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Sex and drugs education are to be part of the primary curriculum, says the government.
Read the announcement.

United Nations says British pupils should have more say at school, and more privacy from reality TV programmes
Report of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Girls at risk of genital mutilation
Children from some African countries are still being taken out of the country for this dangerous and illegal procedure. Find out more from the charity Forward.

Tackling bullying of SEN children
Bullying Involving Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. by DSCF

Bullying Wrecks Lives: the Experiences of Children and Young People with a Learning Disability, from Mencap

B is for Bullied: the experiences of children with autism and their families, from the National Autistic Society.

Your health: obsessive compulsive disorder
Find out more from OCD Action and the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Children who self-harm
Self-harm affects children as young as five, say experts.
For more information, try selfharm.org, the National Self-Harm Network, and Selfharm UK

Good cause corner
Could your knitting club help runaway children? Read about the Children's Society's campaign.
Or for more information on knitting clubs go to the UK Handknitting Association's special page for schools

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