Paper Planes Banned

[SwanTiger]

Pupils have been banned from throwing paper planes to one another - in case they get injured.

Staff at a primary school have instead set up special targets in the playground for the children to aim at.

The edict follows claims by teachers that a few of the school's pupils, aged between three and 11, had been 'over-zealous' in launching the missiles.

The headteacher argued the ban was 'a sensible' measure - but parents of some of the 230 pupils reacted with disbelief.

Coming in the wake of high-profile bans around the country on traditional playground games such as tag and conkers, they fear aversion to risk is denying their children the learning experience they enjoyed.

One father of a seven-year-old boy said: 'I've heard it all now. We made paper planes and our parents did the same and I never heard of anyone getting hurt.

'It's taking the health-and-safety measures to absurd lengths. Heaven knows what they will think to ban next.'

Staff at Bishops Down Primary School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, introduced the ban earlier this month after two pupils were seen aiming their paper planes at other children.

The youngsters are still allowed to make the darts but are being supervised to ensure they only launch them at the targets.

Headteacher Emma Savage sai staff were particularly concerned about eye injuries.

'These planes can have sharp edges and have the potential to damage a young person's eyes,' she said.

'We have stopped pupils from aiming them at other children's eyes, which would seem like a reasonable thing to do.

'But they can still make and throw planes as much as they want because we have a safe area with targets in the playground.

'The measure was taken because some of the children were getting a bit over-zealous.'

Mrs Savage claimed no one had complained about the ban.


Personally, I don't see a lot wrong with it has the school has made measures to accomodate the activity rather than out-right banning it.

An interesting Media spin-off none the less.

[ogr1]

This nanny f@@kin state started all this shite off with banning "conkers"! ffs!
When I drop off my 4 year old son at nursery it's still ok for some idiotic parents to bring their dog into the school yard while we are waiting to let the kids in or out........This country is f@@ked onto it's head!

[Shadows]

We had better ban books as well. They can give nasty paper cuts too. Hey, if we did that, we could then do away with pencils. You could have somebody's eye out with one of those!

[Ixion]

Loonie lefties strike again. God, I'd hate to be a kid nowdays, they get no fun and everybody expects them to be "mature". No wonder they get into sex and drugs, it's a rebellion against the dreary grey mindless excitmentless existence that's forced upon them

Hell, I'd forgotten about the paper dart wars we used to have, with paper clips straigtened out and stuck in the noses of the planes. They were good fun. What's the fun in throwing the things at a poxy target - it's throwing them at other kids that's fun - and having them throw them back.

Bastards, give the kids back their childhood.Naturally, it's a FEMALE head teacher. Another femi-nazi strike against boys. So, tell me again, why is it boys are doing so lousy at school?

[R6_kid]

so they go in the play ground, practice hitting a target, then go back to class make a dart and knowing how it will fly, aim it at another pupil... is that really safer?

[Quartida]

It's the same ridiculous "it's-for-your-own-good" "wrap-em-up-in-cotton-wool" attitude that created "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep".

Utter madness.

[NSR-Dan]

i remember when i was a kid we had this kick ass massive long slide that had no saftey barriers, and would give you wicked burns if you wernt wearing appropriate clothing. i recon bring that shit back. give the kids these days some balls. no wonder the nancy boys are taking over these days.

[inlinefour]

If I throw a paper dart at swanny and it hits him in the head, he would probably swear and throw it back at me making sure it was aimed in a similar area of the body. When does it get to the stage when the public say its gotten too far? For me it did several years back. :finger:

[ZeroIndex]

there's a thing parents and teachers have been trying to get rid of for years.. it's called "NATURAL SELECTION" it's how people learned "don't jump off the building head first, cause it hurts, and most of the time, you won't see your next birthday"

Fine, take precautions, but don't suck the fun out of living life, otherwise, what's the point of being alive

[hooray for bikes] :D

[ZeroIndex]

Staff at Bishops Down Primary School in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, introduced the ban earlier this month after two pupils were seen aiming their paper planes at other children.
just do what they used to do to bullies that got caught.. the kane.. oh wait.. i'm being oppressed by political correctness now..

Q: in one line, explain this latest 'news items' impact on the world?
A: just another step closer to the drain..

[ZeroIndex]

OOOOH!!! I see the future!!! 2067A.D.
Police Report: ...and chief witness (a cashier) replied to questioning, "we handed over all the money when this kid walked in waving around a paper airplane.. I've never been so scared in my life" :D BWAHAHAHA. HARDEN UP WORLD!!

[grandpa_dave]

It all started when they banned Sky-rockets at guy fawkes.....How much fun was it having sky rocket wars at school?
And double happies?
How long will the rest of the fireworks last? Roman candles next to go would be my guess....Then it's only a matter of time until Sparklers are out.:bye:

[idb]

There was an article on the radio on Saturday about playground design.
They interviewed some expert from America (not a slur on Merkens, just happened to be there) and she was talking about measures taken in some states.
Apparently more than one state has banned swings and seesaws from school grounds.
The interviewer mused as to where it will all end - will they ban running next?
The answer was that one state has banned running in the school playgrounds - Florida I think it was.

[Insanity_rules]

Oh boy, they're at it again!

[MikeyG]

It all started when they banned Sky-rockets at guy fawkes.....How much fun was it having sky rocket wars at school?
And double happies?
How long will the rest of the fireworks last? Roman candles next to go would be my guess....Then it's only a matter of time until Sparklers are out.:bye:

Just learn how to make them yourself. All it takes is a few common household chemicals.

[Swoop]

It all started when they banned Sky-rockets at guy fawkes.....How much fun was it having sky rocket wars at school?
And double happies?
How long will the rest of the fireworks last? Roman candles next to go would be my guess....Then it's only a matter of time until Sparklers are out.:bye:
Are you MAD???
SPARKLERS!!!

We will not be permitted them - they are dangerous!

Zer population of Neiw Zeelund Vill only be permitted paper cutouts of sparklers - wrapped in cotton wool for safety, AND with a warning from osh about the potential paper cut risk - with the attached waiver that must be signed in triplicate exhonorating the manufacturer of the paper sparkler. (All said in the finest Hitler voice while in rant mode at a political rally)...

......f*cking leftie pinko fags......
Round 'em up, put em in a field and BOMB THE BASTARDS!!! (Kenny Everett)

[Colapop]

I don't think they should ever be removed from there test tubes... (the commie pinko... etc.)

[Dooly]

I read in the paper last night that some schools have forbidden teachers to write anything negative about their pupils in the reports they take home to their parents.
Only nice comments are allowed.
In case someone is offended of course ffs.

[idb]

You shouldn't mock safety

[idb]

I read in the paper last night that some schools have forbidden teachers to write anything negative about their pupils in the reports they take home to their parents.
Only nice comments are allowed.
In case someone is offended of course ffs.
Still, it would speak volumes if the report turned up at home completely blank.

[Dooly]

Still, it would speak volumes if the report turned up at home completely blank.


Hahaha, indeed.

[Biohazard]

All these left wing hippy mother f*ckers can go and kiss my right winged :moon:

[ManDownUnder]

:gob:

"Feel the fear and do it anyway"! It's a PAPER PLANE. "Ouch" would be the absolute worst thing that could happen... and let's face it, verbal abuse from kids that age is a lot more painful.

Dammit... I hate doing this but WINJA has it right. Break the rules - but do the right thing.

[sAsLEX]

There was an article on the radio on Saturday about playground design.
They interviewed some expert from America (not a slur on Merkens, just happened to be there) and she was talking about measures taken in some states.
Apparently more than one state has banned swings and seesaws from school grounds.
The interviewer mused as to where it will all end - will they ban running next?
The answer was that one state has banned running in the school playgrounds - Florida I think it was.

Dont laugh its happening here! You remeber the big forts made out of rough sawn wood and steel etc you used to see! Some were over two stories in height with fireman poles * elevated walkways etc all over some bark at most. I still never managed to break a bone!


* oh they banned fireman poles in firestations due to the risk, and guess what people started spraining ankles and shit on the stairs when there never was a problem in the first place. OSH are retards the vast majority of the time!

[ManDownUnder]

There was an article on the radio on Saturday about playground design.
They interviewed some expert from America (not a slur on Merkens, just happened to be there) and she was talking about measures taken in some states.
Apparently more than one state has banned swings and seesaws from school grounds.
The interviewer mused as to where it will all end - will they ban running next?
The answer was that one state has banned running in the school playgrounds - Florida I think it was.

Yup - I understand a number of public playgrounds have removed equipment because kids might get hurt, and they get sued.

It's nuts. Some of life's most important lessons are painful. Emotionally... and physicaly. That's WHY we have pain. It's the body's way of telling you not to do it again. It's a bloody good way to learn too.

[sAsLEX]

Yup - I understand a number of public playgrounds have removed equipment because kids might get hurt, and they get sued.



The worst injuries i saw as a kid involved trees! Shit better get out the two person saw! (Chainsaws are dangerous and polluting you see) and get rid of all those nasty trees!

[eliot-ness]

Close to where I lived as a kid there was what was probably the greatest adventure playground you can imagine. It had everything an adventurous kid could want. A river, trees, dam, busy railway line and best of all, uncapped mine shafts.. A typical day would be spent swinging across the river on a very dodgy rope and letting go half way, hoping you would make it to the other side. Next came a battle on the dam using rafts made from anything that floated roped together. The mine shafts were a great source of excitement. The deepest, about 300 feet had a 3 foot high wall around it to stop cattle falling down. Kids were expendable in those days. We used to sit on the wall and drop bricks, counting off the seconds before the splash. Other shafts were overgrown with blackberry, great traps for the unwary. Only the rich kids could enjoy putting pennies on the railway tracks. The rest of us spent them on ice blocks. All kids could climb in those days. A 60 ft high tree with a magpies nest at the top was no challenge. Climbing down with a couple of eggs in your mouth was. Had our parents known what we were up to no doubt the place would have been off limits, not that it would have stopped us There was of course a price to pay. Two kids drowned and one killed falling from a tree over a period of about 5 years. Unacceptable now but shrugged off in those days. The mine shaft and dam are gone now and the rail tracks ripped up but no doubt kids will still be finding ways to risk their lives, it's part and parcel of growing up.The cotton wool brigade can only legislate in a controlled environment. The rest of the world belongs to the young.

[Swoop]

The worst injuries i saw as a kid involved trees! ... and get rid of all those nasty trees!
Yup, they're a hazard to lightning...

[MattRSK]

Close to where I lived as a kid there was what was probably the greatest adventure playground you can imagine. It had everything an adventurous kid could want. A river, trees, dam, busy railway line and best of all, uncapped mine shafts.. A typical day would be spent swinging across the river on a very dodgy rope and letting go half way, hoping you would make it to the other side. Next came a battle on the dam using rafts made from anything that floated roped together. The mine shafts were a great source of excitement. The deepest, about 300 feet had a 3 foot high wall around it to stop cattle falling down. Kids were expendable in those days. We used to sit on the wall and drop bricks, counting off the seconds before the splash. Other shafts were overgrown with blackberry, great traps for the unwary. Only the rich kids could enjoy putting pennies on the railway tracks. The rest of us spent them on ice blocks. All kids could climb in those days. A 60 ft high tree with a magpies nest at the top was no challenge. Climbing down with a couple of eggs in your mouth was. Had our parents known what we were up to no doubt the place would have been off limits, not that it would have stopped us There was of course a price to pay. Two kids drowned and one killed falling from a tree over a period of about 5 years. Unacceptable now but shrugged off in those days. The mine shaft and dam are gone now and the rail tracks ripped up but no doubt kids will still be finding ways to risk their lives, it's part and parcel of growing up.The cotton wool brigade can only legislate in a controlled environment. The rest of the world belongs to the young.

And I bet you are all the better for it.

[BuFfY]

In regards to the report thing... we are not allowed to write things about their behaviour apparently unless we have hard evidence to prove it... so no longer will reports say that Jimmy is disruptive in class

Running in schools... some don't allow them to run around corners but children are always told the reasons for these rules

I do think banning paper planes is a bit ridiculous as it will so easily stunt their creativity... choosing the right design... angles... force... these teachers should have used this context and turned it into a learning experience.

[Karma]

Well it's all fun and games till someone loses an eye...

[Ixion]

"Stunt their creativity"!

Bloody oath. Only a woman would say that.

Give small boys their head and you certainly do need to stunt their creativity. If you want to have a house left standing, at any rate, and avoid a full scale civil defence alert.

[Ixion]

Well it's all fun and games till someone loses an eye...

Or a hymen.

[Karma]

Give small boys their head

Small boys are getting head??

Why did this never happen when I was at school...

[ManDownUnder]

Well it's all fun and games till someone loses an eye...

LOL - uh huh

"Careful - you'll take someone's eye out with that" is a common enough saying ... but when was the last time someone actually DID take an eye out?

And what other activities of equal risk could also cause eyes to be lost - are they banning those too?

[Colapop]

Attached are instructions on how to fold the greatest (proclaimed by the website) paper plane of all time.... any other fantastic designs out there?

[eliot-ness]

LOL - uh huh

"Careful - you'll take someone's eye out with that" is a common enough saying ... but when was the last time someone actually DID take an eye out?


Battle of Hastings. 1066

[ManDownUnder]

Battle of Hastings. 1066

THEY WERE THROWING PAPER DARTS AT THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS???

[idb]

I thought that was during the Napier Uprising!

[Wolf]

Hell, I'd forgotten about the paper dart wars we used to have, with paper clips straigtened out and stuck in the noses of the planes.
Mate, I got hit in the chest by a dart made from a pin and some wadded fabric - fired from a blow-pipe made from a broken pen. Somehow I managed to survive this traumatic assault and go on to hold a steady job in later years.

[Colapop]

Shit you guys were lucky - the Maori's at Wairoa college would just throw darts (that they stole from the pub dart board)

[Big Dave]

There goes a future generation of aeronautical engineers if the idea.....takes .....off...

[marty]

Well it's all fun and games till someone loses an eye...

or as my kids say - 'it's always funny til someone hurts themselves.



then it's REALLY funny' :)

they do race BMX though, and have had their share of weeks spent in starship ICU

[bert_is_evil]

I'm not surprised, I've been to Tunbridge Wells - small hands, smell like cabbage

[Maha]

Small boys are getting head??

Why did this never happen when I was at school...
Cos you went to an all boys school ???........:killingme

[Wolf]

Cos you went to an all boys school ???........:killingme
Oh, come on, I'm sure that some of them were still gettting head...

[Maha]

Oh, come on, I'm sure that some of them were still gettting head...
You are probably right Wolf.......:blip:
They were still dishing out the cane when i was at school and if the teachers didnt get off on that then i guess......yea anything's possible........:whistle:

[Karma]

Cos you went to an all boys school ???........:killingme

Nah man... too many chicks.

Real hard trying to hide wood when you're wearing a pair of shorts during a netball game ;)

[SARGE]

In regards to the report thing... we are not allowed to write things about their behaviour apparently unless we have hard evidence to prove it... so no longer will reports say that Jimmy is disruptive in class

Running in schools... some don't allow them to run around corners but children are always told the reasons for these rules

I do think banning paper planes is a bit ridiculous as it will so easily stunt their creativity... choosing the right design... angles... force... these teachers should have used this context and turned it into a learning experience.


the thing that cracks me up is .. they wont hold a kid back at school if he isnt ready to progress to the next grade.. i BEGGED my kid's principal to hold him back a year because he was reading a few years below his age..

cant do it sir.. it would scar him for life ..

fuck off.. what do yiou think not being able to read will do?

[BuFfY]

the thing that cracks me up is .. they wont hold a kid back at school if he isnt ready to progress to the next grade.. i BEGGED my kid's principal to hold him back a year because he was reading a few years below his age..

cant do it sir.. it would scar him for life ..

fuck off.. what do yiou think not being able to read will do?

Do they send him to reading recovery and stuff? Because most schools have teachers who soley do this, and watching them is amazing!

I guess a few years back they did hold a lot of children back but I am sure he was capable enough in other aspects of this schooling in order to cope with it.

Do you not think he would have been teased for being held back a year? Children do learn best when they are enjoying school and are in a safe environment. Making them feel asthough they are incompetent will not help their learning

[SARGE]

Well it's all fun and games till someone loses an eye...


tell me about it.... :doh:

[SARGE]

Do they send him to reading recovery and stuff? Because most schools have teachers who soley do this, and watching them is amazing!

I guess a few years back they did hold a lot of children back but I am sure he was capable enough in other aspects of this schooling in order to cope with it.

Do you not think he would have been teased for being held back a year? Children do learn best when they are enjoying school and are in a safe environment. Making them feel asthough they are incompetent will not help their learning


he came from schooling in the States Buffy..totally different teaching style over there..he really had a hard time adjusting to it here..

i was given a fair bit of shit as a kid and all it did to me was build character..

i think i know whats best for my kid, and as a parent, i would expect the school to abide by my wishes and hold him back if thats what i requested

he is right up at his age level and beyond right now, due to the fact that i insisted on rerading and maths practice every night for the past few years

[ogr1]

LOL - uh huh

"Careful - you'll take someone's eye out with that" is a common enough saying ... but when was the last time someone actually DID take an eye out?

And what other activities of equal risk could also cause eyes to be lost - are they banning those too?


Ask King Harold "Battle of Hastings" 1066.........ouch!

[onearmedbandit]

Ahhh, I remember the school lunches in the 80's where 'bull rush' was the only game we played. Those were the days.

[Wolf]

Ask King Harold "Battle of Hastings" 1066.........ouch!
"Nay, t'was grit in his eye, the arrow was in his chest."

Bling for the first person to give me the originator of that quote - character or author, I don't care which.

[ogr1]

"Nay, t'was grit in his eye, the arrow was in his chest."

Bling for the first person to give me the originator of that quote - character or author, I don't care which.

Your older than you let on.........arn't you:nya:

[Jonny Rotten]

swanny WTF????? :whocares:

[Quartida]

Ahhh, I remember the school lunches in the 80's where 'bull rush' was the only game we played. Those were the days.

And I remember when "bull rush" got banned.

See? This PC thing has been going on for years.




Or maybe bull rush actually was dangerous...in fact...yes, well, perhaps I can see their point. :wait:

[The Pastor]

It all started when they banned Sky-rockets at guy fawkes.....How much fun was it having sky rocket wars at school?
And double happies?
How long will the rest of the fireworks last? Roman candles next to go would be my guess....Then it's only a matter of time until Sparklers are out.:bye:

I got shot in the eye with a roman cadle and it hurt like that slap your mother gave me. And spakler bombs are very dangerous (So they have a point)

But I dont want them banned there fun.

I WILL TELL YOU WHERE THE LEFTIES ARE GOING NEXT ON THE BAN ALL FUN CRAZE - MOTORBIKES.

Paper planes, fireworks, motorbikes!

[Kickaha]

Attached are instructions on how to fold the greatest (proclaimed by the website) paper plane of all time.... any other fantastic designs out there?


Just tested it and it's pretty bloody good, better than anything I ever made myself

[myvice]

It’s all fun and games till someone ends up in hospital...
Unless that is the object of the game.
Darwin would be horrified, all these wonderfully creative and ingenious was of killing each other and ourselves and no one's allowed to do them!
The population has to be kept at a sustainable level some how, we can’t let drunk drivers and suicide bombers have all the fun!
Bring back darts, bring back planks of wood with wheels hammed on them and REALY steep hills, bring back having your mum say "Get out of the house, and don’t come back till its dark!"
Its sad to think that those days are gone, my son has missed out on so much and he has had so much more than others his age.
I wonder what my grandchildren will be able to do?

[sAsLEX]

Bring back darts, bring back planks of wood with wheels hammed on them and REALY steep hills,

Hills get boring, two ropes , two carts , one four wheeler last one on their cart wins!!!

OR if no carts then use wool sacks!

[Pixie]

It's the same ridiculous "it's-for-your-own-good" "wrap-em-up-in-cotton-wool" attitude that created "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep".

Utter madness.
It's known as "Precious Lamb Syndrome"

[Swoop]

THEY WERE THROWING PAPER DARTS AT THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS???
They couldn't get the real ones airborne due to strong crosswinds and heavy cloud cover, so had to improvise with paper planes instead...:wait:

[ManDownUnder]

It's the same ridiculous "it's-for-your-own-good" "wrap-em-up-in-cotton-wool" attitude that created "Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep".

Utter madness.

So who'll be more concerned then?

1) The PC brigade if we DON'T sing Baa Baa Rainbow sheep" (Let's face it - ones in the story are black)

2) The SPCA if we actually do something about the colour of the sheep to make them fit the story

3) The painters' union when we start doing their work

or

4) The kids who used to enjoy the nursery rhyme as it is/was?

[ZeroIndex]

So who'll be more concerned then?

1) The PC brigade if we DON'T sing Baa Baa Rainbow sheep" (Let's face it - ones in the story are black)

2) The SPCA if we actually do something about the colour of the sheep to make them fit the story

3) The painters' union when we start doing their work

or

4) The kids who used to enjoy the nursery rhyme as it is/was?
i don't completely understand your 4 point ramble, other than PC sucks, and we should put together a partition to get rid of it.. or something

[ManDownUnder]

i don't completely understand your 4 point ramble, other than PC sucks, and we should put together a partition to get rid of it.. or something

Do a Ghandi - passive resistance.

Don't get caught up their arguments, just ignore them and carry on. What are they going to do - prosecute you?

[ZeroIndex]

Do a Ghandi - passive resistance.

Don't get caught up their arguments, just ignore them and carry on. What are they going to do - prosecute you?
hmmm... *thinks Clone High* haha Ghandi was funny..

I don't think it is very PC to prostitute someone.. oh wait.. i mean prosecute :rofl:

[SPman]

All these left wing hippy mother f*ckers can go and kiss my right winged :moon:I'm a left wing hippy mofo! This aint got nothing to do wing hippy shit - hug trees! Shit! If my kids couldnt Climb to the top of an 80 ft Macrocarpa in less than 15 seconds...with no safety gear.....I'd whip their ass! (not their arse - didnt beleive in physical punishment...much...preferred to take it out on the donkey!)This is just another stupid....well meaning, but stupid decision based on fear!
Fuckwits!

[Krayy]

i remember when i was a kid we had this kick ass massive long slide that had no saftey barriers, and would give you wicked burns if you wernt wearing appropriate clothing. i recon bring that shit back. give the kids these days some balls. no wonder the nancy boys are taking over these days.
Hands up if you went down the (now closed) long open slide at Waiwera while standing up!! :yes:

[Krayy]

Shit you guys were lucky - the Maori's at Wairoa college would just throw darts (that they stole from the pub dart board)
I still have a scar on my hand from when a trend went round Glenfield College where you went up someone and stabbed them with a ballpoint with the tip extended. Didn't do me no harm (*sniff* :crybaby: )

P.S Lucky i got out of Wairoa before heading to the college....I was only a "resident" of the primary school.

[Wolf]

I'm a left wing hippy mofo! This aint got nothing to do wing hippy shit - hug trees! Shit! If my kids couldnt Climb to the top of an 80 ft Macrocarpa in less than 15 seconds...with no safety gear.....I'd whip their ass! (not their arse - didnt beleive in physical punishment...much...preferred to take it out on the donkey!)This is just another stupid....well meaning, but stupid decision based on fear!
Fuckwits!
Got to agree, here, this libertarian tree-hugging hippy did more dangerous shit in his childhood than I care to recall and I bemoan the fact that if I let my kids do half the crap I did, some bugger will call CYFS and report me for abuse.

I do admit to getting a bit antsy if the kids pick up lengths of wood and start waving them at each other's faces or heaving stones at each other, but I figure if you can't break a window with it, it's probably "harmless".

[Colapop]

I still have a scar on my hand from when a trend went round Glenfield College where you went up someone and stabbed them with a ballpoint with the tip extended. Didn't do me no harm (*sniff* :crybaby: )

P.S Lucky i got out of Wairoa before heading to the college....I was only a "resident" of the primary school.
I didn't and my bum still hurts...


Of course I only know about it when he gets drunk and starts banging on my door....

[NSR-Dan]

Cos you went to an all boys school ???........:killingme

and i bet they gave head there to.