SCCYP Releases Archive for April 2006
Revealed: drug crisis in classrooms
30th Apr 2006
HUNDREDS of young people in Scotland have been caught under the influence of drugs during school hours, a Sunday Herald investigation has found.
Read More...Call for third dental school as child treatment delays grow
26th Apr 2006
Demands to re-establish a third dental school in Scotland were fuelled yesterday by the disclosure that children are waiting up to 15 times longer...
Read More...Charities change opens door to top schools for poor children
26th Apr 2006
MORE children from deprived backgrounds could win places at some of Scotland's most prestigious private schools as a result of a shake-up in...
Read More...Pressure to succeed and debt take joy out of study, say students
20th Apr 2006
PRESSURE to get good grades and the increasing need to take on part-time work to deal with mounting debts is undermining students' love of learning,...
Read More...Pupils get lessons on being happy
20th Apr 2006
Pupils at a school in Berkshire are getting lessons in how to feel happy.
Read More...Move to store 'ID card' details for children
19th Apr 2006
A REGISTER of children's details similar to that to be kept under the government's controversial ID card scheme has been recommended by officials.
Read More...Move to tackle problem families
12th Apr 2006
A multi-million pound funding package to tackle anti-social families has been announced by ministers.
The £2m windfall will run three projects...
Read More...Children 'must have a childhood'
12th Apr 2006
Children are under increasing pressure to grow up and must be allowed a childhood, teachers have demanded.
Read More...Priority for children at heart of health service revamp
11th Apr 2006
A radical overhaul of child healthcare was unveiled yesterday, giving young patients a specific status within the NHS in Scotland for the first...
Read More...Sport days to help city children in battle with obesity
11th Apr 2006
Hundreds of primary pupils in Glasgow are being offered the chance to try out sports such as basketball, netball and cycling in a project aimed...
Read More...Children in wait for NHS treatment
10th Apr 2006
Children face longer waits for operations because of a massive backlog of religious circumcisions.
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Read More...Scottish teen heads to North Pole
10th Apr 2006
A teenager from East Renfrewshire has embarked on an attempt to be the youngest boy to walk to the North Pole.
Read More...Obesity tests for all five-year-olds
9th Apr 2006
Every schoolchild will have to undergo an obesity test in their first year at primary school, in the latest controversial attempt by ministers...
Read More...?‘Low-key?’ approach to sex strategy
9th Apr 2006
The Scottish Executive deliberately took a low-key approach to revealing details of a controversial abstinence-based sex education programme...
Read More...No more faith schools, says education chief
7th Apr 2006
A Church of Scotland minister and education leader has sparked fury by calling for no more faith schools to be set up in Scotland.
The Rev...
Read More...Parents fight school bus payments
6th Apr 2006
Parents of primary aged children have launched a campaign group to fight plans by a local authority to withdraw free school bus services.
Read More...Parents unite in fight to save city schools
6th Apr 2006
Hundreds of parents have formed an alliance against closure plans for more than two dozen primary schools.
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Read More...Measles vaccination appeal issued
5th Apr 2006
A measles outbreak in Dumfries and Galloway has prompted an appeal to vaccinate children amid concerns it could spread outside the region.
Read More...Remind young people of rights and responsibilities
5th Apr 2006
What rights do young people have? There is much confusion over the issue. For example, the UK signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child...
Read More...Children?’s hospital will cater for older teenagers
4th Apr 2006
Teenagers up to the age of 16 could be treated at Scotland's new world-class children's hospital under proposals revealed yesterday.
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Read More...Parents urged to talk to children
4th Apr 2006
Too much television and a lack of family meals are damaging children's conversational ability, a report says.
Read More...Deadly timebomb of 700,000 obese children
3rd Apr 2006
Almost two million schoolchildren are overweight and 700,000 are obese because of junk-food diets and couchpotato lifestyles, research claims.
Read More...Young Scot hero's feel good factor
2nd Apr 2006
Iinpirational teenager Nifraz Raheem only had one thing to say when he was crowned Scotland's greatest Young Scot... "I Feel Good".
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