What do people think of pupils being forced to use phones and tech or else they can't be taught? (bbc story this morning). I clip a bit of it below..interesting observation from the head teacher in a school that has banned the. Maybe channel 4 should do one of those reality TV shows about it.. "help me learn I've got no phone" or something.
"And Cardiff West Community High School, just four miles from Ava's school, has banned phones for pupils, staff and visitors during the day.
"When they come on site, phones are away. They're not heard, and they're not used," said Mike Tate, the school's head teacher.
He said he believed the ban had been a "driving force" behind improved behaviour with a "75% reduction" of fights in school, as well as a drop in exclusions, particularly related to defiance.
"What we're also seeing is greater engagement in classes, an increase in attendance to school and punctuality to lessons has increased," Mr Tate added.
He also said staff sickness levels had also dramatically improved, attributing that to improved pupil behaviour in class.
To make the changes, the school, which services the Ely community, has partly returned to paper after years of issuing updates and timetables online.
From September pupils began receiving traditional paper organisers again, and staff said many were bringing in school bags for the first time in years.
"We see many pupils actually talking to one another in social situations, even playing cards at lunchtime as opposed to on their phones," said Mr Tate." |
