A school in northern Australia will review a ban on cartwheels, handstands and other gymnastic tumbles in the playground after a community backlash, the state education department said Wednesday.
Belgian Gardens State School in Townsville, Queensland, recently banned all unsupervised gymnastic activities outdoors in what it called an effort to protect students from injury.
The policy became nationwide news Tuesday when a parent complained to the Townsville Bulletin newspaper.
Kylie Buschgens said her 10-year-old daughter had been threatened with a suspension last week for doing cartwheels, even on the grass, after students were told of the ban at …
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