Mrs Quince's stance was supported by Julie Barratt, director of the CIEH in Wales, who said: 'There is a concern about teachers not being willing to touch children because of being accused on (sic) inappropriate behaviour.'*Yet in Dorset schools, it's positively encouraged:
A school has sparked controversy by getting six-year-old pupils to give each other daily body massages to help their well-being.Is the heat getting to everyone in the educational establishment..?
Youngsters are spending up to 15 minutes a day after play or lunchtime rubbing and touching fellow pupils' shoulders, backs and arms.
* Note the difference in the approach in this 'Times' article linked to by MacHeath in the comments here.
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From the TOL article - "These rights were enshrined in the German constitution to counter the threat of totalitarianism in the country’s past by strengthening the power of the individual."
Individual's power, and responsibility?
I think the UK is not heading the same direction.
No, I definitely think we are heading in the opposite direction!
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