1. The BBC announces a major season marking the life and work of Charles Darwin

Comment #209704 by Gene Machine on July 13, 2008 at 4:17 am

Re: GodMyArse "even though the school isn't a church school they always like to give the children every side of a story so they can make up their own minds in life, and Evolution is another way of 'looking at creation' If anyone's still reading have you got any suggestions?

My suggestion is to do the following:

Put your question is writing in an official letter and expect a response back in writing. This then forms the basis of any complaint or the basis of something to use to monitor the school by.

Ensure that the school is clear in understanding the difference between religious beliefs and scientific facts. If they are using evolution as another way of 'looking at creation' then they are clearly misrepresenting science for two reasons. The Theory of Evolution is a fact and the Theory of Evolution does not explain creation (it explains the diversity of living things).

Speaking to the Head of Science may also be a possible move. What is important is that if the school is trying to push an unsupported belief system on students then it should get a very rocky ride from parents.

Incidentally, if they try to push ID or Creation Science at the students you can pin them down on the fact that there is no scientific theory behind either and therefore are not competing theories but belief systems.

Anyway. let us all know how you get on.