Chocolate ‘makes pupils better’
A Norfolk headteacher has said there have been no exclusions from his school since he started rewarding pupils with chocolate for good behaviour.
Dr Andrew Sheppard began the scheme in 2005, since when exclusion days at Redcastle Furze Primary in Thetford near Norwich in Norfolk have dropped from 65 a year to zero.
Critics said he was contributing to childhood obesity and dental problems.
But Dr Sheppard said: “It has improved behaviour, they are polite and… they have a sense of responsibility.”
In September 2005, Dr Sheppard pledged to give all 240 pupils a bar of chocolate if they made it to the half term break without any exclusions.
The scheme proved so successful it was extended term by term. Since then discos, picnics and Easter eggs have been handed out.
Full article from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7513320.stm