Firstly the use of both the slipper (why do you call it that if it is a gymshoe”?) and...
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Pupils attending schools in the 1970’s and 1980’s had been used to a culture of being belted when they...
I see another question was asked about the ending of school CP in Scotland. In primary schools it was...
There were also “toilet patrols” set to check toilets for misbehaving pupils or smokers. Again they were belted on...
You ask about teachers administering punishment to pupils not in their class. In many schools some teachers would have...
As to the 1968 recommendations. Lyn , my S.O. was a Scottish teacher in both state and private sectors...
In this case I am sure my experience and memory is colored by the fact that the teacher was...
The latter was punitive detention(i.e. polishing classroom brass doorknobs etc.) & that was for misdemeanours. As with you, only...
There was also detention down this way. When I started at Grammar in 1963, this was on a Saturday...
not all Head’s supported their class teachers in matters concerning CP so this technique would only work if the...