UK kids can’t write Santa wish list

Four in 10 boys and almost a fifth of girls in the UK cannot write a simple shopping list or a letter to Santa Claus, a study has found.

Four in 10 boys and almost a fifth of girls in the UK cannot write a simple shopping list or a letter to Santa Claus, a study has found.

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The study also found that more than one in seven British boys are unable to write their own names at the age of five. Researchers found that 15% of boys struggle to form simple words such as ‘dog’, ‘cat’, ‘mum’ and ‘dad’.