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18:50 10th December 2008
A report out today has said that primary schools must tap into the IT skills of youngsters.
The comprehensive review of the primary school curriculums also suggested that cross-curricular teaching should be implemented.
Children are more au-fait with the latest advances in information technology than many of their teachers and the report urges schools to train staff to ensure pupils who are digital whizz-kids reach their potential.
Sir Jim Rose, who lead the report, commented: "Good primary teaching deepens and widens children's understanding by firing their imagination and interest in learning. One highly promising route to meeting the demand for in-depth teaching and learning is undoubtedly emerging through ICT."
He added that the curriculum being taught in primary schools needed to take into consideration the massive pace of technological change that has occurred in recent years.
The interim report of the independent review of the primary curriculum was published on December 8th.
A final report will be published in spring 2009.
