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Do Girls Perform Better in Single-Sex Classrooms?

I am glad that I teach both boys and girls in my Grade 5 classroom.  I find it more challenging and the social dynamic can be quite fascinating.  However, for a while now, there has been a groundswell...

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Online Bullying Has Yet to Reach It’s Peak

A recent study into bullying may have fond that online bullying isn’t as prevalent as regular bullying, but it is still early days. A new study entitled Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Networks...

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Study: Clever Children More Likely to End Up On Drugs

There have been a lot of studies recently where the findings were so obvious you wondered how they managed to get a research grant for it in the first place.But every so often you stumble upon a study...

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4 Million Children in the UK Don’t Own a Single Book

If we continue to sit there passively watching whilst reading and literature dies a slow death, we will be all the worse for it. To read that books are extinct from up to 4 million British homes is...

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Teaching About Gender in the Classroom

I have a very traditional approach when it comes to the hot topic of gender. Whilst I don’t like the expectations placed upon boys to take on a ‘masculine’ gender role and girls to follow a...

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13-Year-Old Girls Given Contraceptive Implants at School Without Consent of...

There may exist a rule of patient-child confidentiality, but it just doesn’t seem right that such important information would be withheld from the parents. What makes it even tougher to comprehend is...

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Maths is Taught So Poorly

I realise that what I am writing is a gross generalisation, but I believe that maths is generally taught in a very abstract and monotonous way. No wonder the students are not benefitting from maths...

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Catering for Four-Year Old Transgendered Children

From a system that eats up and spits out so many children it’s great to see that we have the 4-year old transgender demographic satisfied. A classroom may struggle to curb bullying, respond to...

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Should Boys be able to Play in All-Girls Teams?

Whilst I am sympathetic to the 13 year-old boy that wishes to play netball, I don’t think it’s appropriate for a teenage boy to play in an all-girls team. Not only will boys ruin the enjoyment that...

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Shops Should Stop Selling “Sexy” Clothes for Children

Target and other stores may try and avoid responsibility for stocking some very inappropriate children’s garments but they must accept their fair share of blame. Yes it’s true that in the end it is...

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An 8-Year-Old’s Take on Body Image

What a wonderful self-assessment this young girl has produced: Jeniah, 8: “I like my body. I like my eyes because they help me see different things. I also like my hands because they help me write...

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