As an early years practitioner, I am always looking for ways to improve standards. And one area in particular that always needs a boost is writing. But we cannot begin to tackle writing without thinking about the other areas of literacy as they are intrinsically linked.
To be a good writer you also need to be articulate, have a wide range of vocabulary, and a good bank of ideas to bring to your writing. As leader of an inner city school reception unit, it is even more important to continually assess provision to ensure there are lots of opportunities for speaking and listening, reading and writing. The children arrive in our nursery well below the level that is expected for their age, and so we are always striving to achieve accelerated progress to help them catch up to where they should be.
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