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Diary of a Parent: The Cinderella subjects?

After seeing the impact of a trip to the theatre on her daughter, our parent diarist is concerned that the academic focus of education is limiting children’s life chances

My daughter’s year group recently went to the theatre. The trip was a welcome diversion from the post-Christmas return to school and was met with huge excitement. They watched Cinderella, to enhance a theme they were working on in class but also, no doubt, to give children the wonderful opportunity of experiencing drama in its rightful environment.

At pick-up time, she and her classmates were glowing with joy. By all accounts, the trip had been a great success and she spoke of it for days afterwards – of the colourful costumes, that men dressed up as women and vice-versa and recounted the jokes from the script.

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