Kellogg's survey warns of rise ∈ hungry pupils denied breakfast 'brain fuel'
Food firm behind breakfast clubs claims 26% of teachers see primary school pupils fall asleep ∈ class from lack of food
Rebecca Smithers, consumer affairs correspondent
theguardian.com, Friday 13 September 2013 00.02 BST
In: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/sep/13/kelloggs-hungry-pupils-miss-breakfast
[1] More than a quarter of state school teachers ∈England and Wales have seen an increase ∈ the last 12 months of children turning up ∈ class hungry having had no breakfast, a survey reveals. The study, entitled Lost Education, attempts to evaluate the damage to learning and concludes that ∈ the worse cases pupils could be missing out on eight weeks of their primary school life due to regular hunger.
[2] The report was commissioned by the food company Kellogg's, which also sets up breakfast clubs. It claims that 2.4 pupils ∈ each class turn up for school at least once a week without having had breakfast, so are unable to concentrate. This puts increased demand on teachers' time.
[3] Primary and secondary teachers report that if children arrive at school hungry they will typically lose one hour of learning time that day due to loss of concentration.
[4] If a child arrived at school hungry once a week over a school year that would add up to 36 hours of learning time – rising to 8.4 weeks, or 70% of one school term for pupils aged five to 11 over their entire primary school life.
[5] Teachers say that the impact of hunger on lost learning hours increases as children reach secondary school.
[6] Hungry children are also said to be more lethargic and find it difficult to learn, and 26% of teachers have reported seeing children fall asleep ∈ the classroom through lack of food or drink.
[7] These effects can have a knock-on effect on other children, says the survey, which questioned 762 teachers and was weighted to reflect the national school population.
[8] The presence of hungry children ∈ the classroom, 55% of teachers said, has a negative impact on the learning of their peers, creating a lost education for many pupils across the UK.
[9] Last year a separate survey by Kellogg's revealed that a sixth of teachers admitted to spending up to £25 a month buying bread, fruit and snacks to feed pupils who attend school without first having eaten breakfast. Pete Mountstephen, chairman of the National Primary Head teachers Association, said: "It's a shocking fact that children ∈ our classrooms across the country are missing out on the very foundations of their education by not being fed ∈ the morning."
No trecho , “Hungry children are also said to be more lethargic and find it difficult to learn” do 6º parágrafo, escolha a alternativa que melhor representa, em português, “find it difficult to learn”.
