YOUR readers might be interested in this quote from Teachers, a magazine sent to all teachers by the Department for Employment and Education.
“Top tip” for a mathematics lesson to primary age children was: “Give the children everyday (my italics) problems like splitting a restaurant bill or giving commission to a stereo salesperson to develop their written multiplication and division”
Aren’t children growing up fast these days?
Martin Marsh
67 Hazell Way
Stoke Poges
Slough, Berks
