[Advisory] Re: [MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's Children.
Paul Vale Vale
paulvalev@yahoo.co.uk
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:45:44 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi Joe,=0A=0AWow - are these your views and/or that of CfBT? Yes I have rea=
d the URL link - and whilst I think I would be very careful about whether t=
o invite the likes of the PM, David Cameron etc into school during the run =
up to the next election - are you advocating banning them? I wonder how pol=
iticians would view headteachers banning any political party coming into sc=
hools where there are children under the age if 18. My feeling is that it w=
ould make ideal front page news for our Manchester Evening News!!=0A=0AI re=
member one headteacher I worked for banning children under 3 to the Christm=
as Concert as during the previous year's performance no-one could hear the =
actors voices for crying babies - despite asking parents to go out of the h=
all who point blank refused. The MEN headline read: 'The Scrooge of Christm=
as lives on!!'=0A,=0AActually - whilst politicians will undoubtedly have th=
eir own agendas - I don't think inviting politicians is much different to i=
nviting other groups of people at all. In primary schools as I said in my l=
ast post I would use MPs to get children invitations to the town hall, Hous=
e of Commons - as well as celebrating childrens' work. I have also asked MP=
s to share with children what their life is like as a politician (where the=
y live, how much time they spend in their constituency, in London etc. In s=
econdary school I was impressed when my daughter's school invited a range o=
f political people into school to speak to a Politics GCSE set over term to=
give a balance of views. Similarly - I would also invite different sports =
people (ie. not just footballers), people from different religions (eg. pri=
ests, vicars, rabbis, Imans etc) and whilst schools have to be very careful=
about who they invite into school these days on safeguarding issues, I thi=
nk you would
be on dangerous ground banning any specific group of people. =0A=0AYour li=
nk mentions teachers and people working in schools who have very strong pol=
itical views which is a totally different issue - and whilst I have worked =
with people who have views I am uncomfortable with - those same people have=
often been fantastic teachers and people I have learned much from. However=
, if I suspected any teacher politicising other childrens' views I would be=
the first to take appropriate action and expect that teacher to be brought=
to task. =0A=0AOf course teachers will be asked questions about who they v=
ote for, however, those sorts of question come in the same breath as - "how=
old are you, are you a red or a blue (United or City), have you got a girl=
friend, are you married, have you got children, how many etc" and teachers =
learn how to field those sorts of questions as part of setting up the param=
eters of the classroom environment. As a young teacher from North London, I=
can remember regretting telling my class I supported Watford as a football=
team as they ribbed me mercilessly (much as my friends and family still do=
!!) - and finding out over time the skills of how to deal with awkward ques=
tions and answering them and building relationships with students without c=
ompromising myself.=0A=0AFor me - I would always advocate start with workin=
g with colleagues and determining a sensible philosophy of why we are doing=
what we are doing in school - that can be flexible enough to recognise tha=
t there are occasions when that philosophy can be tested and needs to be th=
ought through again, altered, fine tuned etc.=0A=0AWith that philosophy I w=
ould feel happy about inviting people in from wide walks of the community. =
As long as there was a reason for them being there and they were fit and pr=
oper people to be working around children - and they were aware of why they=
were being invited into school (eg. to celebrate the work children were in=
volved with, to answer questions children posed, with sports people may be =
run a training session, demonstrate how to sprint start, dribble and pass e=
tc). =0A=0AI would also say that anyone who comes into school is a guest of=
the school and is there for a purpose and I would be very clear to anyone =
I was going to invite in about what that purpose was. As a teacher I would =
go much further and detail exactly how I had planned that particular lesson=
and their involvement. Although it has never happened - I could envisage a=
visitor breaking those terms of engagement and I would have no hesitation =
in intervening and/or stopping the lesson!=0A=0ARegards,=0A=0A=0APaul=0A=0A=
=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: "JNutt@cfbt.com" <JNutt@cfbt=
.com>=0ATo: Paul Vale Vale <paulvalev@yahoo.co.uk>=0ACc: Naacetalk <advisor=
y@talk.naace.org>; Chris Binns <christopher.binns@oracle.com>; Melissa.Crow=
ther@johnbrownmedia.com; mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk; primary@talk.naace.o=
rg=0ASent: Thu, 18 March, 2010 8:11:56=0ASubject: Re: [MirandaLink] Politic=
ising Other People's Children.=0A=0A=0APaul, =0AThere is a fundamental diff=
erence between=0Athe other professions you mention and any poltician, howev=
er infamous.=0AThis discussion which took place around the time of Obama's =
election last=0Ayear makes it very clear why. =0Ahttp://teachersaid.wordpre=
ss.com/2009/04/22/on-staying-relevant-politics-and-opinions-in-the-classroo=
m/ =0AJoe, =0AJoe Nutt=0APrincipal Consultant=0ACfBT=0AMobile: 07771 35380=
4=0A=0A=0A =0A=0A=0A=0APaul Vale Vale <paulvalev@yahoo.co.uk> =0A17/03/201=
0 21:05 To JNutt@cfbt.com, mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk =0Acc Melissa.Cro=
wther@johnbrownmedia.com,=0ANaacetalk <advisory@talk.naace.org>, primary@ta=
lk.naace.org, Chris=0ABinns <christopher.binns@oracle.com> =0ASubject Re: =
[MirandaLink] Politicising Other=0APeople's Children. =0A =0A =0A=0A=0A=0A=
Oh dear - I think I am guilty of going out=0Aof my way to provide a range o=
f educational activities that are real, recent=0Aand relevant to the lives =
of children I am working with!! In various on-line=0Aprojects I have been i=
nvolved with I have certainly asked children to research=0Atheir local MP -=
and invited them into school to meet the children. I always=0Aget my child=
ren to watch the way each politician listens very carefully=0Ato the questi=
on asked and turn it round to say what they want to say. I=0Ajust love the =
way, irrespective of their political party, politicians are=0Aable to field=
the most awkward and difficult of questions, without necessarily=0Agiving =
an answer and yet making the question/questioner feel valued! Great=0Afor m=
odelling listening and speaking skills!! =0A=0AAlongside being only too ple=
ased to visit=0Atheir schools - I have found MPs only to keen to invite chi=
ldren to visit=0Atheir local town hall (Manchester is a fantastic building!=
!) - as well=0Aas the House of Commons. The guided tour round the HoC is ju=
st brilliant!! =0A=0AThat said - I have also invited a range of=0Aother pe=
ople into schools ranging from athletes (Olympic Games project)=0Aauthors (=
famous authors project), famous ex-pupils and indeed people like=0Amy late =
mother-in-law - who was able to give her first hand experiences=0Aof being =
evacuated during the Manchester blitz. All these activities were=0Atied int=
o National Curriculum areas such as Literacy, History, ICT etc=0A.... but m=
ore importantly were far more real and meaningful - and elicited=0Afar grea=
ter quantity and quality work and learning from my students. =0A=0AAs for a=
n on-line World Cup Activity - alongside=0Ateaching web-safety, 'netiquette=
' and general on-line behaviour: =0A=0A1. Within the school's learning plat=
form=0A(or register with Oracle's free for schools to use 'www.thinkquest.o=
rg) =0A2. Set up accounts for students involved=0A(each student account ha=
s 25 pages) =0A3. Ask students to create 10 (or more) web-pages=0Aon their =
favourite world cup countries - within pages get students to upload: =0A=0A=
* text about the country and their players =0A* pictures, photos, animation=
s, video clips=0Aabout each country and their players =0A* make the pages i=
nteractive using the on-line=0Afeatures (eg. votes to see which team you th=
ink will win the world cup,=0Aask me a question about a country etc) - so t=
hat other students can contribute,=0Apost messages =0A* create a 'World Cup=
Project' setting up=0Aa number of project pages that all students involved=
can contribute to =0A=0A4. Contact the school's local football league=0Ate=
am and invite the manager and players in to talk about their life as=0Aa fo=
otballer and the country they would play for - ask students to =0A=0A* crea=
te another web-page about the visit=0Aof the manager/soccer players =0A* i=
nclude text, multi-media and make the=0Apage interactive =0A=0A5. Ask local=
football club to arrange a tour,=0Avisit to training ground (teams like Ma=
nchester City and Manchester Untied=0Aare brilliant - but so are 'lesser' t=
eams like Oldham, Stockport, Macclesfield=0Aetc: =0A=0A* again set up a sep=
arate web-page about=0Athe visit to include text, multimedia, making it int=
eractive etc =0A =0A6. Link up with another local school and=0Aorganise a=
mini 'world-cup tournament' between the two classes - ensuring=0Athere wer=
e, say, 4 or 5 mini games and there was a mix of girls/boys from=0Aeach sch=
ool in each team (each team playing every other team for 5 mins) =0A=0A* an=
d again set up a web-page to celebrate=0Athe day =0A=0AIf you would like fu=
rther information - particularly=0Arelating to setting up Oracle's free to =
use www.thinkquest.orgaccounts - please let me know! =0A=0ARegards, =0A=0A=
=0APaul =0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: "JNutt@cfbt.co=
m"=0A<JNutt@cfbt.com>=0ATo: mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk=0ASent: Wed, 17 Ma=
rch, 2010 8:20:36=0ASubject: [MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's Chil=
dren.=0A=0A=0AAm I really the only Mirandanetter who noticed what was consi=
dered a suitable=0Atopic circulated yesterday on behalf of the DCSF Primary=
and Secondary=0ATeachers' Magazines?=0A=0AThe "Political Figures" example =
given, says so much about what=0Apasses for education now. The idea that an=
y professional teacher actually=0Abelieves this is a suitable educational a=
ctivity for any child under 18=0Aappalls me. One of the things the Teach Fi=
rst graduates were very concerned=0Aabout when I taught them, was how to av=
oid this kind of trite politicisation=0Aof other people's children, largely=
because they had been victims=0Aof it themselves.=0AJoe, =0AJoe Nutt=0AP=
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ad><body><div style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:1=
0pt"><div><div>Hi Joe,</div><div><br></div><div>Wow - are these your views =
and/or that of CfBT? Yes I have read the URL link - and whilst I think I wo=
uld be very careful about whether to invite the likes of the PM, David Came=
ron etc into school during the run up to the next election - are you advoca=
ting banning them? I wonder how politicians would view headteachers banning=
any political party coming into schools where there are children under the=
age if 18. My feeling is that it would make ideal front page news for our =
Manchester Evening News!!</div><div><br></div><div>I remember one headteach=
er I worked for banning children under 3 to the Christmas Concert as during=
the previous year's performance no-one could hear the actors voices for cr=
ying babies - despite asking parents to go out of the hall who point
blank refused. The MEN headline read: 'The Scrooge of Christmas lives on!!=
'</div><div>,</div><div>Actually - whilst politicians will undoubtedly have=
their own agendas - I don't think inviting politicians is much different t=
o inviting other groups of people at all. In primary schools as I said in m=
y last post I would use MPs to get children invitations to the town hall, H=
ouse of Commons - as well as celebrating childrens' work. I have also asked=
MPs to share with children what their life is like as a politician (where =
they live, how much time they spend in their constituency, in London etc. I=
n secondary school I was impressed when my daughter's school invited a rang=
e of political people into school to speak to a Politics GCSE set over term=
to give a balance of views. Similarly - I would also invite different spor=
ts people (ie. not just footballers), people from different religions (eg.&=
nbsp;priests, vicars, rabbis, Imans etc) and whilst schools have to
be very careful about who they invite into school these days on safeguardi=
ng issues, I think you would be on dangerous ground banning any specif=
ic group of people. </div><div><br></div><div>Your link mentions teach=
ers and people working in schools who have very strong political views whic=
h is a totally different issue - and whilst I have worked with people who h=
ave views I am uncomfortable with - those same people have often been fanta=
stic teachers and people I have learned much from. However, if I suspected =
any teacher politicising other childrens' views I would be the first to tak=
e appropriate action and expect that teacher to be brought to task. </=
div><div><br></div><div>Of course teachers will be asked questions about wh=
o they vote for, however, those sorts of question come in the same breath a=
s - "how old are you, are you a red or a blue (United or City), have you go=
t a girlfriend, are you married, have you got children, how many
etc" and teachers learn how to field those sorts of questions as part of s=
etting up the parameters of the classroom environment. As a young teacher f=
rom North London, I can remember regretting telling my class I supported Wa=
tford as a football team as they ribbed me mercilessly (much as my friends =
and family still do!!) - and finding out over time the skills of how to dea=
l with awkward questions and answering them and building relationships with=
students without compromising myself.</div><div><br></div><div>For me - I =
would always advocate start with working with colleagues and determining a =
sensible philosophy of why we are doing what we are doing in school - that =
can be flexible enough to recognise that there are occasions when that phil=
osophy can be tested and needs to be thought through again, altered, fine t=
uned etc.</div><div><br></div><div>With that philosophy I would feel happy =
about inviting people in from wide walks of the community. As long
as there was a reason for them being there and they were fit and proper pe=
ople to be working around children - and they were aware of why they were b=
eing invited into school (eg. to celebrate the work children were involved =
with, to answer questions children posed, with sports people may be run a t=
raining session, demonstrate how to sprint start, dribble and pass etc).&nb=
sp;</div><div><br></div><div>I would also say that anyone who comes into sc=
hool is a guest of the school and is there for a purpose and I would be ver=
y clear to anyone I was going to invite in about what that purpose was. As =
a teacher I would go much further and detail exactly how I had planned that=
particular lesson and their involvement. Although it has never happened - =
I could envisage a visitor breaking those terms of engagement and I would h=
ave no hesitation in intervening and/or stopping the
lesson!</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div><br></d=
iv><div>Paul</div></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-se=
rif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style=3D"font-family:times new roman, new york=
, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Tahoma"><hr size=3D=
"1"><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "JNutt@cfbt.com"=
<JNutt@cfbt.com><br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span>=
</b> Paul Vale Vale <paulvalev@yahoo.co.uk><br><b><span style=3D"font=
-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Naacetalk <advisory@talk.naace.org>; C=
hris Binns <christopher.binns@oracle.com>; Melissa.Crowther@johnbrown=
media.com; mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk; primary@talk.naace.org<br><b><span=
style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, 18 March, 2010 8:11:56<=
br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [MirandaLi=
nk] Politicising Other People's Children.<br></font><br>=0A<br><font size=
=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Paul,</font>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans=
-serif">There is a fundamental difference between=0Athe other professions y=
ou mention and any poltician, however infamous.=0AThis discussion which too=
k place around the time of Obama's election last=0Ayear makes it very clear=
why.</font>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif"><span><a target=3D"=
_blank" href=3D"http://teachersaid.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/on-staying-rele=
vant-politics-and-opinions-in-the-classroom/">http://teachersaid.wordpress.=
com/2009/04/22/on-staying-relevant-politics-and-opinions-in-the-classroom/<=
/a></span></font>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Joe, </font>=
=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Joe Nutt<br>=0APrincipal Consul=
tant<br>=0ACfBT<br>=0AMobile: 07771 353804<br>=0A<br>=0A<br>=0A</font>=0A<b=
r>=0A<br>=0A<br>=0A<table width=3D"100%">=0A<tbody><tr valign=3D"top">=0A<t=
d width=3D"40%"><font size=3D"1" face=3D"sans-serif"><b>Paul Vale Vale <=
paulvalev@yahoo.co.uk></b>=0A</font>=0A<p><font size=3D"1" face=3D"sans-=
serif">17/03/2010 21:05</font>=0A</p></td><td width=3D"59%">=0A<table width=
=3D"100%">=0A<tbody><tr valign=3D"top">=0A<td>=0A<div align=3D"right"><font=
size=3D"1" face=3D"sans-serif">To</font></div>=0A</td><td><font size=3D"1"=
face=3D"sans-serif">JNutt@cfbt.com, mirandalink@mirandanet.ac.uk</font>=0A=
</td></tr><tr valign=3D"top">=0A<td>=0A<div align=3D"right"><font size=3D"1=
" face=3D"sans-serif">cc</font></div>=0A</td><td><font size=3D"1" face=3D"s=
ans-serif">Melissa.Crowther@johnbrownmedia.com,=0ANaacetalk <advisory@ta=
lk.naace.org>, primary@talk.naace.org, Chris=0ABinns <christopher.bin=
ns@oracle.com></font>=0A</td></tr><tr valign=3D"top">=0A<td>=0A<div alig=
n=3D"right"><font size=3D"1" face=3D"sans-serif">Subject</font></div>=0A</t=
d><td><font size=3D"1" face=3D"sans-serif">Re: [MirandaLink] Politicising O=
ther=0APeople's Children.</font></td></tr></tbody></table>=0A<br>=0A<table>=
=0A<tbody><tr valign=3D"top">=0A<td>=0A</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>=
=0A<br></td></tr></tbody></table>=0A<br>=0A<br>=0A<br>=0A<br><font size=3D"=
2" face=3D"Arial">Oh dear - I think I am guilty of going out=0Aof my way to=
provide a range of educational activities that are real, recent=0Aand rele=
vant to the lives of children I am working with!! In various on-line=0Aproj=
ects I have been involved with I have certainly asked children to research=
=0Atheir local MP - and invited them into school to meet the children. I al=
ways=0Aget my children to watch the way each politician listens very carefu=
lly=0Ato the question asked and turn it round to say what they want to say.=
I=0Ajust love the way, irrespective of their political party, politicians =
are=0Aable to field the most awkward and difficult of questions, without ne=
cessarily=0Agiving an answer and yet making the question/questioner feel va=
lued! Great=0Afor modelling listening and speaking skills!!</font>=0A<br>=
=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Alongside being only too pleased to =
visit=0Atheir schools - I have found MPs only to keen to invite children to=
visit=0Atheir local town hall (Manchester is a fantastic building!!) - as =
well=0Aas the House of Commons. The guided tour round the HoC is just brill=
iant!!=0A</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">That said - I=
have also invited a range of=0Aother people into schools ranging from athl=
etes (Olympic Games project)=0Aauthors (famous authors project), famous ex-=
pupils and indeed people like=0Amy late mother-in-law - who was able to giv=
e her first hand experiences=0Aof being evacuated during the Manchester bli=
tz. All these activities were=0Atied into National Curriculum areas such as=
Literacy, History, ICT etc=0A.... but more importantly were far more real =
and meaningful - and elicited=0Afar greater quantity and quality work and l=
earning from my students.</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Aria=
l">As for an on-line World Cup Activity - alongside=0Ateaching web-safety, =
'netiquette' and general on-line behaviour:</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><font size=
=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">1. Within the school's learning platform=0A(or regist=
er with Oracle's free for schools to use '</font><a rel=3D"nofollow" target=
=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.thinkquest.org/"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"b=
lue" face=3D"Arial"><u>www.thinkquest.org</u></font></a><font size=3D"2" fa=
ce=3D"Arial">)=0A</font>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">2. Set up ac=
counts for students involved=0A(each student account has 25 pages)</font>=
=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">3. Ask students to create 10 (or mor=
e) web-pages=0Aon their favourite world cup countries - within pages get st=
udents to upload:</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">* tex=
t about the country and their players</font>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D=
"Arial">* pictures, photos, animations, video clips=0Aabout each country an=
d their players</font>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">* make the pag=
es interactive using the on-line=0Afeatures (eg. votes to see which team yo=
u think will win the world cup,=0Aask me a question about a country etc) - =
so that other students can contribute,=0Apost messages</font>=0A<br><font s=
ize=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">* create a 'World Cup Project' setting up=0Aa numb=
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br>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">4. Contact the school's local foo=
tball league=0Ateam and invite the manager and players in to talk about the=
ir life as=0Aa footballer and the country they would play for - ask student=
s to</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">* create another w=
eb-page about the visit=0Aof the manager/soccer players </font>=0A<br><font=
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interactive</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">5. Ask loca=
l football club to arrange a tour,=0Avisit to training ground (teams like M=
anchester City and Manchester Untied=0Aare brilliant - but so are 'lesser' =
teams like Oldham, Stockport, Macclesfield=0Aetc:</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><font=
size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">* again set up a separate web-page about=0Athe v=
isit to include text, multimedia, making it interactive etc </font>=0A<br><=
font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> </font>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D=
"Arial">6. Link up with another local school and=0Aorganise a mini 'world-c=
up tournament' between the two classes - ensuring=0Athere were, say, 4 or 5=
mini games and there was a mix of girls/boys from=0Aeach school in each te=
am (each team playing every other team for 5 mins)</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><fon=
t size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">* and again set up a web-page to celebrate=0Ath=
e day</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">If you would like=
further information - particularly=0Arelating to setting up Oracle's free =
to use </font><a rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.thin=
kquest.org/"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"blue" face=3D"Arial"><u>www.thinkque=
st.org</u></font></a><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">=0Aaccounts - please l=
et me know!</font>=0A<br>=0A<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Regards,</f=
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danet.ac.uk<b><br>=0ASent:</b> Wed, 17 March, 2010 8:20:36<b><br>=0ASubject=
:</b> [MirandaLink] Politicising Other People's Children.</font><font size=
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rif"><br>=0AAm I really the only Mirandanetter who noticed what was conside=
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<br>=0A</font><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif"><br>=0AThe "Political Fi=
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e educational activity for any child under 18=0Aappalls me. One of the thin=
gs the Teach First graduates were very concerned=0Aabout when I taught them=
, was how to avoid this kind of trite politicisation=0Aof other people's ch=
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