The pupil was absolutely fine but was sent home for the afternoon anyway, but headteacher Gill Thomas swiftly decided to ban students from using pencils, pens, rulers or compasses at the school, telling them they will have to memorize everything in class without writing anything down and all classwork must be completed on a digital word processing package, the Sun reported.
An insider at the school said the pupil went to the first aid office after the pencil accidentally went into his hand last Wednesday, the area around his hand looked “absolutely fine” and it “wasn’t life-threatening or anything like that”.
“He didn't need to go to hospital,” said the source. “It was simply an accident.”
Less than 24 hours after the incident, school manager Keith Evans began compiling a letter to pupils home's to tell them all writing implements and sharp objects were banned, according to the Sun.
The school insider said: “Apparently it’s a health and safety issue. Pupils have been told not to bring any writing implements to school or they face after school detention writing 'I will not bring pens and/or pencils to school' several times on the blackboard.. err I mean chalk depository.
“They were told they were a safety hazard as a child accidentally stabbed his hand with one.
“Apparently from now on if a pupil continuously arrives at the school equipped with any writing implement or sharp object such as the compass (mathematic tool, not the navigational instrument), they face being permanently expelled.
The pupils were left baffled by the ban, after bringing writing implements to school their entire educational life.
An Essex County Council spokesman confirmed the school’s decision but refused to comment, and both the school and headteacher have also declined to speak on the subject.
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