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January 26, 2014 - "Ripping up the playground rulebook is having incredible effects on children at an Auckland school.
"Chaos may reign at Swanson Primary School with children climbing trees, riding skateboards and playing bullrush during playtime, but surprisingly the students don't cause bedlam, the principal says.
"The school is actually seeing a drop in bullying, serious injuries and vandalism, while concentration levels in class are increasing.
"Principal Bruce McLachlan rid the school of playtime rules as part of a successful university experiment.... Swanson School signed up to the study by AUT and Otago University just over two years ago, with the aim of encouraging active play.
"However, the school took the experiment a step further by abandoning the rules completely, much to the horror of some teachers at the time....
"When the university study wrapped up at the end of last year the school and researchers were amazed by the results."
Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/9650581/School-ditches-rules-and-loses-bullies
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January 26, 2014 - "Ripping up the playground rulebook is having incredible effects on children at an Auckland school.
"Chaos may reign at Swanson Primary School with children climbing trees, riding skateboards and playing bullrush during playtime, but surprisingly the students don't cause bedlam, the principal says.
"The school is actually seeing a drop in bullying, serious injuries and vandalism, while concentration levels in class are increasing.
"Principal Bruce McLachlan rid the school of playtime rules as part of a successful university experiment.... Swanson School signed up to the study by AUT and Otago University just over two years ago, with the aim of encouraging active play.
"However, the school took the experiment a step further by abandoning the rules completely, much to the horror of some teachers at the time....
"When the university study wrapped up at the end of last year the school and researchers were amazed by the results."
Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/9650581/School-ditches-rules-and-loses-bullies
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