Flutterby™! :

School ditches rules and loses bullies:

Mudslides, skateboarding, bullrush and tree climbing kept the children so occupied the school no longer needed a timeout area or as many teachers on patrol.

Instead of a playground, children used their imagination to play in a "loose parts pit" which contained junk such as wood, tyres and an old fire hose.

Auckland New Zealand's Swanson Primary School is participating in a study about childhood behavior, hopefully we'll see the results of that study. (Via /.: New Zealand Schools Find Less Structure Improves Children's Behavior.

Also from New Zealand: Man fights off shark, stitches up his own wounds, goes to pub for a pint.