Primary school bans cartwheels
[Here’s one to get Mandy’s dander up:]
FORGET smoking or bullying - just doing a cartwheel in the playground can get you suspended at one primary school.
Belgian Gardens State School in Townsville, north Queensland, has banned all forms of gymnastics during breaks, including handstands and somersaults.
Even the humble forward roll has been given the flick.
Mum Kylie Buschgens was dumbfounded when her daughter Cali, 10, was told she could no longer do cartwheels - even on the grass.
Her friend was busted and punished by the cartwheel cops this week.
“We had to practise for a play and she did one on the grass,” Cali told our sister paper the Townsville Bulletin. “Two teachers took her upstairs and she had to sit down for the rest of the day and not do anything.”
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