According to some recent research, parents of primary school children are uncertain what and how their youngsters are being taught. Does anyone learn tables these days? And if you're playing post offices, can you really be learning to add and subtract?
In the studio to answer questions about your child's first years at school are educationalist, Julia Knight , and Ted Orsborn , obe, headmaster of a south London Primary School.
Barbara Myers is in the Chair. Produced by the Woman's Hour unit
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