Topical Teaching

I love the idea of cartwheel and somersault friendly schools. I want to do something similar at my school:

ONE Victorian school is defying the national trend to ban activities like cartwheels in the schoolyard saying concerns over safety are “overkill”.

Principal Mark Arkinstall described the recent ban on cartwheels at one Sydney primary school, which can only be  performed under the direct supervision of a trained gymnastics teacher, as “ridiculous”. He said concerns about the safety of children was just “overkill”.

“It seems to be a bit silly, you’d never get out of bed in the morning if you took that attitude,” Mr Arkinstall said.

“We’ve never even thought of it (a ban). All kids need to be developed, not just academically but socially, emotionally and physically,” he said.

Mr Arkinstall’s comments come on the back of a series of bans on cartwheels, tiggy, high fives and hugging which top the list of activities outlawed by overzealous Australian schools during the past few years.

Let’s revisit some school bans from the last 12 months:

Click on the link to read Banning Home-Made Lunches is a Dreadful Policy