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Stunned

Scoobydoo 2 · 2014-05-22 15:06:11

Am i going mad or what I was stunned when my child came home today and said the whole class was given a form to fill in asking what other girls in the class they had seen using a mobile phone and to name them and sign the document Surely this is not allowed I know the dept of education don't give a rats and say its up to…

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#32 29-05-2014 02:53PM

SamforMayo

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There is a lot waffle about secret documents and so on, the document is like a questionnaire. Also the idea of getting the children in the middle to tell is that those children too are vulnerable and hurt by feeling helpless if someone is bullied and they feel powerless to stop it. I really feel the parents council need to be informing parents on this. There are a lot more changes to how bullying will now be dealt with in school with this new policy. Also this all came from the department not individual schools dreaming it up.

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