SCCYP Releases Archive for December 2006
Drunken 13-year-olds prompt a call for action from Goldie
23rd Dec 2006
The Children's panels need to be more active in tackling underage drinking, the leader of the Scottish Tories said yesterday.
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Read More...?‘We only wanted the NHS to tell the truth about Frazer?’s death?’
21st Dec 2006
Graham Waugh battled for seven years to uncover the truth about his son Frazer's death. The tragic story of how the 17-year-old computer enthusiast...
Read More...25% of primary pupils weigh too much
20th Dec 2006
Nearly a quarter of Scotland's primary one children are overweight and nearly one in 10 is classed as "obese", according to the latest figures....
Read More...So, babies aren't self-raising ...
19th Dec 2006
It's not so easy being a parent, especially when you're only 10.
Read More...Pupils to learn by play in radical shake-up
18th Dec 2006
The youngest children in Scotland's primary schools are to be taught through play rather than formal classes under a radical shake-up of the...
Read More...Under-tens say being a celebrity is the world's 'best thing'
18th Dec 2006
CHILDREN under ten think being a celebrity is the 'very best thing in the world', but do not think quite as much of God, a survey said yesterday.
Read More...Cathedral puts out the flames of Christingle
13th Dec 2006
For the first time in more than 250 years, children will not be allowed to carry candles at a cathedral service in case their hair catches fire.
Read More...Child safety rules 'scare' adults
13th Dec 2006
Adults are scared of working with youngsters because of strict child protection rules, MSPs were told.
Read More...First Minister to work with football clubs to reduce NEETs
13th Dec 2006
Scottish first minister Jack McConnell will meet Scotlands 12 Premier League football clubs in the new year to discuss how they can help reduce...
Read More...?‘Cool?’ for pupils to avoid school lunch
13th Dec 2006
PUPILS are shunning school meals because it is "cooler" to visit the local chippy or burger bar at lunchtime, according to a new report.
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Read More...Child safety rules 'scare' adults
13th Dec 2006
Adults are scared of working with youngsters because of strict child protection rules, MSPs were told.
Read More...?‘Parenting lessons?’ for new families
11th Dec 2006
Parenting courses for everyone who has just started a family ?– that is the vision of a new public health director in the west of Scotland. ...
Read More...Youngsters unable to reach sink taps at PFI schools
8th Dec 2006
A CONTENTIOUS PFI schools project has angered parents after it emerged children as young as four are being forced to climb on top of wash basins...
Read More...YMCA tells the Executive: You've got wrong policy on young offenders
5th Dec 2006
FEARS that teenage crime in Scotland is reaching crisis point have led a youth charity to condemn the Scottish Executive for spending too much...
Read More...New rules to check on pupils who go absent
5th Dec 2006
SCHOOLS will be ordered to contact parents immediately if their child fails to turn up under strict new measures being brought in to avoid a...
Read More...Young people demand shop respect
4th Dec 2006
Young people in Northern Ireland have cash in pocket but it doesn't buy them respect at the shop counter, a new survey has found.
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