Fuming mum says daughter, 9, 'anxious' at naked man pic in 'inappropriate' sex ed class

Emma Cormie says her nine-year-old girl told her that she and her person had seen "pictures of a bare man" astatine schoolhouse during a enactment acquisition lesson

A mum is criticising "inappropriate material'' utilized successful her child's primary schoolhouse enactment education lesson, which she says featured pictures of existent and cartoon bare people.

Emma Cormie says her nine-year-old girl was near "anxious" and "stressed" and told her that she and her person had seen "pictures of a bare man" astatine school. She says her girl was referring to the RSHP (Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood) acquisition programme, which is taught arsenic portion of the Health and Wellbeing country of the Curriculum for Excellence successful Scotland.

Mrs Cormie says she was not fixed anterior informing by the school, the individuality of which she does not privation to disclose, that her girl was astir to acquisition this portion of the curriculum. She said: “I perfectly would person wanted a idiosyncratic email to pass maine that this was starting. That mode I could person supported my girl done it. I asked different parents if they knew this was starting and I recovered retired it was enactment connected the schoolhouse blog but determination was nary explicit announcement given.

“I got sent the authoritative teaching materials from the RSHP. I was conscionable utterly shocked astatine what I was seeing. It was acold beyond immoderate benignant of anticipation that I had for this taxable for this property of children. My full interest is that my girl showed utmost anxiousness aft getting this programme successful school. She did not privation to be schoolhouse the adjacent day.”

According to the Scottish Government the program provides a “comprehensive acceptable of learning activities” for usage successful aboriginal learning settings specified arsenic nurseries arsenic good arsenic superior and secondary schools. It covers carnal changes, intersexual wellness and sexuality, the relation of the parent/carer and affirmative relationships. But Mrs Cormie believes immoderate of the worldly is not “age-appropriate”.

She made connected Facebook which she included immoderate of the worldly intended for P7 pupils, aged 11 to 12, which saw hundreds of commenters hold with her. She said: "Does anyone present enactment their 9-11 twelvemonth olds to schoolhouse to larn however to person sex? 'I person large major information concerns with this contented which is portion of the program for p5s to p7. My girl and her friends person felt wholly uncomfortable which which proves to maine it’s perfectly not property appropriate.

''They haven’t seen the slides pictured yet and my girl won’t. Are you blessed for your kid to beryllium exposed to this? They are 5 years younger than the property of consent. I’m awaiting effect from the schoolhouse I privation to cognize who has authorised this content, and connected what basis. Is determination immoderate grounds that is beneficial for children of this age? 'Learning astir assemblage functions and changes is necessary, learning however to person enactment astatine 11 years aged is perfectly not successful my opinion.

''The sexualisation of our children is simply a sickness that needs to stop. It’s diseased tentacles moving done our institutions, fashionable civilization and of people societal media. 'Parents request to cheque done each this contented to spot what you consciousness is property due for your child. 'Our kids get 1 childhood, guiltless puerility a happening of the past. Enough is enough."

Moray Council says teachers successful the portion person immoderate flexibility successful what they thatch but added that they are inactive expected to abide by nationalist guidance. The section authorization besides says that explicit informing to parents is fixed depending connected the quality of the contented being taught. A spokeswoman said: “The level and signifier of connection whitethorn vary, but schools bash marque efforts to pass parents erstwhile delicate topics are being introduced, ensuring they are alert and tin prosecute successful the process. Schools promote parents/carers to rise immoderate concerns they whitethorn have, ensuring that their requests are addressed successful a mode that aligns with some the family’s needs and the school’s acquisition responsibilities.”