A third of pupils aged five 'can't count to 10': Ofsted chief says too many children start school without the skills to learn
Sir Michael Wilshaw said a 'significant minority' are 'not ready' for lessons
Many early years settings aren't giving children skills needed for school
By SARAH HARRIS
PUBLISHED: 21:42 GMT, 3 July 2013 | UPDATED: 21:43 GMT, 3 July 2013
More than a third continue to struggle to do simple tasks such as count to ten, write simple words or take turns speaking in class amid a shortage of ‘high quality’ provision.
Last year, teachers warned that rising numbers of children were arriving at school still wearing nappies while others were struggling to speak properly.
But 34 per cent of five-year-olds do not have a good level of communication, language or literacy. Among children from poorer areas, the figure rises to more than four in ten.
Fifteen per cent of five-year-old boys in England cannot write their own name or short words like ‘cat’ or ‘dog’, compared with eight per cent of girls.
三人に一人以上の子供が10まで数えられず、簡単な文字も書けずに小学校の勉強の準備ができていない。オシメをして学校にくることも増えている、と。
Children's diets worse today than in wartime: And now illnesses of 1940s are making a comeback
Doctors warn food standards in UK are worse now than during the war
Scurvy and rickets are on the rise amongst children who live on junk food
Lack of vitamins leads to lifelong bone health issues
By JENNY HOPE
PUBLISHED: 11:46 GMT, 3 July 2013 | UPDATED: 01:00 GMT, 4 July 2013
Wartime diseases are making a comeback among children because their junk food diets are worse than during rationing, warn experts.
Conditions such as scurvy and rickets are being fuelled by too many takeaways and microwave meals, it is claimed.
ジャンクフードのせいで、子供の栄養状態が配給時代のように悪く 戦時中のように、栄養不足で 壊血病 やくる病になる子供が増えている、と。
Patched-up Prince: Charles's worn out jacket for his date with the Daleks
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited BBC studio, Cardiff, Wales
チャールズ皇太子がウエールズのBBCを訪問していたとき、つぎあてをした背広を着ていた、と。
