Stonewall, Mermaids, TIE Materials
Dear East Ayrshire Council,
Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, I’d like the following information, in reference to nursery, primary and secondary schools.
a) Whether your schools use materials created, or endorsed by, the following organisations:
Stonewall
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/
Mermaids
Homepage - Mermaids (mermaidsuk.org.uk)
TIE
Time for Inclusive Education (TIE)
b) Whether your Council has paid money, or made donations to, these organisations. If so, specify amounts.
c) Can you forward copies of any materials used in your schools.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Mr MacLean
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CLASSIFICATION: PUBLIC
Request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
I refer to your correspondence dated 19^th May 2021, requesting
information in relation to Stonewall, Mermaids and TIE Materials.
The Council is treating your request as a request under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and can respond as follows:
At early level there are no references to any of these materials.
At First level, we have no references to any of these materials however we
do have a hyperlink to [1]http://RSHP.scot lesson 'Heterosexual, Lesbian,
Gay and Bisexual' lesson plan which references Stonewall within their
'additional idea' section at the end of the lesson
- [2]https://www.stonewallscotland.org.uk/get...
At Second level we have no references to any of these materials however we
do have a hyperlink to [3]http://RSHP.scot lesson 'Heterosexual_LGBT
lesson plan which references Stonewall within their 'additional idea'
section at the end of the lesson
- [4]https://www.stonewallscotland.org.uk/get...
Third & Fourth level:
No Mermaid or TIE materials
Stonewall materials:
[5]Best practice, toolkits and resources | Stonewall
[6]LGB Equality (Activity plan) (rshp.scot) (Stonewall resources are
referenced within the lesson plan)
Stone wall videos - [7]Come out for LGBT [8]No Bystanders
Senior Phase:
o [9]Stonewall – LGBT History home learning pack, KS4
o [10]Stonewall, English Home learning pack, KS4
No Mermaid or TIE materials
None of the Stonewall materials require payments and we have not made any
payments / donations to any of these organisations.
I trust this information has been of assistance to you and I have attached
a leaflet to confirm your rights.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require any further
information.
Kind regards,
Caroline
Caroline Craig
Interim Business Assistant
Education Service
East Ayrshire Council
London Road
KILMARNOCK
KA3 7BU
Tel: 07392864105
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