Articles Tagged: SchoolChildren

Dull ICT lessons to be scrapped and children taught how to develop apps

By Keith Kendrick, Jan 11, 2012

ICT studies in schools are to be scrapped and replaced with “dramatic” and exciting lessons about computer skills to better engage “bored” pupils and equip them for the 21st Century.

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School children throw stones at dead man

By parentdish.co.uk, Oct 1, 2010

A group of schoolchildren who discovered a dead body took pictures and threw stones at the corpse. Robert Wilshire, who is ...

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School bans playground football after pupils copy World Cup players' bad behaviour

By Katy Holland, Jul 22, 2010

A primary school has banned football in its grounds – because pupils have been copying the un-sportsmanlike footwork of ...

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Average age of girls starting puberty falls below 10

By Tamsin Kelly, Jun 14, 2010

More and more girls are hitting puberty before the age of 10, while they are still at primary school, a Danish study has ...

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Children to be taught about domestic violence at school

By Jenny Cornish, Nov 25, 2009

Schoolchildren are set to be taught about gender equality and domestic violence after the Government announced new ...

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