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Pupils told they have typhoid to liven up lessons

by LotusFlower | September 13, 2008 at 08:55 am

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Schools in the UK are rolling out a government iniative called SEAL - Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning - all schools have to do it but this attempt at getting kids in touch with their emotions, many of them 11 year olds new to the school, went badly wrong. The teacher concerned claims it was done to move away from passive learning and inform creative writing. Many of the parents don't see it that way at all. The school is called Bower Park School and is in Romford near London.

School children were left terrified and in tears after they were told they could have deadly typhoid - in a bid to liven up lessons.

The Year 7 pupils had only been at senior school for four days when their teachers said there was a local epidemic of the killer disease.

The 11-year-olds were also told they would be tested and, if they were infected, locked in the school for 48 hours.

It left some of the youngsters crying in fear - until it was revealed that it was just a role play for a creative writing class.

The headteacher at Bower Park School in Romford, Essex, had to explain to angry parents that Wednesday's lesson was a push to "eradicate passive learning and replace it with exciting creative lessons".

TERRIFIED pupils aged 11 broke down in tears at their new secondary school — when teachers lied to them that they may have the killer disease TYPHOID.
The youngsters — who were in their first week — were warned an epidemic was raging in the locality and they faced being locked in class for 48 hours.

It was only when children started crying that they were told it was all a fib — designed to make them get in touch with their EMOTIONS.