Eyes roll across the country as the playground activity of handstands and cartwheels are dubbed “too dangerous” for pupils.
Parents at Bunbury Primary School in WA were left baffled upon hearing the new policy that their kids were no longer allowed to engage in the long-performed acrobatic during playtime.
“My granddaughter told me last night going home and I think it’s absolutely ludicrous,” one parent said to Seven News.
Another added: “I don’t know where it has come from, but that’s what they do and they’ve been doing it for years and I don’t know what the problem is with it.”
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The school has defended the ban by revealing that at least two students each day were reporting to the office with wrist injuries.
“This is not about stopping kids from taking risks and having fun — but attempting things like flips or handstands on bitumen and sloping grassed areas without learning how to do it properly is never a good idea,” principal Shane Dougherty told the network.
“We’d like to see kids out and being active, we know that kids who aren’t active actually get injured more,” seconded Kidsafe WA CEO Scott Phillips.
While the ban at this stage is only temporary, it’s actually not the first time it’s occurred.
A NSW school enforced the same rules in 2012 and a Queensland school followed suit in 2014.
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