Braintree: Heads defends dance clip punishment

4:57pm Thursday 7th March 2013 in News

Braintree: Heads defends dance clip punishment Braintree: Heads defends dance clip punishment

A headteacher has defended the punishment of a schoolboy who breached child protection rules by filming his friend doing the latest dance craze.

Model student Joseph Scotting, 16, spent the day in internal exclusion for uploading it to the web on the last day before half term at Alec Hunter Humanities College.

Headteacher Trevor Lawn has said the rules are in place to protect vulnerable youngsters who could be put in danger by online postings.

He said: “Our students have been reminded many times, in assemblies and through our newsletter, The Herald, that it is our policy to permit the taking of photographs only as part of a supervised activity.

“This is indeed for child protection reasons, since if unauthorised photos are taken and subsequently published online, it could put some of our learners at significant risk."

See The Times for the full story. 

Comments (6)

5:38pm Thu 7 Mar 13

kevinandperry says...

what is the matter with these schools child protection my arse kids were having abit of fun if the school does not like children taking photos etc then do not allow phones into the school ...problem solved
what is the matter with these schools child protection my arse kids were having abit of fun if the school does not like children taking photos etc then do not allow phones into the school ...problem solved kevinandperry

8:36pm Thu 7 Mar 13

ma.milden@gmail.com says...

And what is wrong in following the school rules? Students are told not to take photos unless supervised. So what makes this particular student exception to the rules? Break the rules then expect to be punished. Of course the student will whinge they usually do when the punishment is dished out.
And what is wrong in following the school rules? Students are told not to take photos unless supervised. So what makes this particular student exception to the rules? Break the rules then expect to be punished. Of course the student will whinge they usually do when the punishment is dished out. ma.milden@gmail.com

9:59am Fri 8 Mar 13

pierre-pierre says...

the full story is in the Paper.
the photo was put on Facebook, and the restriction is that with family separations etc it might give away away their locations to unknown people.

so yes the ban should stay
the full story is in the Paper. the photo was put on Facebook, and the restriction is that with family separations etc it might give away away their locations to unknown people. so yes the ban should stay pierre-pierre

3:22pm Fri 8 Mar 13

kevinandperry says...

as i said ban phones from school then then the school cant winge
as i said ban phones from school then then the school cant winge kevinandperry

6:48pm Fri 8 Mar 13

ma.milden@gmail.com says...

And as I said discipline the pupils & they will whinge. To many people think the rules don't apply to them. WHY???????
And as I said discipline the pupils & they will whinge. To many people think the rules don't apply to them. WHY??????? ma.milden@gmail.com

6:23pm Sat 9 Mar 13

Muk says...

I'm guessing it was the Harlem Shake.
I'm guessing it was the Harlem Shake. Muk

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