Today my 7 year old daughter got told off at school for...

dl8860 · 21 Jan 2019 at 20:42

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Nasher · 21 Jan 2019 at 20:46

Tell her to ignore the stupid rules. They will never justify any real punishment for holding hands and clapping lol

It's the softy teachers who need a telling off. I'm guessing they are quite young and part of generation ****flake. Get angry and properly chew them out, make them cry. They clearly need introducing to the real world.

Hades · 21 Jan 2019 at 20:48

Em3bbs said:
Tag or 'it' was recently banned at my son's primary school as well and a few of the kids have got 'yellow cards' for chasing each other with the teachers thinking they were playing 'it'. I was telling my son about playing British Bulldog when I was a kid and he couldn't believe it!

Same here. Back in my school days (1970's and 1980's) British Bulldog was a full contact sport. It was great.

We also used to randomly point at someone and shout "bundle!" and everyone in the playground would run up and bundle on top of them.

Hades · 21 Jan 2019 at 20:53

Maccapacca said:
One of mine is in an independent school, none of this nonsense is spouted there.

It's the next social experiment with our kids.

Also same here. My son's primary school was very 'progressive'. But his high school is fantastic with proper sports like rugby, cricket, etc.

Dyson · 21 Jan 2019 at 20:57

Hades said:
Same here. Back in my school days (1970's and 1980's) British Bulldog was a full contact sport. It was great.

We also used to randomly point at someone and shout "bundle!" and everyone in the playground would run up and bundle on top of them.

Yup, same here.

Fortunately, my children’s school is pretty good. None of these stupid rules the OP mentions.

robfosters · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:02

Hades said:
Same here. Back in my school days (1970's and 1980's) British Bulldog was a full contact sport. It was great.

We also used to randomly point at someone and shout "bundle!" and everyone in the playground would run up and bundle on top of them.

Broke my nose playing BB when I was 11. Mum went mad. They didn’t ban it though. Just recorded as a playtime accident.

cheesyboy · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:03

Hades said:
"bundle!"

Is this a South East thing? I went to uni with a guy from Ilford who introduced me to the principle. I'd never heard of it before

We'd call it a "pile-on!"

Randomface74 · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:03

Nice demonstration of marshmallow clap.

Hades · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:04

cheesyboy said:
Is this a South East thing? I went to uni with a guy from Ilford who introduced me to the principle. I'd never heard of it before

Yes possibly. I was living in East London at the time. Not too far from Ilford actually.

ColdAsIce · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:15

Used to fear kick the bottle. A bottle that was kicked around at lunch time with the same rules as tag. Except if you were the last one to touch the bottle as the bell to end lunch would go. Everyone playing got to kick the **** out of you.

MadMossy · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:23

Caracus2k said:
This is what happens when 'progressives' are left in charge of educating the youth.

Progressives contribute to the evolution of society to a certain degree, but then it goes too far and we start to be regressive. Which is where we were 10 years ago, now its just gone bonkers.

robfosters · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:31

billysielu said:
Nice demonstration of marshmallow clap.

What is all this about? Is it one of those things that they do because clapping can trigger anxiety?

Randomface74 · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:33

Think it's something like that yea.

Em3bbs · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:38

Hades said:
Yes possibly. I was living in East London at the time. Not too far from Ilford actually.

Yeah I went to school in the South East (middx) and we also had bundles.

I'm otherwise happy with my son's school, and he does martial arts two or three times a week outside of school so hopefully won't grow into a *********.

Dyson · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:45

cheesyboy said:
Is this a South East thing? I went to uni with a guy from Ilford who introduced me to the principle. I'd never heard of it before

We'd call it a "pile-on!"

I grew up in Dorset, and we had it.

Street · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:46

robfosters said:
What is all this about? Is it one of those things that they do because clapping can trigger anxiety?

It's one of a number of praise phrases from a phonics scheme called Read Write Inc. It helps keep the kids engaged, nothing to do with anxiety or noise etc.

LabR@t · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:51

Don't worry, soon they will explain to her that it's ok to be boy and she should tell her parents she wants to be a boy

Necessitor · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:52

AHarvey said:
holding her best friends hand.

Her and 3 friends got told off last week because they were touching each other playing tag.

I've posted about the school before and it's at a point where we're thinking of pulling her out due to how silly it's getting.

Does any other school you know of have rules like this?

We've also got marshmallow clapping where they clap but their hands stop about 5 inches apart...

WTF is wrong with the world

I'm shocked, really shocked.
My son behind me has just said that happened to him at his school. This was primary school.
They used to make us hold hands at my first school on walks etc.

cheesyboy · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:54

Dyson said:
I grew up in Dorset, and we had it.

You called it a Bundle?

stockhausen · 21 Jan 2019 at 21:55

Dis86 said:
Because the schools have a legal duty of care. That's what business it is of theirs.

This.

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