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Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Speech and language charities call for early years settings and schools to dedicate a whole day to spoken language.

Touch-screen devices could close the gap in children's literacy

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Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

Touch-screen technology could be used to to combat low literacy in boys and disadvantaged children, suggests a new report.

Figures show wider gap in attainment for five-year-olds with SEN

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A more detailed breakdown of the EYFS Profile statistics, published today, shows that the gap has widened between children with special educational needs and their peers.

MPs back charity's literacy vision

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| Nursery World

The National Literacy Forum has secured cross-party commitment for its campaign for a more literate nation.

Story tour in prisons wins praise

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

| Nursery World

A project encouraging male prisoners to read with their children has been applauded by Ofsted for its contribution to family learning.

Early years settings sign up for Fathers' Story Week

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

| Nursery World

Schools, nurseries and family settings across England will invite fathers to join them to read stories next week in the run-up to Father’s Day on 15 June.

Hairy tales

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Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

All four- and five-year-olds in England and Wales will receive free books this September as part of the initiative Booktime.

Early years children raise thousands in charity singalong

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

| Nursery World

Annual fundraising event Chatterbox Challenge has raised more than £145,000 for children’s communication charity I CAN.

Have your say on literacy in the early years

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

| Nursery World

The National Literacy Trust (NLT) is inviting early years practitioners to take part in its 2014 survey on early years literacy.

Tablet computers 'boost children's reading skills'

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Reading on tablet computers and smartphones offers a way into reading for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, according to new research.

Malorie Blackman named as Children's Laureate

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Malorie Blackman, who has won many awards for writing books for teenagers, is the new Children's Laureate.

The Big Picture - Worlds of the imagination

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The National Gallery is holding the Imaginary Worlds Family Festival during half term.

Booktrust campaign to raise 2m to get 12,000 disadvantaged children reading

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The charity Booktrust has launched a new fundraising drive to help the UK's most vulnerable children through the power of stories and reading.

The Big Picture: Early language skills in action

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

The minister for children and families, Edward Timpson MP, visited Stonegrove Children's Centre in Edgware, Barnet to celebrate the progress made by children and their families through the Early Language Development Programme (ELDP).

Nearly half of all six-year-olds fail phonics reading check

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Just under six out of ten six-year-olds met the standard required by the new phonics reading check, the results of the first year of the test show.

Teachers call for end to 'pointless' reading check for six-year-olds

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Monday, September 3, 2012

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten Year 1 teachers in primary schools believe that the phonics check for six-year-olds should be scrapped, according to a survey by teaching unions.

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

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Monday, July 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Male reading volunteers in schools and parenting programmes that focus on fathers are among the recommendations of a major report into how to tackle the gap between boys and girls in reading.

Teaching unions protest over phonics reading check

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Monday, June 18, 2012

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have joined forces to protest against the phonics screening check, which all six-year-olds will have to take in the next few weeks.

Heads threaten to boycott phonics reading check

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Head teachers have threatened to put an end to the phonics reading check for all six-year-olds, if it is seen to be politically motivated and used as a weapon to attack teachers.

Booktime giveaway includes Peter Rabbit 110th anniversary picture book

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

| Nursery World

A new retelling of Beatrix Potter's famous tale Peter Rabbit will be given to all four and five-year-olds starting school this year.

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Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

Touch-screen devices could close the gap in children's literacy

Figures show wider gap in attainment for five-year-olds with SEN

MPs back charity's literacy vision

Story tour in prisons wins praise

Early years settings sign up for Fathers' Story Week

Hairy tales

Early years children raise thousands in charity singalong

Have your say on literacy in the early years

Tablet computers 'boost children's reading skills'

Malorie Blackman named as Children's Laureate

The Big Picture - Worlds of the imagination

Booktrust campaign to raise 2m to get 12,000 disadvantaged children reading

The Big Picture: Early language skills in action

Nearly half of all six-year-olds fail phonics reading check

Teachers call for end to 'pointless' reading check for six-year-olds

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

Teaching unions protest over phonics reading check

Heads threaten to boycott phonics reading check

Booktime giveaway includes Peter Rabbit 110th anniversary picture book

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