7 year old doesn't want to do R.E.

Acc72

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

She's picked up your disapproval, loud and clear, and she's saying this to gain admiration and please you.

You might want to consider how you reward that type of reaction.

I agree with this.


OP - what would you do / say if your daughter came home from school saying that she didn't like Maths (or any other subject) ?

SandC

It's a very difficult subject. But if the whole subject were avoided until secondary school how do you start with answering the questions that kids come out with.....

'Mum how come it's the year 2014?'........

'What's that building there and what's it for?'

'Dad why are those people wearing scarves on their heads, is it because of health and safety....?'

'What are Christmas carols about, who is the baby, where's Bethlehem?'

And on and on and on........ :-)

Mojisola

SandC wrote: »

It's a very difficult subject. But if the whole subject were avoided until secondary school how do you start with answering the questions that kids come out with.....

Most people agree that children should be educated about the world's religions but a lot of us don't think that children should be instructed in one particular faith as part of the school day.

Gigervamp

marisco wrote: »

That is not how religious education is taught now. To attempt to withdraw a child from any area of learning until they reach secondary school, only achieves to put them at a disadvantage and hold them back. I cant fathom why any parent would choose to do that.

But OP says her daughter is being taught creationism as a fact!

maman

Gigervamp wrote: »

But OP says her daughter is being taught creationism as a fact!

Shame that the OP hasn't been back.


Most teachers would preface any RE with 'Some people believe that......'. How else can you teach children about world religions, you can't believe in all of them at once!


Or 'At that time people believed.....' Don't forget that schools also teach about ancient gods in Egypt, Rome and Greece too. Teachers are hardly advocating mummification!!


As I said before, OP needs to have a conversation with the HT and listen as well as ask questions. What she's hearing from her DD may be a version of the truth. The only proven facts so far are the HW sheets.

tbourner

As mentioned before a lot of schools will take the easy route and bring in a religious person to teach RE, as they're seen as the expert. They certainly would NOT teach it as 'Some people believe that......', they would teach it as if they believed it themselves.

maman

tbourner wrote: »

As mentioned before a lot of schools will take the easy route and bring in a religious person to teach RE, as they're seen as the expert. They certainly would NOT teach it as 'Some people believe that......', they would teach it as if they believed it themselves.

You're right if it was e.g. a priest and the same is true of faith schools where parents expect that when enrolling children. The 'visitor' would believe it themselves and would have been brought in with that knowledge. They aren't necessarily an expert in teaching all about world religion just a member of a particular faith brought in to tell the children about it. Schools have to be very careful with such 'visitors' as some can be real 'loose cannons'. In this case though, I believe OP said it was the class teacher rather than an outside person but I may be mistaken.

Worry_Wart

I went to a Catholic convent school until I finished my GCSE's. Early on I figured I didn't believe in any of it, and had great fun playing devil's advocate (pun intended) in all our morality debates, and seeing the nuns faces turn bright red in anger. Maybe she finds it boring now, but it might get more fun later. Also, it's a pretty easy GCSE if you have any aptitude for remembering bits of the new testament, and like a moral argument.

I'm quite proud of my A* GCSE in RE whilst at the same time being an atheist scientist.

tbourner

To be honest the best anti-theists (is 'best' the right word?) are those who know most about the subject. Matt Dillahunty is the first that comes to mind. So if the OP is secretly trying to prevent some indoctrination by this argument/question then maybe the answer is in fact to put MORE learning of RE subjects onto DD.

System

I must admit I liked my RE lessons and did well in it when it came to exams.

This man was my RE teacher. He was a lovely man but was rather shocked when I read about him a few months ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2346498/Ian-Bradys-confidant--heir--reveals-all.html