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With Kaye Adams

Do we need to get tougher when it comes to disciplining children in the classroom? Call 0808 5 92 95 00. Text 80295.

A secondary school in Newcastle has launched a consultation on their behaviour policies and have proposed a 'consequence system' which would mean misbehaving children wear green bibs and pick up litter as part of a "community service" punishment instead of detention.
Do we need to get tougher when it comes to disciplining children in the classroom?

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NO PHONES
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Thu 29 Nov 2018 09:00

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