SCCYP Releases Archive for December 2007
Is there a Mosquito in your area?
18th Dec 2007
Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People wants to hear from you...
Tell us what area you are from, where the Mosquito is, and...
Read More...Capacity fears over £200m schools
14th Dec 2007
Concerns have been raised on the eve of the signing of a £200m contract to build and manage new schools in Dumfries and Galloway. Castle Douglas...
Read More...PPPs under fire again as parents claim new school will be too small
14th Dec 2007
CHILDREN will be forced to have lessons in makeshift classrooms because planned new schools are too small, parents claimed yesterday, in the...
Read More...Council bans family photos
14th Dec 2007
A SHOCKED mum and dad were BANNED from taking a snap of their little daughter in a park by a council jobsworth.
The barmy official insisted...
Read More...48,000 children absent... just another day in Scotland's schools
13th Dec 2007
EVERY day, 48,000 children are absent from school in Scotland, according to government statistics published today. Although the majority of...
Read More...Our young heroes: Britain?’s bravest children honoured
13th Dec 2007
A Scottish schoolboy was among some of Britain's bravest children honoured yesterday for their courage.
Jack Murray-Bell, from Dumfries, was...
Read More...A painless way to make kids buzz off?
11th Dec 2007
The idea is superficially attractive. Devices that emit a high-pitched and annoying sound, which can be heard only by people under the age of...
Read More...Scots schools accused of letting down children from poor families
11th Dec 2007
SCOTLAND'S schools are failing children from deprived backgrounds, according to an international study that calls for a radical shake-up of the...
Read More...'Hardcore' crime teens to be tagged instead of locked up
11th Dec 2007
HUNDREDS of Scotland's most serious young offenders will be allowed to stay in their communities with an electronic tag rather than being locked...
Read More...Call for major education shake-up
10th Dec 2007
Ministers are being urged to undertake a radical shake-up of Scottish education, BBC Scotland has learned.
A report due to be released...
Read More...Bridge to nowhere in vote to win £1m
10th Dec 2007
PUPILS at a Glasgow primary school are flying the flag for the Bridge to Nowhere.
Today city residents can vote for an unfinished bridge to...
Read More...Harry Potter Doesn't Woo New Kids
10th Dec 2007
KIDS are ditching books after the end of Harry Potter, a survey claims.
JK Rowling's seven-book series on the young wizard was credited with...
Read More...Asbos encouraging more crime, thinktank claims
10th Dec 2007
The government's flagship use of antisocial behaviour orders on children are backfiring by encouraging them into crime, a thinktank warned today.
A...
Read More...Scotland leads the way with allowance for kinship carers
5th Dec 2007
Scotland took a UK lead in looking after vulnerable children yesterday when ministers announced the first national allowance scheme for "kinship...
Read More...Scottish children falling behind at school
5th Dec 2007
Scottish secondary pupils have slipped in their results in maths and reading as other countries overtake them in a global league table of achievement.
In...
Read More...It?’s vital that we give these kids a second chance
5th Dec 2007
DOZENS of troubled teenagers who have been repeatedly expelled from school are being offered a second chance - through training in traditional...
Read More...Call for ?‘truth and reconciliation?’ body to resolve child abuse cases
4th Dec 2007
Leading child welfare advocates have called for a "truth and reconciliation commission" to address historic cases of abuse against children in...
Read More...All pupils 'need sex education'
4th Dec 2007
Children should be taught about sex and relationships throughout their time in school, a group of leading charities and a teaching union has...
Read More...Kids tell Newsround: 'Our life is great'
3rd Dec 2007
Newsround carried out a special kids' survey to mark our 35th birthday. And one of the biggest findings was that most of you are happy with your...
Read More...Plans to tackle poverty have stalled
3rd Dec 2007
The Government's strategy for tackling poverty will be heavily criticised in two separate reports published today.
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