Schools must now include antisemitism in safeguarding.

Well said TerriBull but you're wasting your time trying to enlighten those who are determined not to see the difference.

eazybee

Good.
Antisemitism needs to be addressed and I am not sure it is at present.

It will be “generally” but not “specifically”.

I can only see adding this to safeguarding specifically as a good thing.

MartavTaurus

Oreo

PollyEsther

MT has raised some very valid points. I need to read the guidance more fully to comprehend what it actually says. I don't understand why antisemitism should be dealt with differently from another form of racist/religious bullying.

The question is, is antisemitism being dealt with at all?

That could be the worry, and maybe the extensive report was drawn up because schools themselves weren't doing anything about it. I don't know, but that would of course make them negligent.

I agree with you. I'd like to see some specific examples where antisemitism took place on school premises, but the school turned a blind eye. Schools can preach all sorts of messages, but whether pupils take them on board is something else. I know that when I was at school I was a rebel. If teachers had tried to get me think something, I would on principle taken an opposite viewpoint.

Cossy

eazybee

Good.
Antisemitism needs to be addressed and I am not sure it is at present.

It will be “generally” but not “specifically”.

I can only see adding this to safeguarding specifically as a good thing.

Shouldn't any form of racist or religious (or any other form of protected characteristic) bullying be part of safeguarding? Sorry, I don't know much about regulations, so maybe it already is.

Is this initiative about stamping out anti-semitism in schools (ie child-on-child) or about educating children about what it is, how it happens and exposing the lines of thought that lead to some people seeing anti-semitism as acceptable?

As far as I can see, all of those things would be valuable, but they are very different. I think that all forms of bullying and racism are equally reprehensible, and also that where there are different tropes and misconceptions surrounding different groups they need to be treated separately when discussing them.

Maremia

Do you mean 'brighter' as in fuelling climate change, OldFrill?

Not to derail the thread as l was only trying to brighten Paddyanne's day, it rather depends which statistics you use but it seems Jackdaw will be greener than US imports but less green than Norwegian imports.Take your pick of statistics - as ever.

Thank you Old Frill, for that information. Was thinking more along the lines of renewables.
Apologies to the GNs for the diversion.
Back to the OP now.

It could be that the detail of the abuse is different, in the different cases, as suggested above.
I do think it matters to know the 'why' as that could help with prevention.