Book review : Palmer, Sue (2016) Upstart: The case for raising the school starting age and providing what the under-sevens really need. Edinburgh: Floris Books

Wall, Kate (2017) Book review : Palmer, Sue (2016) Upstart: The case for raising the school starting age and providing what the under-sevens really need. Edinburgh: Floris Books. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 16 (1). ISSN 1478-1840

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Abstract

Upstart is 'what is says on the tin', a manifesto for raising the school starting age to seven years old. As such, I find that I need to be up front from the start and say that I am wholly for the perspective argued for in Upstart. The emphasis on play as a mechanism for providing children with the basic understandings for more formal education and learning is something I, as an ex-primary teacher, have preached about for a long time – we all need a bit more play in our learning but particularly young children. In addition, as a parent of a four-year old, it is a topic I identify with on a personal level. It is almost impossible for me not to be affected by the arguments.

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