What would you like to see taught in schools that currently isn't?

[EllieRosesMammy]

I'd like cooking to be taught, when I was in school it was taught till year 9 and then optional after that. Plus when it was taught we were making something like scones or bread - not something you'd make every day.

I've met so many grown adults who can't cook and waste a fortune on crap and takeaways, I think teaching people basic cooking skills throughout school would help to prepare them for when they move out :)

BSL
household admin, wills, insurance, budgeting, savings, pension etc.

first aid
I’d like to see PE give options like getting your referee badges

How to stay safe online

Someone is going to make an absolute fortune designing that course!

They are taught that.... It's the parents allowing Children unfiltered and unsupervised access that is the issue.

It's like teaching all children to ride a bike safely, them knowing, but their parents let them ride their bike on the M5.

I was shocked to find out that in our secondary science curriculum students learn in great detail about reproduction / childbirth / periods / STDs BUT nothing about the menopause!!!!
Surely more women go through the menopause than have children! Not to mention all the students living with someone going through it!

I teach the Prince's Trust Qualification and we cover useful life skills:
Money Management
CV writing
Presentation Skills

How to take care of your own health and wellbeing.
How to grow cook and preserve food.
Spiritual practices such as prayer and/or meditation
The importance of compassion towards self and others
How to cultivate and use medicinal herbs

My school did a session to year 12 about menopause this year. I added a piece about endometriosis as I thought that was more immediately useful.

Learning about menopause and period conditions (i.e. what's not normal and needs seeing a doctor about) would be useful. Certainly don't remember learning anything about that in school.

My DD's class are going on a mushroom picking trip in the forest tomorrow so I guess they're getting a hands on lesson in foraging - I like that!