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New petition against giving kids the Covid jab
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New petition against giving kids the Covid jab

Jun 21, 2021 ppadmin

Parent Power would urge supporters and parents to put their names to a new Parliamentary petition, currently going viral, which calls for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout not to involve children until there have been more effective long-term safety trials and proper consideration of the risks vs benefits. The aims of the petition, however, are relatively limited in scope. We believe both children, and the rights of parents to give informed consent on their…

RHSE and Safeguarding
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RHSE and Safeguarding

Jun 4, 2021 ppadmin

(The following is the text of a talk Lynda gave recently at a conference hosted by the Marriage, Sex and Culture Group. It describes safeguarding issues relating to Relationship, Health and Sex Education (RHSE) teaching, currently being rolled out to all schools.  Parents especially need to know what their children are being taught and the harms to which they’re…

Family Lives Matter
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Family Lives Matter

Jun 1, 2021 ppadmin

TODAY is the ‘Global Day of Parents’. The United Nations has affirmed that, in celebrating this day, nations around the world should recognise that the family has the primary responsibility for nurturing and protecting children. This day appreciates parents for their ‘selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship’. The UK has been…

Discrimination is alive and well … and directed at Christians
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Discrimination is alive and well … and directed at Christians

May 25, 2021 ppadmin

Respected fee-paying school Trent College, near Nottingham, founded in 1868, recently reported its chaplain, Reverend Dr Bernard Randall, to the Government’s anti-terrorism Prevent programme, designed to protect the vulnerable from radicalisation and recruitment into terrorist activity.   Good heavens!  What on earth was the Reverend doctor’s offence?  Had he been indoctrinating pupils into fundamentalist beliefs that encouraged the slaughter…

Is Education in Wales just Ideology?
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Is Education in Wales just Ideology?

May 7, 2021 ppadmin

The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill 2021 The Bill became law in March 2021. The “Religion, Values and Ethics” element which is included in it encompasses compulsory lessons on atheism and “non-religious” views for all pupils. Therefore, at the same time as spiritual elements being included in the curriculum, they are being undermined by setting them in a…

This misguided meddling in home education
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This misguided meddling in home education

May 6, 2021 ppadmin

PARENTS in Britain have historically decided the method and manner of their child’s education; it has been in the child’s best interests for parents to make primary decisions about their needs. This freedom has enabled many parents to home educate, believing that the benefits to doing so would outweigh the significant financial, career and social sacrifices they’d make to facilitate it. Research shows that home-educated children often academically…

Christian coalition challenges headteachers on RSE responsibilities
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Christian coalition challenges headteachers on RSE responsibilities

Apr 22, 2021 ppadmin

This month, in the face of rising concerns from parents, the Christian Coalition for Education (CCFE), supported by ParentPower, has taken extensive measures to challenge and advise headteachers across the country of their responsibilities regarding Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE). Separate letters have been sent to primary and secondary headteachers. With the RSE programmes set to…