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Free books from country star Dolly

    News
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Scottish children in care are to receive free books for the first five years of their lives under a new scheme backed by country and western singer Dolly Parton.

Book scheme goes on with reduced funds

    News
  • Tuesday, March 1, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The Department for Education has reaffirmed its commitment to providing free books for babies and children and announced a new scheme to be targeted through children's centres.

Pre-school boosts literacy in teen years

    News
  • Tuesday, February 15, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Children who attend pre-school education before they start school are much better readers at age 15 than those who do not, according to an international study.

Experts demand end to phonics test plans

    News
  • Tuesday, February 15, 2011
    • | Nursery World
A group of early years experts, including academics and practitioners, have launched a petition calling on the Government to abandon plans to introduce a phonics-based reading test for all six-year-olds.

Phonics urged as remedy for early literacy delay

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  • Tuesday, January 25, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Phonics should be taught by all early years providers and schools and children's progress in developing phonic knowledge and skills should be regularly assessed, according to a new report from Ofsted.

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

    News
  • Tuesday, January 4, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

Talking Tents are a winner

    News
  • Tuesday, January 4, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Encouraging a love of language, stories and reading among pre-school children and their families has won a Norwich nursery a National Literacy Trust award.

Time to talk with your chatterboxes

    News
  • Tuesday, December 7, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Nurseries, playgroups and primary schools are being invited to register and get involved in the annual Chatterbox Challenge by I CAN, running early in 2011.

Funny books awards

    News
  • Tuesday, November 23, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates, (pictured), is the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010 for books for children from birth to six.

Ofsted backs phonics teaching plan

    News
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Phonics is an 'indispensable tool' that should be used to teach children how to read by age six, according to a new report by Ofsted.

Nursery's film goes to TV

    News
  • Tuesday, September 28, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Children and nursery teachers from the foundation unit of a Nottingham primary school who won a competition to find the most innovative use for video in the classroom have got themselves a slot in a new series shown on Teachers' TV.

Practitioners want EYFS left as it is

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  • Tuesday, September 7, 2010
    • | Nursery World
There is 'overwhelming' support among most early years practitioners for the EYFS framework, new research by the Institute of Education suggests.

More schools get help from reading dogs

    News
  • Tuesday, August 24, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Reading dogs are stretching their influence to schools in Kent with the expansion of a unique project to encourage children who are reluctant to read out loud.

Analysis: More than soundbites for EYFS reform

    News
  • Tuesday, July 6, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Only meaningful dialogue between the Government and the early years sector will avoid ideological swings in policy and achieve a balanced approach to reform of the EYFS, say Margaret Edgington, Richard House and Kim Simpson of the Open EYE Campaign.

Analysis: Can only literacy guarantee a Sure Start?

    News
  • Tuesday, June 29, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Initiatives like Sure Start show no lasting effects on children's achievement, argues Tom Burkard, co-author of a controversial report that recommends scrapping the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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