Mick Brookes, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, has said that Primary pupils should learn skills such as carpentry and cooking and less time preparing for Sats tests. He said pupils should be able to develop practical and creative
skills before leaving primary school, otherwise there will be ‘an army of the unemployable’. He also suggested that basic mechanics and bicycle maintenance could also be covered.
“These are the sort of skills we’re missing out and losing. The earlier children are introduced to those skills the better. We should be
building those skills at a very early age and then following them through into
Key Stage 3.”
This is a so true. We are currently have the Bikeability training and the number of children who have not brought their bike in because they have a puncture and no-one is able to fix it in the house!
