- Elsternwick Primary School in Victoria fenced off a tractor in the playground
- The tractor was deemed to pose a health and safety risk to school children
- One father protested by posting a picture of his son playing to Facebook
- He wrote: ‘The biggest risk to children these days is lack of physical activity’
A school has caused outrage by banning children from a playground tractor.
Elsternwick Primary School in Victoria fenced off the tractor because it was deemed ‘too dangerous’ and posed a health and safety risk to children.
One father Glenn Riseley protested by posting a picture of his son playing on the tractor to Facebook.
One father protested by posting a picture of his son playing on the tractor to Facebook
He wrote: ‘Just asked my son why there’s a fence around this old playground tractor?
‘Apparently some bureaucrats with cardigans and clipboards and diplomas in clipboard management did a ‘safety audit’ and deemed it too risky… so it has to be removed.
He added: ‘It seems the biggest risks to children these days are lack of physical activity, excessive screen time, poor nutrition and an alarming epidemic of type 2 diabetes, online bullying and mental health issues. None of which are connected to cemented in old red tractors.’
Commenters on his post agreed. One wrote: ‘World gone made’ while another said: ‘Growing up on a farm and riding in dad’s rusty Bedford truck was the highlight of my childhood.’
Mr Riseley told Daily Mail Australia: ‘The lad on the tractor is Oscar. He’s four years old. He starts at Elsternwick primary school next year. His older brother is already there. Sadly the tractor won’t be when he starts.
‘It’s not the school’s fault – Some overpaid public servants with too much time on their hands I suspect.’
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Elsternwick Primary School for comment.
A school has caused outrage by banning children from a playground tractor (pictured) because it is ‘too dangerous’
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