Ditch Your Device & Get No Homework.

Pupils at a West Midlands school are taking part in an initiative to help reduce their screen usage in return for no homework. 'Ditch your device, pick up a book and get reading' is the advice of head teacher Charles Fillingham.

Charles also said that he hopes children at the school will reduce their screen time, he added: "Education is a balance - it's not all about being super prepared for a super-electronic future, we want creativity, we want innovation, we want children to get lost in a book."

The Piilo team wholeheartedly agree with head teacher Charles.

Continue reading the original story at the BBC website.

Image credit: BBC Newsround.

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