and more primary schools are being forced to give up school pets to avoid breaching the Department for Education’s guidelines on health and safety. Rules say pupils must cover cuts before handling animals, wash their hands afterwards and not put into their mouths pens, fingers or crayons which might have come into contact with the pets or their cages. But teachers say that these rules are impossible to uphold in a class of 30 children. Daily Mirror 28/2/05.
Monday, February 26, 2007
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and more primary schools are being forced to give up school pets to avoid breaching the Department for Education’s guidelines on health and safety. Rules say pupils must cover cuts before handling animals, wash their hands afterwards and not put into their mouths pens, fingers or crayons which might have come into contact with the pets or their cages. But teachers say that these rules are impossible to uphold in a class of 30 children. Daily Mirror 28/2/05.
and more primary schools are being forced to give up school pets to avoid breaching the Department for Education’s guidelines on health and safety. Rules say pupils must cover cuts before handling animals, wash their hands afterwards and not put into their mouths pens, fingers or crayons which might have come into contact with the pets or their cages. But teachers say that these rules are impossible to uphold in a class of 30 children. Daily Mirror 28/2/05.
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Come on, don't blame H&S regs for the failure of some teachers to be able to communicate to small children what any parent should do before they handle pets! In fact having pets helps to encourage general good hygiene, the lack of which leads to unnecessary illnesses. It's quite possible to split a class of 30 into smaller groups and attach conditions to being allowed to handle the animals. Alexis (health and safety practitioner)
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