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Teach children to grow food and cook it, MPs urge.
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- Written by The Independent
Children should be taught how to grow and cook their own food at school as part of the national curriculum, to encourage them to eat more healthily as adults, MPs have said.
Teachers 'told to correct no more than three spelling mistakes' because 'too much red pen is discouraging'
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- Written by Mail Online
Teachers are being told not to correct more than three spelling errors at a time to avoid damaging pupils’ self-confidence, an MP revealed yesterday.
Andrew Selous highlighted the practice at a secondary school in his South West Bedfordshire constituency but fears it is widespread across the country.
School term-time holidays Most parents take them.
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More than half of parents (55%) in England admit having taken a child on holiday during term time, a poll suggests.
And more than a quarter of the 2,000 polled plan to take their children out of school for a holiday this year.
Parents 'failing to get children ready for school'
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Poor parenting is to blame for a rise in the number of children starting school unfit for the demands of compulsory education, according to a senior government official.
Dr Elizabeth Sidwell, the Schools Commissioner, said growing numbers of infants were unable to cope with lessons because of a lack of support in the home.
Good grades are key to cutting 'risky behaviour', says Gove.
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A proper grounding in traditional subjects is the most effective way of preventing children having sex too early, according to the Education Secretary.
Michael Gove said formal sex education lessons may not be needed if schools can raise pupils’ overall grades across the curriculum.
