Wales' Agenda and Mixed Berry Muffin Gender Fluidity
There have been some inaccurate perceptions proliferated in the media about education in Wales.The devolved Welsh Government is responsible for education in Wales and it has nothing to do with the EU (that the UK Brexited from over three years ago.)
The mixed berry muffin thing is not some weird kind of gender being forced on toddlers as some people have implied, or claimed. It's an exercise, or game for teachers that they are encouraged to explore on 'inset days' where teachers have ongoing training and the kids have a day off.
The idea is that muffins are prepared, some that are blueberry (representing male gender), some that are raspberry (representing female gender) and some that are blueberry and raspberry (representing gender fluidity). Each teacher (just grown ups, no kids involved) takes a muffin and breaks it open to see what gender they have been assigned. The are then asked to stand with either pink, or blue balloons according to their assigned gender. The thing is, whilst there's a pink balloon area and a blue balloon area, there is no pink and blue balloon area.
It's an exercise designed to evoke thoughts, feelings, empathy, understanding and discussion amongst the adults who care for our children and grandchildren, some of whom feel uncomfortable with gender binary segregation. I can't say I blame them, I prefer being treated like a human being myself.
The mixed berry muffin exercise is a very small part of a 170 page document that comes under the heading 'Agenda'. The word 'agenda' seems to have evoked a US style hysteria of paedophilia and cannibalism. Please give us some credit for not being quite as stupid as this faction of US citizens. We're pretty stupid, but not so stupid that 'agenda' is no longer a part of meetings and taking minutes.
The 170 page document is not about forcing kids to have any particular gender, or teaching teachers to sexually abuse them. I've not had access to the document designed for teacher training, but I do have access to the parents' version. I'd like to share some of that with you so you understand that we're not eating our children, or abusing them in any way.
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About 15 years ago we had a spate of youngsters attempting suicide, many of whom succeeded. Our youngsters were hanging from the trees like feckin' Christmas baubles and no one was left untouched in our communities.
Schools received funding according to exam results, so we had this weird dynamic where our children were pressured into providing a fund raising service for schools by getting impeccable grades, rather than schools providing an education service for our children.
Mental health issues amongst our children were rife and many teachers were ill equipped and sometimes unwilling to deal with anything other than academia and fund raising due to the bureaucratic pressures they were under.
I have long since called for education to include personal development and it seems my wish has come true.
Yay.
In February 2015, over 40 young people, supported by Citizens Cymru, and Professor Emma Renold took part in a youth-led protest to urge the Welsh Government to prioritise the importance of education in the new Violence against Women Bill.
They hand delivered personalised Valentine’s Cards to every politician in the National Assembly for Wales, which included hand-written messages from young people on why they felt it was vital to have a real relationships education that addressed their needs and experiences. The cards were sealed with a lipstick kiss to connect to the Red My Lips campaign about s*xual violence. A Twitter campaign followed this action.
They were successful. In July 2015, when the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and s*xual Violence (Wales) Act was passed, the Welsh Government worked with Welsh Women’s Aid to publish a “Good Practice Guide” for educational practitioners on how to promote gender well-being and gender equalities for respectful relationships.
A key part of this national guide encourages young people to actively start up or get involved in local and global campaigns to stop gender-based and s*xual violence in their schools and community. This would only happen if young people had their own change-making tool kit to help them and others get started.
As part of the campaign, a cheeky tweet to the Minister who passed the law asked for this. It sparked some interest and a few months later Cardiff University, NSPCC Cymru/Wales, Welsh Women’s Aid and the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, joined forces and AGENDA: A Young People’s Guide on Making Positive Relationships Matter was born.
Bloody brilliant.
I suspect the author of this is a youngster, or a group of youngsters.
Your school is supporting your child to be:
• an ambitious, capable learner, ready to learn
throughout their life
• an enterprising, creative contributor, ready to
play a full part in life and work
• an ethical, informed citizen, ready to take
part in Wales and the world, and a
• a healthy, confident individual, ready to lead
a fulfilling life as a valued member of society.
• These are called the ‘four purposes’ of the
curriculum.
**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
As well as literacy, numeracy and digital skills, there are six areas
of learning and experience. Everything your child learns will be
connected to these areas.
***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
The curriculum also covers:
• human rights
• diversity and respecting differences
• experiences and skills for careers and the workplace
• learning about local, national and international contexts
• developmentally appropriate relationships and sexuality education.
Children's rights are all the things that children and young people need to stay safe, be treated fairly and have a say in the decisions that affect their lives.
• Children have a right to feel safe in their relationships with others, and a right to feel safe at home, online, at school, in public places and in the workplace.
• Children have the right to be the best they can be
• Children have the right to information, and be listened to about what you think should happen in decisions that affect them and their lives
• Children have the right to an identity (including their gender identity)
• Children have the right to be free from discrimination (including gender-based discrimination) and media material that causes harm to young people.
• Children have right to relax, play and grow up healthy
• Children have the right to be free from abuse and exploitation (including s*xual violence and domestic abuse)
This is Agenda in Wales.
We are not telling our children they're gender is mixed berry fluid muffin, we are not training teachers to groom them for abuse, we are not eating them.
You can all stop panicking now.
You're welcome.
I guess its just me then that doesn't approve of feeding a 7 year old a lot of rubbish.
Once again its just my opinion.
I guess its just me then that doesn't approve of feeding a 7 year old a lot of rubbish.
Once again its just my opinion.
You're welcome.
Welsh teachers have been told that children as young as seven might be "mixed berry gender fluid muffins" in something called the Agenda Pamphlet which is being promoted as a "sex education resource" by the Welsh government.
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This 170-page pamphlet which has been promoted in all schools in Labour-run Wales claims that biological sex isn’t just male and female and it lectures teachers on how some want to change their gender pronouns. So, in simple language this means that Welsh children are going to be indoctrinated with information telling them that biological sex is not just male and female and that there are 100 different genders. And as this is all supposed to be about education and learning I’m sure you’d like to know where the fact-based evidence is that says there ARE actually 100 different genders.
The idea of 100 genders is absolute cobblers, says CAROLE MALONE
Welsh teachers have been told that children as young as seven might be "mixed berry gender fluid muffins" in something called the Agenda Pamphlet which is being promoted as a "sex education resource" by the Welsh government.
By Carole Malone
15:56, Fri, Mar 17, 2023 | UPDATED: 15:57, Fri, Mar 17, 2023
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This 170-page pamphlet which has been promoted in all schools in Labour-run Wales claims that biological sex isn’t just male and female and it lectures teachers on how some want to change their gender pronouns. So, in simple language this means that Welsh children are going to be indoctrinated with information telling them that biological sex is not just male and female and that there are 100 different genders. And as this is all supposed to be about education and learning I’m sure you’d like to know where the fact-based evidence is that says there ARE actually 100 different genders.
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Oh hang on - there isn’t any. But that’s not stopped Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, who wants Welsh children taught this nonsense. Drakeford, we’re told, is “determined to push gender ideology.”
How damn well dare he! How dare he fill the minds of seven-year-old kids with nonsense that has no basis in fact? And I’m pretty sure the parents of the children he wants to indoctrinate will have something to say about this too.
Why would anyone want to confuse children in this way?
Why would you tell a seven-year-old that there’s such a thing as Astro Gender people and that they might even be one of them?
I decided to look up the definition of Astro Gender and it is so hilarious I wanted to share it with you (clearly it won’t be quite so hilarious if you have a child in a Welsh school).
Okay, the website I found this on makes clear that their definition of Astro Gender is actually unverified. Which I’m guessing means no-one has been able to confirm that it’s true or even an actual thing.
But here it is anyway: “Astro gender, also known as star gender, is a fluid gender identity that transitions from male to female to non-binary, depending on the current configuration of the night sky.
An example of an Astro gender individual includes identifying as male during the night and female during the day, or identifying as non-binary when there is a new moon. It means they have an affinity with the moon and the stars.”
Have you ever heard such cobblers?
I don’t understand that so how in God’s name is a seven year old supposed to be able to process it?
But this is the kind of nonsense Mark Drakeford wants to see children in Welsh schools being taught.
And they certainly shouldn’t be in any position to influence the education of young children. But that’s what appears to be happening in Wales.
And why the hell are we catapulting kids as young as seven into the middle of what is a cultural and political battleground.
Because this nonsense can’t even be put into the bracket of sex education in schools.
That was made compulsory back in 1976 for 11 years and older to teach children about contraception, about how not to get pregnant, how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. It was also supposed to teach boys and girls about loving relationships and respect.
It wasn’t to throw 100 genders at them and ask them to imagine what theirs might be.
It wasn’t about teachers playing games with children asking them whether they’re pink or blue muffins and where they decide which “gender-bending worlds they want to explore.”(Yep that and lots of other games are in the Agenda Pamphlet).
I know times have changed and I know we have to make children sexually aware and equip them on how best to protect themselves. But to be indoctrinated about gender ideology at the age of seven - no way!
My sentiments precisely.
Firstly, I never occurred to me that the muffin exercise might be about pedophilia or cannibalism so yay, ahem, that said..
Secondly, if they had drawn any
conclusions about the suicides and it was tied to the school programs,
then why is their personal development beneficial now.
( it did not get past me that one is about teens and the other about toddlers- so which is it or both).
Back when I had first moved to the western states with my children I inquired about their curriculum,as our standard was higher in the midwest.
(Grads from the midwest were paid a better wage, both my sisters could attest to that once they married and moved to the southern states with their spouses/from wisconsin to georgia and texas ).
The preschool developmentaspect was intriguing to me for that reason, initially, and later because they were
deliberately given different classrooms.This was not because of
learning capacity, genders,or random reasons, rather it was because they were twins.This resulted in the school nurse telling me to have my 5 year old son checked for a bladder infection- wrong thinking again.He was allowed to leave his classroom to use the bathroom and they were unaware that he was checking on his sister instead.
Many disparities can be found in
young children and the gender
issues get focused on twins a lot.
In my experiences as a mother
of each there was an obvious conclusion about their growth
but not based on gender at all.
My children would either physically
grow 2 sizes while a mental delay
was occurring,or vice-versa.
Because there were no other siblings
in own home and we relocated twice between childhood and preteen years, I think they experienced development
a bit differently.It is the new kid at school syndrome.
Since those studies were never published and I could not prepare
for this, other than asking my
sister's for reference materials.q
We have insets here, but they are about every 3 months.(inservice).
The teachers went through 2 big
incentivization programs as well.
The basic concepts were about
A) old teachers not motivating students therefore students grades were considered a means to rate their teachers and B) govt. grants for afterschool programs.
We do not have cannibalism issues in our schools but we did have other
distractions ranging from the bus
drivers being background checked and also the classroom aids for the impaired, the increase of hostility in
schools resulted in security officers being installed and cameras, and a
related increase in s*xual assaults
amongst students.Both have over the years escalated.
I think the reasons were obvious as television programs and music videos changed dramatically. The population that had children demanded parental
control and obtained ratings on both.
Example: pg-13 rating would be for violence and language obscenity.
All these issues today with children in households that have far greater govt involvement,for their security, have made teachers become mandatory reporters for abuse and resulted in
them becoming targets for misplaced resentment and anger by parents and students alike.It like other issues that have heated emotions, include the s*xual focus on them at some point.
Whether they are disrespected for the coursework, or themselves lacking personal boundaries with students,
schools have become an extension
of the home and societal ills.
It's a lot to say here but it is not for comparing or dispute.It also only scratches the surface of how the internet has influenced childrens'
and parents lives, along with music and TV programs to promote the
adult sex industry and ignores the drugs and sex trafficking by minors.
Sorry, got to check in later and go offline now.
So give it a rest by referring to adults here as muppets..it creates disrespect towards your own personal views not credibility.
So give it a rest by referring to adults here as muppets..it creates disrespect towards your own personal views not credibility.
but some of us is not accepting a 3rd gender you see.
I think a 3rd gender is just adding more confusion.
Met this girl at a party 20 years ago and she had had her breasts removed
as she wanted to be as neutral as possible.
But It been better if she just accepted herself as the girl she was.
Not all define her by har front parts u know, just keep them.
Then she can date any of the two sexes she wants and act as butchy or femi
as one wish. But accept the body untouched I'd say.
I can bring you other recent political events (D.T being one) where the official narrative has been decided, against a pratty large chuck of people feeling against it. In this gender discussion (that your country try shut down by stating categorically that there IS 3 genders(!)) there is including plenty of religous traditional people like practising muslims also. Do you listen more to them than the more hysterical Americanos?
We can't carry on with this infantilised world where we say anybody under 30 is a child, 27 isn't a proper grown up, but then bring the issues of teens and twenties to people aged 7.
• Children have the right to an identity (including their gender identity)
We are not telling our children they're gender is mixed berry fluid muffin.
and Me I think there is no such thing. It dunn exsist.
So your not doing them a favor by confusing them like this.
That is my view.
The bit about our horrific history of child suicides is titled as my own experience.
I saw what was happening in schools and along side the pressure teachers and students were under, kids were offing themselves, or attempting to off themselves, left, right and centre.
I realised then that we needed to support kids and provide for their emotional needs within the education system.
We're now doing that, thankfully.
My glib references to cannibalism and eating our children are because every time I hear stuff about US 'paedophile cabals' my head says 'paedophile cannibals'. I'm using sarcasm to cope with people shamelessly using such serious subjects for political gain, or self-gratification. It's a secondary abuse of children which doesn't protect them one little bit.
Our Agenda is about supporting and educating our children to be happy, healthy and functional and to be able to protect themselves from abuse of any kind. It's about feckin' time and I'm really proud of this collaborative work in Wales. It's not often I feel pride, or get all patriotic, but this work is exceptional and deserves recognition.
I object to idiots trying to make out our Relationship and Sexuality Education programme is something that it's not. These adults are plucking idiotic things out of their arse for personal/political/financial gain, but it's not about them.
It's about the well-being of our children and grandchildren here in Wales.
Thank you for sharing this as the news is reaching across to all.
I've have no intention of responding to comments that want me to think about others here unkindly.
I hope you are referring to something involving the local narratives.
The school boards here are allowing parents 5 minutes discourse on matters.
Thanks for your perspective.
We're now doing that, thankfully."
Very glad that change has come about and so sad for those families that had that heavy burden.
and Me I think there is no such thing. It dunn exsist.
So your not doing them a favor by confusing them like this.
That is my view.
They're telling us they want to be treated like human beings with the same range of choices and opportunities regardless of the shape and location of their genitals.
They're not confused by this, you are.
Our children aren't nearly as stupid as stupid adults try to make out. They are the modern equivalent of the Suffragettes and Civil Rights activists and you sound like one of those muppets who claim women and people of colour don't have the mental capacity to vote.
Tough shit, a change gonna come.
1) it addresses it as a precaution and a risk you take
2) part n parcel; to not allow pot stirring (which the above quote is an example of)
I don't glean anything from rants, it is an offhand way to ask for support or release general frustrations and
not seeking approval..so asking what I agree with you on is kind of seeking approval not support.
Adults do not need approval.
Right CC?
Gotta go.
Muffins are done.
ra ta ta ta ta ta ah ah mmm hmmm mmm
We. Are. So.
We're looking after our kids and teaching our kids how to look after themselves and each other regardless of gender, race, sexuality, ability, or whatever because all of our children are important to us.
Unlike yourself who disabled the comments to your blog rather than admit you couldn't answer my questions and that you were talking out of your arse.
Unlike yourself who disabled the comments to your blog rather than admit you couldn't answer my questions and that you were talking out of your arse.
We can't carry on with this infantilised world where we say anybody under 30 is a child, 27 isn't a proper grown up, but then bring the issues of teens and twenties to people aged 7.
They start off with learning about being kind and hopefully not being set different tasks based on their gender in nursery and first years.
I think my eldest grandchild was 7, or 8 when the school started internet safety. It was the moment they started accessing the school's internet based facilities.
A little later they talked about troubles and anxiety. They learned some relaxation techniques and had access to a counsellor, although they called her something more child friendly. My eldest tried out the service once seemingly to check it out in advance of having any real troubles. I thought that was pretty sensible for a whipper snapper.
My eldest is now in secondary school and accesses a 'nurture' facility. It's where the less mainstream kids go at break times. It sounds like they have a whale of a time together, rather than getting stressed trying to fit in with other groups, or deal with bullying.
The school also ran some extra-curricular activities like bowling after school to ease the more socially awkward kids into the bigger school environment.
Is that child friendly enough for you?
1) it addresses it as a precaution and a risk you take
2) part n parcel; to not allow pot stirring (which the above quote is an example of)
I don't glean anything from rants, it is an offhand way to ask for support or release general frustrations and
not seeking approval..so asking what I agree with you on is kind of seeking approval not support.
Adults do not need approval.
Right CC?
You are very quick to pick holes in jac's statements, which is fair enough, but meanwhile the most extraordinary things are said by Seaworthy and seem to go unnoticed by you. Also by some others.
So give it a rest by referring to adults here as muppets..it creates disrespect towards your own personal views not credibility.
We're too emotionally invested in all things muppetty, but we do have Miss Piggy on an Anger Management and Domestic Violence programme.
The Swedish Chef is being investigated by the RSPCA for muppaphone cruelty and everyone is learning that attributing traits on the basis of green, or purple foam sponge is discriminatory.
Oh, and Kermit is next in line for the throne. We're just trying to work out how to scupper Charlie-boy because we can't get over him doing the dirty on Diana.
I must say you are busy with everybody's interactions, how come?
There does not have to be a set way.. and why.
Jac we're good here right?
any picking on you going on by myself?
so 10 hrs from now I may have a chance to get back to you.
Slynx, I must say you are busy with everybody's interactions, how come?
There does not have to be a set way.. and why.
Jac we're good here right?
any picking on you going on by myself?
so 10 hrs from now I may have a chance to get back to you.