I read The Government, in the person of Nicky Morgan, want school children to learn their 'times tables'. Whilst trying not to agree with anything this lot impose on Education, (as the father of a teacher) , I reckon this might be a good idea. When I worked in Prison Education , I discovered that the majority of the prisoners, who were 18 to 23, did not know their 'tables' and thus had difficulty completing the Numeracy exams in the time allowed. When I suggested to my 'boss' - a woman who looked very much like Meatloaf - that we held classes for learning tables she scoffed at the idea saying that they wouldn't have the concentration span. I would be interested to know what other VTers think - did you help your children with tables for example ?