Although some consideration has been given to the lack of men teachingyoung children, in the past little attention has focused on the role offathers in primary education.
However, the presence of more dads at the school gate is beginning toprompt fresh thinking. Rebecca Goldman has produced a study of schoolsattempting to harness the capacities of fathers. Fathers' Involvementshows what can and should be done to unlock potentially rich rewards forchildren.
There are pockets of imaginative practice. Kensal Rise Primary in northLondon held a Bring Dad to School Day. Meanwhile, at Pen Pych CommunityPrimary in the Welsh valleys, a Super Dad group has joint activitieswith their children once a week. At Somerset's Bungay Youth Centre, dadsand their children learn to cook Sunday lunch together. When my sonstarted nursery at Hook Norton in Oxfordshire, two teachers visited meto explain all about it. Brilliant.
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