?
In our conversation, we mention the rungs of identity, that Elisabeth Cave explains so well. For more information check out her Substack….
Our previous Substack
On the ‘Queering’ of our children happening through our institutions presently…
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'Keeping Ourselves Safe' Programmes In Schools