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Call for more focus on children's speech and language in Schools Bill

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Campaigners are calling for spoken language to be given importance to reading and writing in the Schools Bill.

Funding for school book clubs to foster love of reading

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Friday, March 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Ministers want schools to set up book clubs and arrange library membership for all seven- and eight-year-olds to help boost children’s reading skills.

Book charity's 10th anniversary giveaway

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

| Nursery World

More than 700,000 four- and five-year-olds will be given a free picture book to celebrate Booktime's tenth birthday.

Funny books awards

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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.

Talking Tents are a winner

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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.

Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Free books for children and adults are to be handed out at food banks during the festive period, thanks to a partnership between Booktrust and The Trussell Trust food bank network.

Free school pupils score higher in phonics check

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Thursday, September 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Children attending free schools and converter academies outperformed those in sponsored academies and local authority-run schools in the phonics check.

'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.

BookTrust names free books for under-fives in 2018

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

| Nursery World

Ed Vere's Max the Brave and David Melling's 123 Splosh will be sent out to 1.2m young children and their families this year.

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.

Boris Johnson and Peter Andre launch under-fives reading scheme

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

| Nursery World

The London Mayor and singer Peter Andre have launched a new literacy project to support three-to-five-year-olds in the capital.

The Big Picture - Writers bring stories to life

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Monday, March 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Many of Britain's most popular children's authors have become their childhood story heroes for a new photographic exhibition.

Analysis: Teacher-led activities 'produce better results'

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

| Nursery World

The upcoming review of the Early Years Foundation Stage needs to look carefully at worldwide studies of effective pre-school approaches, says Oli de Botton of the CfBT Education Trust.

New resources show how tablets can aid literacy

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Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

As learning how to swipe a screen becomes as much a part of a young child’s development as turning the page of a book, what role does digital technology play in helping children learn to read?

Analysis: Sign up for 'Hello' campaign

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

There's plenty that you can do to be support this vital drive, says Communication Champion Jean Gross, who spoke to Melanie Defries.

New measurement tracking early literacy progress to launch

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| Nursery World

A campaign group concerned with early language is to create a new national measurement of children’s reading.

Daddy Pig promotes family reading for BookTrust

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| Nursery World

Peppa Pig’s Daddy Pig has been unveiled as Ambassador for BookTrust, the UK’s largest reading charity.

Phonics training company to run literacy centre

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Thursday, June 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has come under fire for awarding the contract to run a centre that will train Reception teachers to teach children to read to a leading commercial phonics provider.

Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett wins inaugural book award for under-fives

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Thursday, November 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett has been named as the winner of the BookTrust Storytime Prize.

England football star in bid to get more children reading

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| Nursery World

At the start of the World Cup, England midfielder Frank Lampard has teamed up with the National Literacy Trust to encourage children to take ‘reading selfies’.

Children share reading tips for summer

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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Pre-school and primary children are invited to spend their summer holidays lost in books and share their favourites as part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.

Analysis: More than soundbites for EYFS reform

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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.

Picture book author Lauren Child is new children’s laureate

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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

| Nursery World

The author and illustrator of the award-winning Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean books has been named as the 10th Waterstone’s Children’s Laureate.

Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

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.

Foster carers encouraged to inspire love of books

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Friday, July 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Reading together improves relationships between children and their foster carers, new research suggests.

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Call for more focus on children's speech and language in Schools Bill

Funding for school book clubs to foster love of reading

Book charity's 10th anniversary giveaway

Funny books awards

Talking Tents are a winner

Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

Free school pupils score higher in phonics check

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

BookTrust names free books for under-fives in 2018

Heads threaten to boycott phonics reading check

Boris Johnson and Peter Andre launch under-fives reading scheme

The Big Picture - Writers bring stories to life

Analysis: Teacher-led activities 'produce better results'

New resources show how tablets can aid literacy

Analysis: Sign up for 'Hello' campaign

New measurement tracking early literacy progress to launch

Daddy Pig promotes family reading for BookTrust

Phonics training company to run literacy centre

Cyril and Pat by Emily Gravett wins inaugural book award for under-fives

England football star in bid to get more children reading

Children share reading tips for summer

Analysis: More than soundbites for EYFS reform

Picture book author Lauren Child is new children’s laureate

Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

Foster carers encouraged to inspire love of books

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