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Awards celebrate practitioners' excellent practice in speech and language

Wentworth Nursery School in Hackney has been named Early Years Setting of the Year at the third annual Shine a Light awards ceremony in London.

Sponsored by Pearson Assessment and the Communication Trust, and honouring innovative work and excellent practice in supporting children and young people’s communication development, the awards recognised 16 winners and 13 highly commended finalists.

Wentworth was praised for its commitment and dedication to supporting children’s communication development, particularly its work with parents and families.

The nursery runs termly outings to the park with parents and children to promote good communication strategies and holds coffee mornings to discuss ways to support children at home.

The nursery has a dedicated part of its website to support home learning and children with individual communication needs meet with support staff each term. Children identified as having speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) are provided with individual support, including visual timetables and a daily language group. Every member of staff can communicate using Makaton signs.

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