In what is reportedly a UK first, a school is using a sniffer dog to crack down on kids vaping. To address the growing issue among minors, the City of Norwich School is bringing in the dog. It has unveiled a series of other tough measures, including installing vape detectors in toilets, increasing CCTV coverage,Continue reading “To Deter Pupils From Taking Up Smoking, A School Uses A SNIFFER DOG To Sniff Out Vaping”
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White Dad Stokes Fury By Asking ‘Black TikTok’ For Advice On Styling His Adopted Black Baby Zoë’s Curly Hair
A white dad has stoked fury on the internet by asking ‘black TikTok’ for help styling the hair of his adopted black baby girl. The dad, known as Will, posted a video on Sunday of him brushing his infant Zoe’s locks, asking about products or techniques that would make them more manageable. After receiving criticismContinue reading “White Dad Stokes Fury By Asking ‘Black TikTok’ For Advice On Styling His Adopted Black Baby Zoë’s Curly Hair”
Stand By Me
‘Tomorrow’s going to be a rough day. Stand by me.’ These were among the last words 14-year-old schoolgirl Mia Janin said to her friend in a WhatsApp voice note in the early hours of March 12, 2021. Mia never saw tomorrow. At 6:50 in the morning, her parents discovered her lifeless body at their BarnetContinue reading “Stand By Me”
Parents Have A Role To Play In Stopping Their Children From Carrying Knives
Parents have a role to play in ensuring their children do not carry knives, Sir Keir Starmer said yesterday as he launched a crime crackdown. Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail, the Labour leader suggested parents should consider handing knives into amnesties to help prevent violence. Yesterday, he unveiled a plan to tackle the ‘epidemic’Continue reading “Parents Have A Role To Play In Stopping Their Children From Carrying Knives”
British Sign Language Will Be Offered As a GCSE Subject For Children
British Sign Language will soon be available as a GCSE for students. With the help of a new degree, students will learn how to sign successfully in BSL and gain knowledge of the background of sign language in the UK. A 12-week consultation on course content has involved parents, educators, and the deaf and hearingContinue reading “British Sign Language Will Be Offered As a GCSE Subject For Children”
A Teacher Who Told Ten-Year-Olds That Father Christmas Didn’t Exist Is Headed For The Naughty List
A school has been forced to apologise to parents after a teacher falsely told her class that Father Christmas wasn’t real. The stand-in teacher at Hill View Primary School in Bournemouth, Dorset made the blunder while her class of 10 and 11-year-olds were making Christmas cards on Wednesday. The festive faux pas is said toContinue reading “A Teacher Who Told Ten-Year-Olds That Father Christmas Didn’t Exist Is Headed For The Naughty List”
Diversity And Gender Equality
A leading period products firm has prompted fury by telling schoolgirls that men can have periods. Period product company Hey Girls has been criticised for marketing ‘confusing’ and ‘harmful’ claims in a booklet for pre-pubescent schoolgirls who are about to get their period. Hey Girls claims ‘not all women have periods and some men haveContinue reading ” Diversity And Gender Equality”
Parents Are Forced To Pick Up Their Children From The Roadside
Furious parents had to collect their children from the side of the road after a bus driver quit in the middle of their journey home. The students from Kingston Maurward College and the Dorset Studio School were travelling from Dorchester to Bournemouth when the driver decided she had enough and walked out on her job,Continue reading “Parents Are Forced To Pick Up Their Children From The Roadside”
A Baby’s White Hair Made Him The Target Of Mockery
Many parents enjoy showing off cute pictures of their brand-new babies to friends and family. This was also true for Patricia Williams. She snapped photographs of her son with affection, but when she tried to show off his photo collection to her friends, she got an unwelcome surprise. Patricia gave birth to her son ReddContinue reading “A Baby’s White Hair Made Him The Target Of Mockery”
Nasal-Spray Flu Vaccine ‘Shedding Fears’ Among Parents
Parents have been taking their children out of school for a few days during mass vaccination drives rather than have them take a live AstraZeneca nasal vaccine which they claim causes ‘shedding’. In England, parents have started to receive invites for the annual NHS influenza (flu) vaccination programme for children. Parents, alternative health activists, PTFAContinue reading “Nasal-Spray Flu Vaccine ‘Shedding Fears’ Among Parents”
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