At last–the penny drops

Posted on January 26, 2014 by KG

‘Ripping up the playground rulebook is having incredible effects on children at an Auckland school.
Chaos may reign at Swanson Primary School with children climbing trees, riding skateboards and playing bullrush during playtime, but surprisingly the students don’t cause bedlam, the principal says.
The school is actually seeing a drop in bullying, serious injuries and vandalism, while concentration levels in class are increasing..’     source

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11 Responses to At last–the penny drops

  1. Ronbo says:
    January 26, 2014 at 21:55

    Like “DUH!”http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_good.gif

  2. Robertv says:
    January 26, 2014 at 22:26

    Just watch how most young people hold a pencil or a pen. Only because they started too soon with writing A B C with pencils too big for their small hands so they had to hold them the wrong way.
    Look at how poorly many children walk. With the toes inward. Bad habits are enormously difficult to correct in later life.
    When our son was 4 his teacher made us come to school for a talk. Roger my son could not sit still while doing his exercises and of course she did not like that. I asked her where my son was sitting in the classroom and she showed us his spot. I asked my son to sit on his spot and guess what, His feet did not touch the ground in the normal sitting position. Only when he sat on the edge of his seat he could just touch the ground. :evil:
    Progressive education is the cancer of society.

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  3. Darin says:
    January 26, 2014 at 23:56

    “It’s a no brainer. As far as implementation, it’s a zero-cost game in most cases. All you are doing is abandoning rules,” he said.

    Which is why it won’t be adopted at large in the school system.No high priced seminars and “training”to attend and no extra pay or bennies for union teachers.

  4. Mathew says:
    January 27, 2014 at 07:42

    It’s a wonder some of these people call themselves teachers, you’d think they’d know this stuff by now. Hopefully the other schools who initially refused this will now embrace it, after all they want something better for the kids right.