School teaches pupils 'Baa, baa white sheep'

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Ananova:

A father has claimed a school has taken political correctness too far after his daughter came home singing "Baa, baa, white sheep".

Gary Stone, 41, from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire said four-year-old Michelle said she had been taught it instead of the more well-known "Baa, Baa, black sheep."

But Paston Ridings Primary School in the town said alternative words to nursery rhymes are taught to broaden pupil's language skills, not for politically correct reasons.

Headteacher Terry Snitch, said: "Like many other school we use the original as well as the alternative versions of traditional rhymes.

"In the example of baa, baa, black sheep - alternative words can include white, noisy, happy or sad.

"The rest of the nursery rhyme is also adapted to encourage creativity and imagination."

The school said no complaints have been received.

-- Anonymous, November 12, 2002


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