And you can say that they dont because of precisely what? The best people to judge whether something affects a childs learning is the person providing the learning, not the person who couldn't tell 'Darling Jack and Angel Jill' that as the doctor has not diagnosed them with any learning condition that they wont actually help them in the classroom. Or even as the parent of a child with ADHD/Autism that there are actually no scientific studies on whether these do work as a learning aid, so if the teacher says to put it away, then put it away.

D- for punctuation and grammar. Must try harder.

Amazon? Only need to check on there and there is hundreds of listings so no problem get it, some next day delivery.

Should I start a thread telling everyone the cheapest place to buy sugar? Thanks for the effort though

Ok I'll pitch in.....I work part time as a teaching assistant. I was trying to help a boy do his maths but he had a spinner. Did he do any work that lesson? No of course not. He played with his spinner. I noticed the other easily distracted children watching spinner boy and not focusing on their work too. These thing are no good in a typical classroom setting. They make a horrible whizz sound and distract the other kids who then start to moan that they want one too.

Back In Stock!!! https://www.chemist-4-u.com/catalog/product/view/id/10251/s/fidget-spinner/

lmao

That would be what confiscation is for.

Throwing them away is theft.

and yet you refuse to admit your error. Stay classy my dear lol.

Bit dumb you calling out someone's spelling, you can ramble to yourself dear

Yep as i said i have a metal one and its a pleasing thing, goes nice with my hanayama marble and coaster aswell as my little Rubik's type cube.

"unlike the other UK population", no that is quite clearly your arrogance showing that you believe, you are superior to others.

When I said I have a degree and I'm keen to socialize, that was a direct response against your assumption that you were assuming I'm a 20 something playing computer game. There is a difference between your term "arrogance" and a prompt response to wrong accusation, and sir, I can sense your ignorance. Perhaps you may even be struggling to comprehend or interpret what I just said.


you just set a perfect example of arrogance :smirk: tell this to your school, not to me. I'm more than happy to hear what they come back to you.

Hahahaha

yes I am judging you, the same you like to judge others. So in your words, you are the only person with a degree and job. Would appear arrogance is your strongest suit.

If a teacher is incapable of keeping the attention of his or her students during lessons, then they have no business being a teacher.

That's good to know actually. Many thanks.

The Gifted shop in a Norwich had loads of these in stock today priced at £4.99 and £7.99 in various colours.

I am a seller of this product and I am not advertising but I just wanted people to know about the quality of these.

A good quality spinner is one, where when the centre cap is removed, you can see 7 black ceramic balls. If you see 7 metal silver balls, then it's a slightly cheaper quality, and if you see some random stuff then the thing is literally one of these 50p made ones and they are quite dreadful.

I don't know if people care, but if you are buying them, you might as know what you are buying.

Ha so you're now trying to judge and think I'm just like the other average UK kids here playing computer games? jokes on you. I like to socialize with friends and enjoy outdoor activities. You're so wrong... and unlike the other UK population I've earned myself a good degree and landed myself a decent career in London.

Anyway, I'm not going to judge you advocating these "toys" to your kids anymore if you insist. So how about you just keep sticking your kids with these and keep believing the spinners will give them good concentration rather than distractions in class. Good luck with that, and don't let your kids get caught by the teachers in class neither. No sympathy for you and your kids if they get caught.
Pretty sure the teachers and principals are thinking the same way as I do.

Polly, your grammar and punctuation really does leave a lot to be desired! Although not a teacher myself, I feel compelled to highlight some of your numerous blunders in the hope you can start using English correctly and improve yourself. :wink:

Corrections in bold below:

If you took one away from my kids and binned it, I would be down the school and you would be replacing it. I remember my days in school and if you had something taken off you, you collected it at the end of the lesson or the end of the day. The teachers would have never put a child's property in the bin. Do you also bin mobile phones and hand held consoles? No matter what you think of the toy, someone paid for that toy and money doesn't come for free.

LOL Ok I'll bite at that one. Not because I am a pensioner (Quite a ways off in fact), or even workshy (I'll wager I've logged more hours overtime than you and Northwales combined have logged as regular hours) but simply for the fact that you seem to view the term 'pensioner' as an insult? Coming from an uneducated (your words) ageist simpleton such as yourself, it simply beggars belief that people like you are even allowed to breed.

I would have taken his opinion seriously then he used the word 'tard' and that was where all respect for his opinion went out the window. My son has ADHD/ASD and being far from a '****' is an incredibly intelligent young man. You are clearly showing your lack of intelligence.

Maybe the child had ASD/ADD/ODD or any of the other neurological conditions. Maybe was in your disgusting words was a 'tard'!

Oh oh, the polished jack boot's are out. A toy is something you play with, interact with, just like the video games you like, all toys.

No it was never produced for people with ADHD. First fidget cube and now this, literally was aimed as an office toy for boredom. When brain does nothing, people lose concentration. Some people tap, some people fidget with something. By doing so, there brain is more relaxed and can concentrate more.

But kids saw this and wanted one, so now is the must toy at this moment in time.

So how about this, you stick to playing on computer games and leave others to actually interest with other people. One good thing about these, it is making kids get away from
sitting in front of a screen an playing brain cell destroying computer games.

oh well you're just a typical arrogant and ignorant middle-age man (or even a pensioner) who thought age has something to do with maturity and literacy, yet you failed to proof-read your mother tongue English in your last reply. *facepalm*

Did I try to make myself feel superior? No, and in fact it was totally you who was trying to dominate this post. Didn't you realise how many replies you gave to other HUKD members since yesterday? You're getting lost within this post.... From the beginning I'm only trying to make the point that this is not a proper kid's toy and there are many toys out there to choose from. Yo-yo, chess, sports, puzzles and many many other games that enhance skills and creativity yet you still trying to defend this spinning gadget (which originally aims to medicate ADHD) is the toy of the year. Kids suppose to grow and advance throughout their youth and you promote kids to be playing this!? The hack is wrong with you!? Now I actually think you need to have one of these to sort your own problems mate.


"Chalk it up to you", like, seriously? All you were doing here was talking non-sense. Like, utterly non-sense.

If you want to know my age I'm 29 yo. At the end it doesn't matter how old or young I am, because I have the impression you're just not growing up and it's my turn to educate you. Your parenting attitude is the exact reason why the next generation in the UK is not advancing compared to the other countries.

I have enough talking to ignorant people like you now, and I'm sure people around you are tired and frustrated talking with you.

Possibly. What amuses me is the animosity towards them. Pretty sure every single person, twirls a pen, play with of keys, jingle some coins, play with remote whilst watching TV and countless other items.

Yet they whine and moan about these.

I believe it stemmed from people with 3D printers it was a little project spread on the net, you can make them easy anyway out of pretty much anything its just something to do with spare skateboard berrings

Pensioner i bet

Pots and kettles my dear.

Not going to explain yourself and why you consider it to be so worthy of your mockery above such things as yoyos, spinning tops and those little rubber balls on elestic string with a finger loop at the end (or are they before your time)
No your just going to deflect with pointless drivel to try and make yourself feel superior, how sad you need to belittle todays toys and those who like em, i suspect I'm older then you so I'll just chalk it up to you being another 20 something who wants to seem cool by mocking toys, similar to the PlayStation owners mocking Nintendo for being childish while they play purile, swear and teen angst ridden games and claim they are adult.

Well, much as I hate to burst your little bubble, obviously you do?

you do realise, it was never intended as a children's toy or ADHD device or any form of medication tool as you call it. Just simply another desk toy for bored office workers. Then someone thought why not market it towards children, guess what it worked.

Whether you like it or not, it is the next must have craze that kids want so deal with it.

What is the betting, ghostm4n is what I call work shy.

Another idiot that can't stand people have their OWN opinions. Reality check: NOBODY cares what you think so shoo !

You know what, a moron in a hurry wouldn't try and justify this garbage the way you are, which leads me to wonder if you aren't now simply trolling for the fun of it, so I'm going to leave you to your fun and let you simply play by your yourself.

Oh. Wow. I'm impressed my friend. You're literally trying to defend and beautify a dull medication tool into something fun and treating them like every normal kids must-have. Do you also happen to work with sky? As I can tell you're such a natural in advertising. Or perhaps you shall be a politician, as I can tell you're very good in spreading propaganda, twisting one thing into something else. Next time, you shall demonstrate how to turn a "medication" bong into something fun for every kids.

Do you need some cold water by the way? as i can tell you're getting roasted.

So your saying your workplace would fire you on the spot for sitting at your desk with a spinner i find that hard to believe, especially with the employment laws that are in place.

If my boss did It??? If I took items into work that were not permitted, or played with toys instead of working, I WOULD BE FIRED!! What part of that isn't sinking in for you? You really need to wake up and smell the coffee here, and if this garbage is what you are teaching your children, you may as well call the prison and reserve them a place now.

My kids class is one teacher and one assistant with 23 kids i don't think thats too bad and theres two emotionally challenged kids in that class, one tbh very strange child the others don't like who imho might be something undiagnosed as he is a bit odd and one very obvious bully obvious as in he physically attacks others I've seen him do it, its also important to note that at least 6 of em have English as a second language and theres 3 to 5 kids leaving\new kids joining every year.

I'm sure thats very different to how alot of HUKDers experienced.

Confiscation until the end of the day or indeed week is very different to taking someone's property and binning it or selling it for profit.

How would you like it if your boss did that in the workplace? Try it in a college or university why don't you? Its certainly not acceptable there.

Reminds me of when my brother went to school in the 70s he was bullied for his disability and the school didn't care told him he'd have to get used to it as people would mock him in life after school, well guess what he dropped out of school aged 12 and no one has ever mocked him outside of school for his disability.

Have you seriously lost the plot? There are rules about what you do and don't do in a classroom. If you take toys in and play with them then they will be confiscated and disposed of. That really is not a hard concept to grasp. You want to spew out all that garbage about respect, well I'm afraid that is a two way street, and children (and parents) need to respect the rules of the learning establishment that they are in, same as they will need to in pretty much any other establishment they enter. If they can't do so then there will be consequences, whether you like it or not.

It's really no surprise at all that some poor kids grow up without so much as a rudimentary understanding of discipline and consequence, when there are parents like you around. If a lot of these kids had had a more disciplined start in life than they did, the prisons might be a lot less crowded than they are now.

Keep your sweeping generalisations to yourself, I never went to school it is not mandatory. If the teachers at my childs school behaved in such a disgusting manner I'd switch school on principal, theres no such thing as earning respect it should be given freely until you prove yourself unworthy of it, that kind of action and attitude is not respectable, no one likes a **** and that will be reflected in the attitude of the kids towards staff, i.e you reap what you sow.

Whatever lets you chavs sleep at night.

Another idiot that doesn't understand why some kids are growing up undisciplined. What part of the notion that school is primarily for education, and not larking about with toys in class is it that obviously completely escapes you?

whereas you sound like that grumpy old man at the end of the street, that no one can stand. Outside with your cane shouting at anyone, who dares to have fun. Then pops ones clogs, and no one notices.

There's no truth in your opinion only misery. They are fun, you can see how long you can get them to spin, see if you can switch hands while maintaining the spin, take the cap off and try spinning them on pencils and things, balance them.

Your comments about yoyos shows your prejudice, its a bit of wood on a string, how about clackers the image up there features something very similar to them what use are they or a stick and hoop, why do you rate yoyos but insult spinners i think your just kicking up stink for the hell of it, and a football is a sensory toy I don't hear you moaning about them.

As for your ranting about asian kids vs English ones i shall ignore your baiting

"Whoooooooooooooooosh" - That was the sound of common sense going straight over your head, and had you yourself not been taking toys into class when you shouldn't have been, maybe, just maybe, you would have learned a little more in your English language class.

If Polly had concentrated a little more at school instead of playing with the craze of the time perhaps she'd know when to use the word "from" instead of "off".

pound shop next week.. get em while there cold..

Sorry but I believe you read my post in the wrong way. My comment was pointing towards parents with kids without autism and ADHD. If I hurt your feelings then I'll like to apologize.

What I was trying to say is I really don't know why parents even let kids play with this "medication treatment" even if they don't have learning disability in the first place? It's all because of this "oh look this cool kid has got this cool stuff" and their parents are like "oh so that's the new craze in school now I must get my kids one of these so my kids can get along with other kids, but I don't even know what it is". God, even a facepalm is not enough!

Back in my days we played yo-yo in school and other cool stuff. Among my friends we like to challenge each other with different tricks, and even if yo-yo is not allowed in some schools, at the end of the day you still got the skills and achievement from playing it.

And now, you ask the kids these days playing with these pointless gadgets. Are you expecting the kids to tell the parents like "hey mom look I can spin this spinners like 100 times a day in school". Wow, what a sense of achievement you got there young kid....

Sorry about the sarcasm above, but I also genuinely felt sorry for the kids in the UK. Don't blame us Asians and other EU students took over most of the UK jobs and university degrees. Parents these days just don't know how to educate their kids to their full potential and yet still blaming the government for doing nothing!

And also mind you, these gadgets are now all made in china, yet the British kids playing with these "toys". Kids in China are probably studying hard and learning something useful other than messing around!

You can dislike my opinion but you can't deny the truth.

Just because a child has Autism or ADHD it does NOT make them 'dummer' or a 'tard'. I have a 6 year old child with Autism and can assure you he is certainly not thick, the way in which he can program a robotic mouse is showing that he has the mindset of a computer programmer already. Their brains just work differently to the majority of the population.

Really good price heat

No, presumably a teacher who cares about the education of the students in his/her class.

Thanks for that erudite comment on educational pedagogy. Oh by the way, try using spelling, punctuation and basic words.

I hope you get in trouble for stealing property and selling stolen goods, you can't justify thieft, what kind of an example is that for the kids.

I like it and I fidget when anxious, i feel holding anything is better then just **** about with my nails, its human nature for years people fiddle with pens, the chinese have those balls you roll round the hand, we have stress balls etc, its along the same lines as that, i used to play with a case screw from a PC I carried about in my pocket kinda acted like a spinning top on tables.

Its just a bit of fun

They are banned. That is the simple thing. There is no need for them to be out. They, as others have said, are far more of a distraction.

Saying that, you are right. Any I confiscate this week will go on eBay for you muppets to buy.

These gadgets look interesting but I found a lack of research articles so far, I only found a few things on a quick search put below:

Book about boosting learning in the classroom…
Understanding Sensory Behaviour is chapter 6 by T, Grandin. It also has a small bit about fidgeting and Page 100 mentions about fidget toy or break area in classrooms.
At: https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=sHpKCAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA88&dq=fidget+gadgets&ots=13DJtV8fTR&sig=xMNqnQL_0buYoYkhwzb6obhfAcY#v=onepage&q=fidget%20gadgets&f=false

Another book, “CBT for Children and Adolescents with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders” covers a bit about gadgets in Page s 187, 188, 199 as “Relaxation gadgetry”.
At: https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mTu8CwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA173&dq=fidget+gadgets&ots=NIFXOkXU-f&sig=ktQYb8QXQnkrmSKa3W16lAADzuo#v=onepage&q=fidget%20gadgets&f=false

I wonder if there’s a mix of problems now from the availability of so much more tech than previous generations had.
“Coping with Smart Phone 'Distractions' in a College Classroom” At:
http://search.proquest.com/openview/9a356452f2d665a229dc4d5471509bdb/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2026709

A while ago a friend of mine was advised to keep an elastic band on their arm so they could ping it when nervous. Apparently minor distractions by playing with a gadget may help reduce anxiety and stress in almost anyone. With that in mind I found this article below.
“Stress Toys: Mindlessness With a Purpose?”
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/stress-toys-focus-work/398453/


If the gadgets work for some then great, looks like a cost effective thing to try to get better focused.

I agree. Id be furious if my sons teacher did something like this. Let the parent have it at the end of school or something! :smirk:

My son was given permission to take toys in to school for a few months, took a couple of weeks for his teachers to get the message tho, it was either that for comfort or me having to go in there every lunchtime to reassure him everythings going to be ok and of course I'm going to pick him up after school.

Now the class itself actually has toys in it he can play with as a reward along with a feelings book he can write in amongst other things.

Thatis thieft how dare you take peoples property and throw it away you have no jurisdiction to throw people's property away

I ordered two off Amazon a metal one and a cheapo plastic one for on the bus etc, i did so after reading about them being good for anxiety, i do tend to fidget when anxious, only the metal one has arrived so far and i do like it, it is a pleasing thing i consider it in the same vain as the hamaya puzzles i think they are called they are also pleasing things to fiddle about with.

The cheapo ones not turned up for £1.40 with free shipping i expect its coming from China.

Let me know if someone does a triforce one

Ta. Maybe I will use them to demonstrate to the little one how bearings work.

This is incredibly naive. Two problems:

1) Parents love nothing more than destroying a teacher. They see disciplining their child as a personal affront to their character. I've had several parents over my career Iain very personal campaigns against myself or my colleagues simply for doing their job. A lot of head teachers simply won't protect their staff in arguments like this. One vengeful parent can spell the end of your career as an educator.

2) it's becoming more and more common for children, even very young children, to have deep psychological problems. "Breaking the ringleader" as you call it does not work with children who have spent their entire lives being disappointed and let down by those who are meant to protect them. Every teacher will have, or have had, a child in their class who has experienced things you and I can barely contemplate. Children who in the primary years of their lives have experienced things grown adults would crumble at. It's all well and good saying "beat them until they behave", but for many kids a teacher is the only source of stability in their life. Why would a child care about a detention when the alternate is going home to an empty house with no food, heat or clean clothing?!

Err, as these use skateboard bearings you are probably out of luck (unless you are a mouse!) :wink:

as a mechanical engineer myself I advise you not to use random bearings for your mountain bike...these ball bearings inside the toys are cheap and may not withstand proper loads for road riding.

Have these got 4 ball bearings/ races in them ? Seems ripe for harvesting but need to check sizing for my mountain bike

I can rest easy in the knowledge that you are more likely to be a troll than a teacher.

Agreed, but I still think the cane was a far stronger deterrent. They should bring it back and be able to use it on some of the parents as well :-)

And they wonder where the little brats get it from. Think you just put that one to bed then.

Actually this just makes you sound like one of those chavvy parents that expects their little darling to be able to do what they like at school, regardless of the rules, and then berates the staff if they dare to take umbridge with your spoiled little brat.

I clicked this as I saw the picture and thought it was a shaver replacement head (I am looking for a Philips one!) - but then when I saw what it was I thought that would suit me at work - get bored rigid during meetings :laughing:

It's far easier than you'd think.

You simply work out who the ring-leader is, and then make an example of them by punishing them. In the "old" (i.e. pre snowflake) days, a simple slap was usually sufficient (aka "short, sharp shock").

But, in the "European Human Rights" regime, just shove them into detention. Break the ring-leader, and the rest of the class will soon be pussycats :wink:

Plenty on Amazon uk same price.

If you want to take advantage of the free education that the rest of the UK are paying for and which the teachers are providing for your child, then you play by their rules. If you don't want to play by their rules, you are perfectly entitled to take your children out of free education and pay for classes that fit the rules you want. We'd all be happier if this was the case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidget_spinner

"The toy may help people who have trouble focusing or fidgeting by acting as a release mechanism for nervous energy or stress."

That's the original purpose of these "toys". You give your kids (even without learning difficulties) one of these, then don't blame the others having different opinions / impressions about your kids.

All these craze actually made kids these days look dumber...and yet parents these days keep buying them these non-sense. Parenting is hitting a new low...

I literally saw a kid holding one of these on the bus. He's fiddling with the toy and waving it in front of me like a tard. Stay classy Brits!

Staff in Home Bargains Coatbridge told me yesterday that they were getting them in today. Presume it's nationwide from other comments. No idea what price though.

Have you ever been around a group of 25 kids or more and a select 1 or 2 are being disruptive?

It's not easy controlling a class of children when the same ones play up time after time.

There are far too many parents out there these days that think their kids are saints!
Of course not all kids are badly behaved but there are plenty that are and like nothing better than causing a scene. Sadly it happens far too often now and doesn't help that parents are too quick to blame the teachers!

Explain how you would take one from a disruptive student then? Without affecting the whole classes learning?

Just imagine how long it will spin for when spun by your average overweight chubby child then. I'm sure a typical porkie kid could easily break the 5 minute mark :wink:

You can also purchase these on Groupon with 5-7 day delivery and get 15% off applied at checkout using code FLASH ( 15% off on up to 3 goods deals ends 8pm today)

Who would of thought the weight & Gender of a person could affect the length of time it spins for?. It's in this sellers listing on Amazon.
Tri spinner

SPINNER FAST: durable ABS construction, quality bearing, smooth spinning 1-3 minutes,guaranteed an average of 2 minutes(best I got was 35 seconds & I am heavier than Peter),123 seconds from the seller Peter(a 23 years old 75KG boy);96 seconds from another partner Emma(a 22 years old 48KG Girl).
Unless of course they were stood on them.

Absolutely spot on. Finally some common sense on this thread.

No one should be allowing their kids to take toys to school. It for learning, end of.

If my kid sneaks one into school and gets caught, then I expect to pick the kid and toy up from detention at the end of the day.

Send your kids to school to learn as much as they can, and not to have distractions, or distract others. It's called responsible parenting.

I'm going to argue the other way. I'm a year 4 class teacher, obviously my kids have all got fidget spinners recently. I actually have one myself, bought it before the Easter holidays after seeing one child had one. I keep it in my pocket during work, occasionally have a little spin and then put it back. My kids have all seen it and loved it - big reason why they all got one. On the first day back of this term I had a quick word with them all, very openly, saying that I absolutely don't mind the children having them in class providing they don't become a huge distraction.

It's easy to forget this, but it's hard for anyone to sit for hours on end doing work. We all do it every day, and as adults we need a break. So why not kids? I sit through teacher training sessions, bored out of my mind at times. It's these things that remind me how some children feel in school. 8-9 year olds aren't designed to sit still and listen for 6 hours a day. In my personal and professional view, fidget spinners don't have to be an issue in school, and any good teacher should recognise the balance between a harmless momentary distraction and a problem for learning.

I have two boys, one with ADHD and one without. The one with ADHD thinks they're absolutely daft and can't see the point in them, and the one without ADHD thinks they're cool and wants one! I have ordered a couple of these from The Works for £3 each, one for my non-ADHD son and one for his friend. However, I won't allow him to take it into school if he has any thoughts about playing with it in class. There is nothing wrong with these things, they just need to be used appropriately. Just to add a couple of more comments though - I would be furious if a teacher binned one of these, and as someone else said, they would be buying another one. I don't have a problem with them being taken off them provided they are returned at the end of the day/lesson. Also if teachers can't control pupils and can't take these away from them without a fight then that says more about the teacher's ability than anything else. Everything is ok if used in its place and not disrupting anyone else.

Now you've seen this post you will notice them everywhere. Lol.

I am a teacher. I have no problem with those that NEED a fidget toy having one, whether they have an official diagnosis or not. The problem I DO have, is that they are not all silent, and therefore cause more distraction to those around the user. Nobody has the right to affect another's learning by distracting them. So by all means... Have a fidget toy, but have one because it's NEEDED, not because it's the latest fad... And make sure it's silent!
Stress putty or such...

Can't believe how these have taken off. Seen do many kids in the shops with them...

Do you let your kids take all sorts to school then? What happened to kids going to school to learn during lessons??

No wonder teachers get fed up when there are kids farting about and being a pain in class. Go to class to learn, not play about with toys/mobiles/consoles, simple!

There are always some parents out there that think it's acceptable for their kids to be disruptive in class then have the cheek to complain about the teachers.

It's not just the teachers that get annoyed but other kids that actually do want to learn but can't!

They'd look cool hanging off donkey's ears! :sunglasses:

Why would a child take toys to school? Why, if they have, would they take their toys out during a class to play with it? Why don't parents support their school and the teachers by not allowing toys to be taken to school?

Sure. If you've got someone in the class fiddling with this, signalling to their neighbours about it, attempting to hide it from view and generally being off-task, it will inhibit their progress and the progress of other students. I would like to see anyone querying that explain how they would get a student to understand say an entire GCSE when they are 14-16 years old and in a class of 34 pupils, with the need to plan/teach/assess a 120 hour block of lessons over 2 years. Hope that helps :smiley:

Love this post but just to say my school has already banned them due to them quickly becoming opportunities to disrupt learning and distract others.

Stupid post. Y would I order from abroad.
Il get it on donkeys years

Anyway better off going to Hotcrazes in Leeds. That have the very latest designs with neon lights.

Can't be that big of a craze, never heard of them until i seen this thread. What aload of crap :laughing:

Nope

Boy, oh boy. We've found ourselves a PE teacher. :smirk:

Fasttech have loads. Including attractive metal ones such as the clones of the £150-250 HogDoggins ones for about £4 upwards.

http://hogdoggins.bigcartel.com/product/naval-brass-ballbuster-102-6

Unless you have an ASD/ADHD diagnosis for your child you are a bloody idiot if you buy one of these for your child and let them take it school. Classrooms have been plagued with these being a distraction to the child with them AND to the rest of the class. These type of things may be of benefit to a very small number of children but this band wagon jumping is pathetic.

Heck I have these and I don't have any sort of disability. I do see lots of children in general buying and walking around with them though.

every time I saw kids playing with these on the bus I automatically assume they have some sorts of disabilities. I may sound cynical but I'm pretty sure many will agree with that.

I have thrown away about 50 of these this week that I have confiscated from kids.

Education doesn't come for free either. Someone will have paid for it. It might get the message across not to play around rather than pay attention. Not really fair comparing a mobile phone that costs significantly more and has a legitimate role to play to a pointless toy that cost a few pence to make.

We had distractions like this when I was at school. It was called looking at the bra-strap outline through the green school jumper of the girl in front of you... or sadly the same for the boys sitting behind me because of my large frame and hormone problems. :disappointed:

Didn't stop them twanging it with a ruler, though. Perverts.

Your closing statement says it all really and only reinforces my original point

UK Stock and cheap!!!!

https://www.chemist-4-u.com/catalog/product/view/id/10251/s/fidget-spinner/

Kids are bound to take these to school...it's the latest craze, but if they're playing with them in a lesson and causing a distraction then obviously the teacher has to intervene and confiscate. Having said that, I'm getting one with LEDs so I can be the envy of my colleagues at work innit.

Nice one oliverreed! Light the blue touch-paper and retire to a safe distance...

Any more teachers like to jump in about how these are ruining your capability to impart knowledge..?

D- for punctuation and grammar. Must try harder.

You make it sound so simple lol Some children are very difficult and you can't just take things from their hands without it turning into a fight. Besides, we had already had swearing and books thrown at the teacher in that particular lesson, we didn't need anymore drama.

Why not take it off him? I don't think it's his fault that he didn't do anything in the lesson

The Works have these for £3 - £4 now too. I went to my local market and a toy stand was selling them for £3 each. Variety of colours, clearly just ordered from AliExpress, but I grabbed one!

stupid

Just ordered for granddaughter she couldn't get any in the shops in Edinburgh

I give the kids an old cpu fan with iFan written on in tippex, not one of these new fangled gadgets

Should point out, although AliExpress list prices in pounds, they charge in US dollars, so you may be charged an exchange fee by your card issuer.

full shelves @ Home Bargains

Amazon? Only need to check on there and there is hundreds of listings so no problem get it, some next day delivery.

Should I start a thread telling everyone the cheapest place to buy sugar? Thanks for the effort though

if you don't mind waiting 2 months for it

Delivery between 30 to 50 days. The craze will disappear by then. cold.

If you're getting a spinner make sure it's one with a ceramic centre bearing particularly, if it's one of the cheapies, spin so much better. If it has a ceramic bearing the listing will say as the sellers know this, if it doesn't it'll be a tight steel one which aren't much fun.