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Police and schools are keen to alert parents to a dangerous new social media craze called the #paracetamolchallenge, where youngsters are challenging one another to take excessive amounts of the painkiller on Facebook and Instagram. The dare is to take as many paracetamol as they can. A school in East Ayrshire, Scotland, has sent a letter home to all parents urging them to monitor their children’s actvity online and to spell out the dangers of this alarming craze.
If you accidentally take an extra dose of paracetamol, you should miss out the next dose so you don’t exceed the maximum over a 24-hour period. The findings could change guidelines that recommend BMI as a measure and it has once again got parents talking about the topic of weighing children in school.
But according to Body Happy Org — a non-profit organisation that creates positive body image environments for children to thrive in — the evidence shows it can lead to disordered eating and predictive weight gain over time. I know, first-hand, the last damage that growing up in a household that encouraged dieting and weight-loss, can have. I spent my teens and 20s on yo-yo diets, making myself miserable by counting calories and forcing myself to exercise to lose some pounds.
‘The Government should urgently assess the need for the programme and seek other ways to collect this data.’ Similarly, we compare their weight percentile, fostering a healthy understanding of their physical development. This would help parents understand whether adjustments to their child’s diet or activity levels are necessary, rather than simply labelling their child as fat in a letter sent home.
The supermarket has relaunched its Wine Club and is asking people to apply to trial its new spring summer range, which launches in store on 18 March. How to apply to be get free wine from Aldi Aldi is looking for 30 reviewers who will be sent three bottles of wine as part go its Wine Club.Entries are open now and you have until 4 March to apply. Winners will be contacted within seven days after this date.
1. See: ‘The colour will give an indication of the style of wine says Sam. ‘A deep red will suggest youth and a full-bodied wine, while a pale colour will propose it is lighter and juicier.’ 5. Savour: This tip is probably our favourite. ‘Now relax, savour those deep flavours that are developing in your mouth and enjoy!’CHAT: With other parents in our forumA couple have been hit with a huge fine and the threat of court action for taking their children out of school for a term-time holiday. But Gavin and Sara Bates from Newcastle-Under-Lyme have said it was entirely unintentional and they’re fighting the fine.
‘We had booked the holiday well in advance, we saved the money to pay for it,’ said Gavin. ‘They changed the dates of the half-term, not us, and we couldn’t afford to move the holiday or not go, it would have been heart-breaking.’‘We’ve been hassled for fine payments for non-authorised absence. We were told we could appeal, but we tried to talk to the school and the council and haven’t been able to.
How much are fines for term-time holidays? The current fines are £60 per child, per parent, per absence which means that if two parents of two children take them both out of school for a holiday during term time, they could face fines of £60 per child, per parent. This works out to a total fine of £240.Parents will be fined £80 per child, per absence which double to £160 if it isn’t paid within 21 days.
Last week, Jason Ashley, headteacher at Redbridge Community School in Southampton, called the meals served to his pupils ‘completely unacceptable’ in a letter to parents. Having worked alongside the Department for Education and lobbied for a fairer food system, Saffron said that during that time, she saw that there were standards for the food that was served but ‘unfortunately they are not being met’.
Meanwhile a headteacher, who asked not to be named, described the meals at her school as ‘very beige’ and carbohydrate heavy. She told the Guardian that while her staff tried to encourage children to eat a wider variety, ‘sometimes you just look at it and say: I can’t make them eat it. You do wonder how many ministers have children in state schools, and know what meals are like.’
‘Even when stories like this break, and change is clearly required for the benefit of the children, we must remember the people involved and treat them with kindness and respect. We need to make the system work better for them too.’ ‘I can no longer keep this from you’ Mr Ashley, who is a former OFSTED inspector, began his letter to parents apologising for the need to write to them, but added ‘I can no longer keep this from you’.
‘I am simply fed up’ Like many schools, Redbridge Community School use an external catering company to supply, make and distribute lunches to pupils. Attaching photos of meals like pie and mash, chips and beans and a jacket potato to the letter as proof of the poor quality, he said: ‘We have concluded with our photo evidence that Chartwells do seem to be unable to ‘bake a potato’ correctly.’
‘Which is why I wrote the letter to parents saying: Am I going crazy here. What what do you think? You are the customer, your children are the customers. You’re paying for these meals and I think you’ve just got a right to know about it.’ But despite this warning, recent research shows that there’s no link between screen time and a child’s development.
‘Let them be bored with no screen’ Lots of parents commented on the post, agreeing with Adrian’s views, with one dad saying: ‘Can confirm what he’s saying. ‘Watched a Father of 3 in a restaurant allow his kids to have headphones on and screens. The entire meal. In the study of nearly 12,000 children in the United States, no evidence was found to show that screen time impacted their brain function or well-being.
‘More needs to be done to prevent obesity’ Nicola Firman from the research team at Queen Mary University said: ‘We hope our findings will increase awareness of the significance of poor musculoskeletal health, and drive more research into understanding the link with childhood obesity. In reception, girls deemed overweight were 25% more likely to see a GP at least once with a musculoskeletal issue or 67% more likely if they were obese.
The researchers also added that more research needs to be done to find out why the problems affect girls more than boys. ‘Not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness’ The announcement by NHS England comes after the results of a public consultation on the ban and a review of available evidence by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence .
The government has welcomed NHS England’s ‘landmark decision’, which it said was ‘in the best interests of children’. The decision comes after Dr Hilary Cass was appointed by NHS England and NHS Improvement to chair the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for children and young people in September 2020.
In people assigned male at birth, GnRH analogues are designed to slow the growth of facial and body hair, prevent voice deepening, and limit the growth of the penis, scrotum and testicles. The survey by the Teacher Tapp app asked thousands of teachers and leaders in state schools in England which reasons parents had given for their children missing school this academic year.
And it comes as term-time holiday fines are set to be increased for parents, in a bid to reduce pupil absence. He suggested that some politicians who constantly criticise schools and teachers are helping to ‘create a division’. In order to solve the problems, a ‘change of tone in the national conversation about education,’ is needed, he added, alongside ‘tangible solutions’ such as greater investment in mental health support for children who take time off due to anxiety and depression.
The campaign has seen ‘attendance hubs’ set up as part of the campaign, where local school staff can attend to discuss ways to improve attendance. The controversial plans would see schoolchildren finishing for the week at lunchtime on a Friday, if passed. Fridays, however, would consist of only five classes and would finish at 1.40pm, for a 28-hour week in total.
The remaining votes, which accounted for 28.1% of the vote, opted for a four-day school week with Friday off. Why is the change being introduced? Alongside trying to align secondary school timetables in the area, this new schedule is said to improve ‘work-life balance’ for staff and children, say the report’s authors.
A spokesperson said: ‘McDonald’s recognises the importance of children reading for pleasure – aligning with this year’s World Book Day campaign “Read Your Way”.’ As part of its campaign, McDonald’s released the above images of 50 children, 40 of whom are dressed as their favourite book characters, and 10 who are in plain clothing to represent the children in the UK who do not have access to books.
‘We’re proud to be the UK’s biggest distributor of books having provided over 160 million books to kids to date. Our mission is to ensure all children, no matter their background, can access the joy of reading.’CHAT: With other parents in our friendly forumAfter news broke last week that fines for taking children out of school for term-time holidays would be increased from August 2024, many parents said it wouldn’t make much of a difference to their plans.
Astrea Academy Woodfields in Doncaster is checking driveways, boiler flues and lights to see if pupils are on holiday, with Principal of the school, David Scales, telling the BBC the visits were conducted out of safety for absent children. Some families, he said, were ‘making choices that are not helping your child succeed’, referencing holidays during the term-time or before Easter.
Fines for term-time holidays It comes after a government crackdown on taking children out of school for term-time holidays – which could see parents given heftier fines for doing so. Why is it that parents can be fined? Parents in England have a legal duty to make sure their child attends school, to get a full-time education between the school term after their 5th birthday and the last Friday in June in the school year they turn 16, under the Education Act . When are the new rates being brought in? Parents can currently be fined if they take their child out of school for a holiday, but the higher fines are to be brought in from August 2024.
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