Ban on playground contact games

[Dan2nd]

Headteacher Susan Tuck said pupils were copying computer games
A Lincolnshire school has banned physical playground games because pupils were copying violent computer games, making playtime too rough.
The ban has been introduced at St John's Primary at Bracebridge Heath near Lincoln.

The ban involves contact playground games like tag and kiss chase. Sports like football or cricket are not part of the ban.

The school said it had introduced non-physical games chosen by pupils.

'Having a laugh'

Headteacher Susan Tuck said: "The children are watching television, they're watching films and they're playing computer games, very often it's the violent element of that they are seeing and hearing.

"That's what they're going to come on to our playground to play, we want to change that picture."

Lincolnshire Education Authority said it was up to individual schools to decide what they allowed at playtime.

But Joe Foote, the play development officer at The Cheeky Monkey's after-school club in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, said contact games should be encouraged.

"All children love to play games, lots of physical running around, having a laugh, falling over.

"Sometimes children do have accidents, that's part and parcel of growing up and achieving."

Stupid huh?

[Browney]

Very. I'm 14 and we are banned from playing Rugby at lunch because we might hurt ourselves. :rolleyes:

[scubadiva]

They tried to do that in our primary school ages back. We could play 'Tag Bulldog' (v. popular game for Year 6s at that time ) we couldn't, we had to play stare bulldog instead. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS TAKING OVER!!!

[:Hazel]

this world is too politically correct and paranoid now.

[benjamin]

my primary school banned bulldog.

but our secondary school lets us play :]

[Ashhizzle]

SOurce? pls (L) and amgs kiss chase, whats violent about that?

[DCeption]

Thats a skool near me

[samsaBEAR]

lol@that
so they ban tag, but they dont ban cricket? a swift boiwl/hit of the ball into the groin area of a male can do serious damage
hmm, that school sucks

[uh huh her]

imo its the stupidest thing to do. its good for younger children to go through some "damage" as they're growing up, cos it just makes them stronger. banning games which cause very little injuries like tag, is just idiotic. soon kids will only be allowed in the playground wearing helmets and pads, wrapped in bubble wrap in case they fall over "/.
plus they haven't banned football, which imo is more of a contact sport than tag.

[Browney]

I wish teachers would get some common sense. It's a valuable lesson when you swing to fast on the swings and fall off, it teaches kids not to.