Does the responsibility really lie with teachers or parents?
Tell us in reader comments below Children aged four to 11 will also be shown how to socialise with other pupils while sitting at the table and to choose healthy foods at Burrowmoor School in March, Cambridgeshire. “Lots of children don’t know how to use a knife and fork,” headmistress Anna Traer-Goffe said yesterday. “They are often given something to eat in front of the TV or eat on their own because parents eat later. “Children recognise what knives and forks are but often find manipulating two instruments quite tricky. “We are trying to develop all-round, educated children who will become successful, confident adults. Reading, writing and arithmetic are massive parts of that but so is sitting down with a group of people at a table and communicating effectively and enjoying the social experience.” Last year David Hart, the retiring general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, warned that children were starting school lacking key social skills. Irresponsible or over
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