16/09/2015
Good morning everyone!
I'm writing to ask you to take 2 minutes to help with the campaign to make Health Education - PSHE statutory in all schools.
The Government is considering whether it should be taught in all schools... they said they would indicate whether they would, or would not
To be successful, we need David Cameron and his team at Number 10 to understand the strength of feeling on this issue and the risks of failing to make the subject statutory, particularly in relation to children’s safety and well-being.
I'm therefore asking you to write to Number 10 using their 'simple email contact form' and to save you time there is a pre-prepared set of text below for you to use. This should only take 2 minutes if you follow these quick, easy steps:
1. Visit the Prime Minister contact form - https://email.number10.gov.uk/?dm_i=HSS,3O5Z5,57E34M,D7BO7,1
2. Fill in your name, address, email and the text below (or your own)
3. Hit send
4. Verify your response by clicking on the link in the automated confirmation email you receive it
Suggested subject line: Keeping pupils safe through statutory PSHE education
Suggested text:
The Jay report into child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Rotherham stated that the survivors were ‘scathing’ about the lessons they received in school on staying safe. While the Prime Minister has met survivors and called CSE ‘a national threat’, his Government is failing to improve safety education in schools.
According to Ofsted, provision of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education, the subject in which pupils learn about staying safe both online and offline, is “not good enough”, so pupils often miss out on learning they need. In February, the Commons Education Committee recommended statutory status for PSHE to guarantee that all pupils get this learning, a recommendation backed by leading child safety bodies, 90% of parents, 92% of pupils and 88% of teachers. Yet more than six months on, the Government has still not acted.
I call on the Prime Minister to make PSHE statutory to ensure that all school pupils learn how to keep themselves and others safe.
Please also forward this to others who you think will be interested in adding their support.
Thank you, Thank you. Help our kids to understand health whether it be physical, emotional or around safety!
