PRIMARY AGENDA ( http://agenda.wales ) is RSE material for practitioners who ‘want to empower children age 7-11 to make positive relationship matter in their schools & communities with equality, diversity, children’s rights & social justice at its heart.’ Sounds good right? 1/

Prepare for disappointment. Agenda is all about...yup you guessed - gender. Anyone else got major doubts that 7-11 year olds specifically asked to learn all about Stonewall’s current ideology that affects safe spaces, sports and promotes gender stereotypes? Me neither 2/

AGENDA has been written by Stonewall Champions ( https://stonewall.org.uk/diversity-champions-members) Cardiff Uni, so its focus on gender is no surprise. It fwds staff to contact the following organisations for further training & materials contrary to England's DfE info. Mermaids was removed only days ago 3/

Did you know that in Wales RSE now means Relationship and Sexuality Education not Relationship & Sex Education? Biological sex and puberty are no longer considered relevant to RSE, which Welsh MPs and Ministers think is progressive and keeping with the times. 4/

Did you know you know that parents in Wales can’t withdraw their children from RSE lessons? So learning isn't grounded in rights or consent, but rather the absence of them. Not many would object if the material was good enough quality, but it isn't. 5/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51177649

So what's in & what isn't? What’s missing? You guessed it. Biological sex. Gender might be an easier word for 7 year olds to accept than sex, but when they also attempt to introduce FGM and other sensitive topics (badly), the absence of biological sex is clearly deliberate. 6/

This is the ONLY page that mentions biological sex. It says sex is assigned not observed; intersex is othered as a third sex, and it all hints that sex is a spectrum - none of which is true. AGENDA has been in schools for a while so it’s no surprise many kids are miseducated 7/

Given this is supposed to be all about relationships in the community, you’d have thought there'd be more about building & maintaining positive relationships & tackling bullying. This is all there is in a 93 page resource. It focuses on gender as the root of most bullying. 8/

Kisstory is all there really is on consent. It’s a cute art class, weak on principles. There's a definition of consent in loads of fluff around writing comics about kisses. Children need to learn that they *can* say no to unwanted sexual content. Unconvinced that happens here 9/

Girls at this age might be vulnerable to FGM. It is good that this topic is broached with a view to safeguarding. But the resource support on this is non-existent. It's simply a lesson on being quiet and gentle while sewing in the context of horrific violence against females. 10/

There are lots of resources using metaphors to lay the foundations of 'wrong body' narratives, reinforcing the gendering of objects, clothing & toys & encouraging children to consider that feeling good is all about materialism & appearance. Gender in Agenda is pretty shallow 11/

The clownfish trope comes up in this activity, now removed from the primary material but still in the main pack. It questions same sex safe spaces, such as toilets, as an unfair gender divide. It fails to clarify this is based on biological sex, not gender & ignores rights 12/

There's plenty on instilling the 'wrong body' narrative. This 'Gender Berry' challenge has already made the news, and although it now appears to have been reframed & targeted to teachers, it could still be used with kids to push this damaging message 13/ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/transgender-muffin-exercise-sends-wrong-message-gs7z0zgcz

AGENDA is taxpayer funded resource, available free at http://agenda.wales . I encourage all parents to look at it. I found it still contains misinformation to undermine the health & wellbeing of children, wrapped in an overdesigned glossy 169 page 'here for your kids' pack.14/

But Parents can make a change. Others have forced a change to DfE guidelines, and many elements I queried appear to have been removed from AGENDA, inc this propagandist ‘CROSSword’. The pressure is working. We just have to be vigilant and be heard. Please write to your MP. End/

I would also add that there is absolutely nothing of any merit in any of the material, aimed in its entirety at 7-18 year olds, about puberty, sex education, safe sex, staying safe, self acceptance, positive body image or anything other than gender ideology.