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EYFS Best practice: Be Specific ... Literacy

Friday, September 14, 2012

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Controversy over when reading and writing should be taught could persist under the revised framework.Jan Dubiel, national development manager for Early Excellence, reviews the essential principles.

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

Monday, September 3, 2012

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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.

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Communication and Language

Friday, August 31, 2012

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To create a communication rich environment for their charges, Norland Nursery staff studied their own communication patterns. By Clare Crowther

Learning & Development: Literacy - Dear Zoo

Friday, August 17, 2012

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Viv Hampshire recreates the setting of picture book Dear Zoo in a local park so a group of children can learn about animals and their habitats.

Eyfs best practice: Prime time ... Communication and Language

Friday, August 17, 2012

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Ability to communicate and use language is recognised as the foundation for children's development across other learning areas. By Nancy Stewart

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

Monday, July 9, 2012

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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

Monday, June 18, 2012

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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.

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces... Book corner

Friday, May 11, 2012

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When it comes to assessing your book corner for two-year-olds, take a look at it through children's eyes and provide a feelgood experience, advises Anne O'Connor.

Heads threaten to boycott phonics reading check

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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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

Thursday, May 3, 2012

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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.

Areas of Learning and Development: Specific area: Literacy

Friday, April 27, 2012

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Nancy Stewart explains the changes to Literacy in the revised framework

Areas of Learning and Development: Prime area: Communication and Language

Friday, April 27, 2012

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Nancy Stewart explains the changes to Communication and Language in the revised framework

EYFS: English as an Additional Language - Second best?

Friday, April 27, 2012

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The EAL requirements reveal a lack of knowledge about how language is learned, say early years consultants Tricia Carroll and Anne O'Connor.

Learning and development: Then I'll begin...

Monday, March 5, 2012

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Story time is one of the most important parts of the day. Books open up a world of excitement and enjoyment. But group story times can be a challenge.

Parents believe nursery has more influence on children's reading than they do, survey suggests

Friday, March 2, 2012

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Many parents consider early years settings to be more important than the home environment when it comes to children's communication and literacy skills, according to research published by the charity National Literacy Trust (NLT).

Learning & Development: Put phonics in its place

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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Phonics is only one essential element in teaching children to read and write, says early years trainer and consultant Anna Lucas

New resource for practitioners to encourage parents to read with their children

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education has launched a new campaign to help practitioners and parents instil a love of reading and books in children before they start school.

Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

Monday, December 12, 2011

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The Scottish Book Trust's early years book gifting programme has received an additional 450,000, bringing the total amount of funding for the scheme to 1.5m until 2013.

Learning and Development: Poetry - Go with the flow

Monday, November 14, 2011

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Poetry is for everyone, as leading children's poet Michael Rosen tells Karen Faux, with suggestions for introducing rhyme in an early years setting.

Learning and development: 'it's time to listen to children more'

Monday, October 31, 2011

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Listening to four- and fourteen-year-olds is shedding light on children's early learning experiences, as Dr Jacqui Cousins explains in this extended version of the article in the latest issue of Nursery World

Learning & Development: Childhood - Listen up!

Monday, October 31, 2011

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The feelings of children about their early years learning experiences have been captured in new research by Jacqui Cousins.

Reading test for all six-year-olds given go-ahead

Friday, September 16, 2011

| Nursery World

The DfE has confirmed that all six-year-olds will take a phonics reading test next June.

Learning & Development: Communication - Let go!

Monday, August 22, 2011

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A communication project has opened practitioners' and parents' eyes to the power of fun and a playful attitude to children's learning, writes Ruth Thomson.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Step into the story

Monday, August 22, 2011

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Viv Hampshire explains how she organised a story walk to bring the popular picture book We're Going on a Bear Hunt to life.

Learning & Development: Communication, language and literacy - Speaking out

Monday, July 11, 2011

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In the national year of communication, research by Nursery World and the National Literacy Trust shows the early years sector to be highly motivated, but in need of more support.

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