Neverseconds

It has been a very bullying council. A great deal of work went on behind the scenes before the May elections to make sure the council admin would not go back into the hands of the bullying regime. Long story. The whole ethos at the council offices needs to change. I hope it does.

I also wonder at the HT, but teachers, as council employees, have been bullied too.

JessM, I don't think school governance works in quite the same way in Scotland as in England. For a start, the power of Local Authorities has not been eroded as it has south of the Border. Perhaps Bags can put us straight on that. Most certainly, council officers should not put their size 12s in before the elected members have been consulted. Who do they think they are?

I understand that her father said that the school had been nothing but supportive and it was the council official who had said that she must stop.
I also find it interesting that this is a child who clearly understands writing / publishing for purpose, has mastered a different genre and can use the internet effectively. This is surely worthy of praise from Gove and co.?

Luckily this affair has nothing to do with Gove. Scottish education is beyond the reach of Westminster!
I understand that it was the child's father who helped her to set up the blog, though the contents are all her own. I would question a child's being allowed to take a camera phone into school, however.

Yes, councils are still in charge of schools and school budgets in Scotland.

The Everseconds blog has now raised over £72,000 for Mary's Meals. What a fab result from a little girl's blog and a council official's stupidity!

NB a council official is not "The Council". The Council was not forced to do a U-turn. The clumsy-booted council official was told to lift the ban s/he had no right to have imposed in the first place.

It is the HT's prerogative to decide about cameras in school. The Curriculum for Excellence requires schools to have photographic evidence of the chidren's activities and it is also encouraging blogs. Looks like Martha learned well!

Just for the record, Martha praised some of the meals, giving them 10 points. What she had to say wasn't invariably critical. Also , Annobel, she talked about using a camera rather than a phone.