13th March The Dunblane school massacre took place. It is still one of the deadliest firearms incidents in UK history, when a gunman killed sixteen children and a teacher at Dunblane Primary School near Stirling, Scotland on 13 March 1996, before killing himself. With the consent of Bob Dylan, the musician Ted Christopher wrote a […]

Go shoeless According to a study by Bournemouth University schoolchildren who don't wear shoes in their lessons are likely to obtain better grades and behave better than those who do. (Experts believe that by leaving their shoes outside the classroom pupils feel more at home, and relaxed. An added bonus is that it cuts down […]

According to a story in the Daily Mail, primary school children in Dundee are having to sign a 17-clause contract before they can play football in the playground.(The 17 clauses are as follows:- I will not deliberate foul tackles I will not carry issues off the pitch to class or after school I will not […]

New guidelines for school pupils in England state that only phrases starting with "what" or "how" merit an exclamation mark! (This means that children who use punctuation marks in written tests will be penalised unless they adhere to strict rules. I mean, I know I ask people not to use them in every sentence, and […]

Homeschooling is legal in the UK, but there is no register for home-schooled children. To the best of my knowledge, the following countries have banned homeschooling:- AlbaniaAndorra    ArmeniaAzerbaijanBelarus    Bosnia and HerzegovinaBrazilBulgaria    CroatiaCubaCyprusEl SalvadorGeorgiaGermanyGreeceGreenlandGuatemalaLiechtenstein    Lithuania    Macedonia    Malta    Moldova    Montenegro    Netherlands    SerbiaSierra LeoneSwedenTrinidad and TobagoTurkey

According to guidelines drawn up by, of all things, the Institute of Physics the following words and phrases should be avoided to prevent sexism. SissyDon't be a girlMan upCupcake (Senior teachers will be appointed ‘gender champions’, in a bid to eliminate gender stereotyping. I would suggest they add, "grow a pair" and "you throw like […]