Having read about provision for children aged six in Denmark and Finland (News, 31 July) and about home schooling (Letters, 21 August), it seems to me that more thinking has to be done in the UK. Denmark and Finland see it as being important to begin children's formal schooling from the age of six. They learn to read and write faster than British children after they start school at a later age, while schools here push children to learn and write from age four.
Having read about provision for children aged six in Denmark and Finland (News, 31 July) and about home schooling (Letters, 21 August), it seems to me that more thinking has to be done in the UK.
Denmark and Finland see it as being important to begin children's formal schooling from the age of six. They learn to read and write faster than British children after they start school at a later age, while schools here push children to learn and write from age four.
I would love to compare a Scandinavian child with a British school child to see who would do better in a test.
Tracy Esler Farnham, Surrey
