Coventry parents outraged over 'bedding Essex girls' play

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Coventry parents outraged over 'bedding Essex girls' play

Postby dutchman » Sun May 28, 2023 2:49 am

Children as young as 12 at Caludon Castle School have been told to re-enact scenes from 'Too Much Punch For Judy' by Mark Wheeller

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Angry parents have condemned a Coventry school after discovering that their children have been learning about a play centred around 'drink driving and bedding Essex girls.' Students have been learning about the crude play at Caludon Castle School.

Children as young as 12 have been told to re-enact scenes from 'Too Much Punch For Judy.' One disgruntled parent said they found out this week that they had been learning about a scene called 'A Night on the Piss.'

In the play written by Mark Wheeller, two friends, named Bob and Nob, go searching for 'talent' and talk about plying Essex girls with alcohol to stop them thinking before 'going in for the kill'. One line goes on to say: “Get 'em drinking.”

Other lines of the play which sparked anger from parents include: “How do you like your eggs in the morning? Fertilised?” and “Hide the blemish... fake a tan. Glistening lips to tempt a man.”

Parent Laura Axton, from Coventry, described the text as 'disgusting' and has called for the script to be banned at Caludon Castle School. She said: “I truly feel this is a safeguarding issue as this material was pushed on the children who clearly stated they did not feel comfortable with it and were expected to act it out.

“Acting out this explicit sexual material, well, it is perverse and plants seeds into the minds of children who previously held an innocence naturally expected for their age. It includes body shaming, ideas of rape, getting girls drunk to take advantage of them, making girls feel they will only be accepted if they tart themselves up or 'put out', and using suggestive language not age-appropriate.”

Ms Axton added: “It is clearly being pushed on them without their informed consent or ours for that matter and there really needs to be transparency in education from now on. It is our impressionable children they are pushing these ideas onto.”

Sarah, 32, from Wyken, whose daughter attends Caludon Castle School, added: “Absolutely that script should not be used for children, especially at such a young impressionable age. I think that section of the script is completely inappropriate, it sexualises young children and personally makes me question why the teacher selected it.”

Headteacher at Caludon Castle School, Sarah Kenrick, said the extract shows the behaviour of the characters to be 'wrong and risky.' She went on to say that the way teaching structures the learning will now be looked at because the concepts in the play may be 'challenging' for Year 8.

Ms Kenrick has since confirmed that the play has been removed from the programme of study. An email seen by CoventryLive reads: “I wanted to be able to assure you that the play will no longer be taught and has been removed from the curriculum.”

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