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Weight may be put on school reports

Ship all the fatties off to Africa.. that will teach them. They will learn the importance of education and of nutrition.
 
yeh its not up to the schools, but they can bring it to the attention of parents who have no idea. Im sure a few of you have friends who are teachers, ask them what the kids are bringing to school to eat.. A friend of mine teaches at a school at Mt.Druitt (culture shock for a girl from Clovelly) and kids are bringing 2L bottles of coke to school, thats it... Its families like that who need some education, not just a note on the school report....
In saying that, its strange how many kids are doing stuff outside of school now! At my daughters pre-school, in her class anyway (4 year olds) every kid is either doing ballet/dance, soccer, footy, nippers or gymnastics at least one afternoon a week. Thats good to see.
 
Great make us responsible for one more thing most of the time we see them more than their parents anyway maybe they should make a gauge not like a kg more a scale underweight, skinny, healthy, athletic, overweight, fat, obese?
 
oldcorollas said:
how will they balance the reported weight vs growth spurts?
there are heaps of different sizes for kids of any age...

fat%? some kids who were short and chubby at my school (decades ago :D ) shot up over a couple of years to be tall and huge...
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Same! Some of the fatties in primary school turned out to be great looking, healthy looking adults.
 
Technically, I don't think many teachers would be 'qualified' to give their opinion on a child's weight being good or bad. It does become a bit of a legal mind-field.

It might be better to rate a child's fitness level - a PE teacher should be able to do this. That would put a more positive spin on it and focus less about actual weight and more about general fitness. After all, the more active you are, the better your chances of maintaining a normal weight throughout your whole life.
 
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