Headmaster takes action
There's an article in the Mail on Sunday today (page 43) which says:
..Teachers are always saying pupils would do better in their schoolwork if they spent less time playing computer games and watching tv. Now, one headmaster has proved it - by going tot he homes of errant pupils and confiscating their electronic equipment. And results have shot up at New Woodlands School in Bromley, Kent, since Duncan Harper introduced the "seizure" policy. "If a child is coming in tired, lethargic and grumpy we often find that it's because they've been watching tv or playing games until God knows what hour", Mr. Harper said last night. "So we go round and take the quipment until we've seen a definity improvement in the child".
Mr. Harper, who has been head of the school for 12 years, gets the parents' permission before making his surprise doorstep visit. He admitted some pupils were a "little unhappy" to see their possessions disappearing out of the door..................... ..............................................
The shock tactics have already had a beneficial effect - a report by Government inspectors in March rated the school as outstanding. Other schools around the country are now studying the scheme. New Woodlands is a special school for children with emotional or behavioural problems. It has 65 pupils aged betwen five and 11, but a £4.5 million expansion will see it take in 48 further pupils aged 11 to 14 by September next year.
........... "I've been working here for 12 years and we've seen a definite growth in younger kids not coping in school. In our opinion there's a link between that and children being allowed a long time on Xboxes and the internet, with young children playing very inappropriate adult games. There's a problem with concentration and often they present as having Asperger's (a type of autism) when that actually isn't the problem. We're quite old-fashioned in our approach"
Sean Neil, a school behavioural expert at Warwick University, said the scheme was a rare example of a school's sovereignty" reaching into a pupil's home to tackle problems at their root cause.
............."Ministers are always stressing the rights of pupils and parents as "consumers", but this is an example of the school saying it has rights, too."
AND......."do you think the head is taking things too far? Join the debate at..... http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk
Well, this is interesting, as I bet he won't have Wifi, or masts near this school! Wish more schools would take the effects of EMFs, masts, dirty electricity, electrosmog....etc..... more seriously and consider the welfare of their pupils.
Regards,
Vivienne
..Teachers are always saying pupils would do better in their schoolwork if they spent less time playing computer games and watching tv. Now, one headmaster has proved it - by going tot he homes of errant pupils and confiscating their electronic equipment. And results have shot up at New Woodlands School in Bromley, Kent, since Duncan Harper introduced the "seizure" policy. "If a child is coming in tired, lethargic and grumpy we often find that it's because they've been watching tv or playing games until God knows what hour", Mr. Harper said last night. "So we go round and take the quipment until we've seen a definity improvement in the child".
Mr. Harper, who has been head of the school for 12 years, gets the parents' permission before making his surprise doorstep visit. He admitted some pupils were a "little unhappy" to see their possessions disappearing out of the door..................... ..............................................
The shock tactics have already had a beneficial effect - a report by Government inspectors in March rated the school as outstanding. Other schools around the country are now studying the scheme. New Woodlands is a special school for children with emotional or behavioural problems. It has 65 pupils aged betwen five and 11, but a £4.5 million expansion will see it take in 48 further pupils aged 11 to 14 by September next year.
........... "I've been working here for 12 years and we've seen a definite growth in younger kids not coping in school. In our opinion there's a link between that and children being allowed a long time on Xboxes and the internet, with young children playing very inappropriate adult games. There's a problem with concentration and often they present as having Asperger's (a type of autism) when that actually isn't the problem. We're quite old-fashioned in our approach"
Sean Neil, a school behavioural expert at Warwick University, said the scheme was a rare example of a school's sovereignty" reaching into a pupil's home to tackle problems at their root cause.
............."Ministers are always stressing the rights of pupils and parents as "consumers", but this is an example of the school saying it has rights, too."
AND......."do you think the head is taking things too far? Join the debate at..... http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk
Well, this is interesting, as I bet he won't have Wifi, or masts near this school! Wish more schools would take the effects of EMFs, masts, dirty electricity, electrosmog....etc..... more seriously and consider the welfare of their pupils.
Regards,
Vivienne
rudkla - 4. Jun, 15:13
