Schools in the area are to use a text message service: (Edited)
 

Schools in the area are to use a text message service, to help stop children from truanting.

St Peter's CE Primary School, Accrington, will be running the system from next term.

Will funding be sought for the very few children who don't have mobiles, to provide them with one?

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/ne...le_truancy.php

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I'm claiming immunity under the artistic licence clause, sub paragraph 14.:D

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Amazing how some companies talk themselves up;

"But Groupcall's managing director, Howard Robinson said Lancashire schools were already leading the way.
"They are ahead of the game and after the successful pilot we are confident schools across the county will be using the technology."

This will be the same technology my stepdaughters school were using 5 years ago outside Lancashire then ?. No to mention the swipe cards they used to enter and leave school instead of teachers reading a list of names out !!

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Does that work?

Surely that is open to abuse. You could get a friend to 'swipe' you in, and it would be easier to truant, rather than a teacher actually seeing the pupils at registration.

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No doubt one or two have tried that method, I'm pretty sure the school would have had it covered but I honestly don't know the answer to it.

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Well I dont think it'll make much difference to the kids who are going to truant but at least the parents will find out a bit quicker and it'll save an embarassing phone call to work.

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Retina scan! :p

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If a kid wants to bunk school they will find a way regardless of any "innovotive ideas" that are around. Short of frog marching them in and then locking up like a prison the authorities and parents will never win.

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i was scrolling down this page fast and had to scroll back just to make sure you hadnt said rectal scan lol

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I'd be pretty confident that my two oldest couldn't bunk off school without us knowing. Mount Carmel always follow up an abscence with a telephone call to home to see where the kids are.

Most kids will try to bunk off at least once during school years but the most important thing is the parents knowing that their child isn't where they are supposed to be.

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Im sure as tickerbelle says, a phone call is the best way.. although neither the call nore texting solves the problem of parents who:

a) dont care
or
b) have no control

These are more important issues that should be tackled i feel.

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They had a much more effective way of tackling truancy when myself and young Master Britcliffe went to St Peter's. Miss Duxbury's dreaded ruler on the palms of our hands. And did it hurt! :eek:

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its a poor do when primary school kids start "whacking it" (as i used to call it:D)
rhyddings phone if your kid is not there and you havent phoned, so does moorend primary which is a good thing!
besides i think primary school kids should not have mobiles in the first place let alone text em...silly idea!!

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Its so easy in theis day and age as even upper primary school kids make their own way in to school. Parents lives are so busy they dont even hang around long enough to see if their little dalings actually made it through the gate let alone stayed.

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It wasn't quite clear if it was the parent, or the child, who will be sent the text message. If it is the parent, how many will be allowed to have their mobile switched on whilst at work?

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Or if your like me forgetting to charge it up!

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Dont you mean autistic?

Re: Schools in the area are to use a text message service: (Edited)
 

It's a bit pointless having a works phone number for parents too - they wanted Busman's but he can't get into lengthy phone calls when he's driving coach trips. Maybe they are assuming they can text all parents at home :rolleyes:

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No, having a Bachelor of Arts degree, with Honours, I did mean artistic.;)

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Take it you didn't quite finish the course at Comedy School?:D

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I think most people will check their mobiles at intervals during the day Garinda. I keep mine on silent but do refer to it at lunch and, of course, can pick up messages then. No reason these days, why employers should disallow mobiles as long as they aren't near telephone systems and other specialised equipment.

I think it is a lovely idea and would save the embarrassment of the phone call at work. I would have had no problem with giving my number to the schools when my children were there .. can you reply, I wonder ?

I agree with Panther, that it isn't necessary for a child at primary to have a mobile and should be some type of age limit set for ownership.

Curious to know what happens at secondary schools now, as most pupils appear to have them .. see them texting whilst waiting for the school bus ... well, the ones that do catch the bus. Do the teachers have to ask them to 'please switch of your mobiles?' before every lesson, and do they sometimes go off in class ? Is there a penalty ?

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I don't think they are actually supposed to have them at school but the teachers turn a blind eye as long as they do not disrupt the class. In fact a couple of times a teacher has borrowed my daughter's phone. ;)

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the school my sons go to allow mobiles with it being a school that most pupils only reach by bus... but they are not allowed to use them in school without permission and are supposed to be switched off (although I know mine leave their's on silent)

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My mobile when i go to work is turned on silent and left in my handbag in the staffroom. The only time i look at it after that is when ive left work and im walking into Haslingden that is if i do remember otherwise its when i get home. Its been known to be left on silent until the following week when i went to turn it onto silent again for work.