Bill1977 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 (edited) These don’t work as unless the schools are prepared to have a constant battle, they just end up giving in. The best thing a school could do would be getting the parents not to allow the kids to have them on them at all. Edited July 23 by Bill1977 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Useful for kids who have separated parents and a relaxed custody situation a phone. "I'm staying at yours by the way" text at 1545 can be a handy thing. In my day payphones were common. But if parents think their kids need a phone immediately after school then it's on them to make sure the kids know the rules and abide by them. My kid takes his phone to school some days. He has been told the rules. If he gets it confiscated he's getting no support whatsoever from his parents, that would be a lesson he decided to learn by being stupid. People are sickeningly desperate to have things banned, all the fucking time. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 59 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: People are sickeningly desperate to have things banned, all the fucking time. Police state, innit? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Mobile phones in school have been the final nail in the coffin of education. Been there and seen it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 An idea thought by someone in ‘management’ that has no real clue how kids behave or staff work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 I don't see why they can't just ban them in lessons. In our day there were several things banned in lessons - eating, smoking, swearing etc - all sorts of things you could do at break but not while teacher was talking. Is that so hard? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 You've got to back it up and enforce it though Wrighty, and the schools don't want to take the kids on. They don't have the power and authority anymore. The suspension figures would be off the charts when the kids refuse to comply. Schools let phones into the classroom (Encouraged it against all common sense) and now you can't put the genie back in the bottle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Those kids will only learn if you beat it into them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 If something is urgent enough...ring the school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Every year it's the same drama. Getting up there with the killer hornets to invade Britain story that gets regurgitated every summer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosley Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 The 3fm story says “the move follows feedback from parents, staff and education professionals” So when will the board or education or the school be publishing all this feedback it’s allegedly had? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sign in Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 On arrival at school, the children put their switched off phones into sealed named bags in a secure area and don't get them back till the end of the school day. Those using their phones within school time is an issue which is best left to those who deal with consequences for their ideas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 3 hours ago, TheTeapot said: Useful for kids who have separated parents and a relaxed custody situation a phone. "I'm staying at yours by the way" text at 1545 can be a handy thing. In my day payphones were common. But if parents think their kids need a phone immediately after school then it's on them to make sure the kids know the rules and abide by them. My kid takes his phone to school some days. He has been told the rules. If he gets it confiscated he's getting no support whatsoever from his parents, that would be a lesson he decided to learn by being stupid. People are sickeningly desperate to have things banned, all the fucking time. Thereby lies the problem. There's a growing trend for "parents" to blame the school for things they themselves should have instilled into the children. School is there for them to be educated and mobile phones are a major distraction 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 7 minutes ago, Sign in said: On arrival at school, the children put their switched off phones into sealed named bags in a secure area and don't get them back till the end of the school day. Those using their phones within school time is an issue which is best left to those who deal with consequences for their ideas. so hundreds of kids putting phones in bags and getting them back twice a day for those that leave school premises at lunch time as the school have no right to keep your phone from you off school premises isn't going to take much time to achieve every day is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 It doesn't work though. Some kids have two phones on them; the cheap one to hand in and the phone they use all day to text their mates, play games and photograph teachers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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