Clapping has been banned by an Australian primary school and replaced with "silent cheering" and "wriggling about" to consider noise-sensitive students.The Sydney school's assemblies are now very different affairs to the, presumably, noisy morning meetings of the past.Elanora Heights Public School announced its new silent cheer policy in its June newsletter, News.com.au reported.nstead of clapping, pupils can "pull excited faces" or punch the air, the newsletter says.The report said it was the latest example of an outbreak of political correctness in Aussie schools, which have also banned hugging, Christmas carols, celebrating Australia Day and singing the word "black" in nursery rhyme "Baa baa black sheep".
