Originally Posted by rogermevans (Post 34962869)

shouldn't have named it should have explained to parents their intention from the beginning not up to the school to decide when a child is ready for ALL the facts of life

most here saying that she did the right thing are the first to point at parents for not parenting

i know if they had done this with out informing me especially with my youngest child I would have been gunning for her resignation too

i am not a vegetarian and would when they were old enough show them an abattoir some thing many here have never seen i have killed animals for various reasons from chickens for food to putting ( helping ) a beloved pet down

all of these things and how you explain them depend on the child and how it was brought up yes some see it from birth in real terms ( though few now ) if brought up on a farm but most don't and a lot of us would prefer the Kids stay kids as long as they can rather than being forced into the adult world for anything

Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 34962814)

I very much doubt they actually voted for the animal to be killed. I don't think children as young as seven would have understood the implications of such a choice. Fourteen children from a school of hundreds is not a very fair representation for such options. The children did not make this decision, thirteen children out of the whole school made it. The "school council" vote the way they are told to by those who really make the decisions. They are made up of the children who are the most popular and not those who will represent the needs and feelings of the student body (this is sounding very familiar). If you had a seven year old and told them that the animal they had cared for all year was about to die and made into sausages for them to eat and then asked them if it was okay for that to happen, what do you think they would say?

I'd say this woman has succeeded in turning many of these childen into vegetarians; so not a failure all round then.

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34962874)

the kids weren't marched to the abattoir and forced to watch you know ,everybody ,children and parents alike were told exactly what was going to happen from start to finish and the children were fully involved even to the point of deciding what would happen to the meat .

We have discussed this many times on this forum about how 1 or 2 parents get something into their heads and decide they need to act for the majority and be outraged for everyone on behalf of the little darlings and usually it ends up with a perfectly good teacher losing their job

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34962844)

Flyboy , i am commenting on the facts as presented not the ones i choose to believe

here's some comments from parents of children who attend the school these are the facts i will comment on not the ones you think exist



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wayne, on 11 September 2009 16:22, said... I have 2 daughters that go to Lydd Primary and they have been aware, along with all the other children, that they would raise the lamb and then send it to market / slaughter in September. The decision for this was made in June. It is only a small minority of the parents and children at the school that oppose.


Steve, on 12 September 2009 08:03, said... My son goes to Lydd and although we new about it he's still upset over it. The decision was made in the right way with everyone voting last term so while I disagree I think the school has done the right thing

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34962900)

So you are a firm believer in representative democracy until it differs from your viewpoint.....:erm:

The Ofsted report disagrees with your viewpoint - page 3 14 out of 235 pupils sounds like a good representation.

It also states which is when Andrea Charman was appointed.

Also, can you confirm how you know that any of the school council members are seven, or was that just a made-up emotive argument?

Would you be vegetarian, perchance?

Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 34962931)

But everyone didn't vote, did they? Only fourteen children were given the opportunity to vote.

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 34962945)

perhaps they were ones who cared for the animal most .

Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 34962949)

No, they were the school council.



Well, obvioulsy not, otherwise why the complaints?
yes it was the parents said so ,i refer to my earlier thread where the parents approved of it MOST of the complaints came from outside the community on face book



If it was just some parents, by which I presume you mean just a few, why the furore? Surely, if it was a tiny minority, they could have been dealt with pretty easily.

Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 34962959)

So why the need for the headteacher to resign? Surely, if she was that good, a bit of tittle-tattle on facebook, from unconnected people, wouldn't faze her.

Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 34962931)

It might help to read the article referred to earlier in the thread.

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34962964)

The worst feature of the internet - allows anonymous bullying from a distance.......:(

Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 34962727)

This has much to do with the treatment of children's feelings as it does with the wishes of parents.

Originally Posted by Product 13 (Post 34962990)

Just carry on fooling them with this crap.

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