Children not school ready
Discussion
Read a report this morning that a survey showed a quarter of children starting school were not toilet trained and more shockingly, 50% of parents don’t think it is their responsibility to ensure they are before they start school.
Nearly 50% of those starting can’t sit still.
A puzzling statistic though is that attainment gaps by age five are strong indicators for success, or lack of it, at GCSE. That can’t be because of what it taught in the early years as other countries (to name two that I’ve lived in, Switzerland and Denmark) have children starting school much later than the UK but children in those countries and not achieving lower scores later in their school life/university and the countries are very successful economically.
Perhaps the attainment gap reflects parental attitude towards education, family background and support in that children from families that aren’t helping them to learn basic social skills and some reading and writing before they go to school don’t provide an environment that supports learning throughout the child’s life.
Nearly 50% of those starting can’t sit still.
A puzzling statistic though is that attainment gaps by age five are strong indicators for success, or lack of it, at GCSE. That can’t be because of what it taught in the early years as other countries (to name two that I’ve lived in, Switzerland and Denmark) have children starting school much later than the UK but children in those countries and not achieving lower scores later in their school life/university and the countries are very successful economically.
Perhaps the attainment gap reflects parental attitude towards education, family background and support in that children from families that aren’t helping them to learn basic social skills and some reading and writing before they go to school don’t provide an environment that supports learning throughout the child’s life.
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