Parents
horrified after learning primary schoolchildren aged just 10 are
playing 'the raping game'
- The head at Stanford Junior School in Brighton has been forced to step in
- 'As soon as we found out this inappropriate word was being used, we spoke to the children concerned and they now no longer use it,' Gina Hutchins said
13
February, 2013
Primary
school children have been banned from playing a new break time game
they called 'the raping game'.
The
playground activity had been named after a violent video game which
depicts violent sexual assaults on a mother and two daughters.
More
than a dozen boys, some as young as nine, were caught playing the
'the raping game' at Stanford Junior School in Brighton, East Sussex.
The
school confirmed it had been taking place and headteacher Gina
Hutchins said she had spoken to children about the vile name. It has
now been called 'the survival game' following the head's
intervention.
Mrs
Hutchins said: 'As soon as we found out that this inappropriate word
was being used, we spoke to the children concerned and they now no
longer use it.'
The
game has been played mainly by boys in Year 5 at the school for the
past two to three weeks.
It
involves one person being 'on' who has to catch others until only one
is left uncaught and that person is the winner.
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About
13 boys, aged nine and ten, played the game in the school playground
but have since changed the title.
One
concerned parent said: 'I was horrified that my son had learnt that
word.
'He
is only nine. Thankfully he did not know what it meant but it was
that horrible thought he might use it elsewhere.
'Most
people assume children learn these words at home.'
The
parent added she did not blame the school saying it is almost
impossible to stop children bringing words into the playground.
They
commended the headteacher for her swift actions in taking decisive
action and stamping out the use of the word.
It
is unsure what video game led to the naming of the game, but several
on the market contain scenes of rape.
One
game called Rapelay sees the main character try to rape a mother and
two daughters.
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