Nursery World - On your marks

Make plans over time for one of the most important areas of a setting's provision with this advice from Jane Drake Long-term planning

Long-term planning

In order to promote writing in appropriate and meaningful ways, Foundation Stage practitioners need to provide choices of tools and materials that children can access easily and independently. They must also offer 'real'

contexts through which children can explore purposes for writing.

The writing area should have two functions: to act as an 'office' where children can engage in writing experiences through role play, and to be a resource centre for writing equipment that can be used across the setting.

Possible learning experiences In the writing area children will be working towards early learning goals in writing, reading, linking sounds to letters and handwriting. But the area also provides real scope for children's physical development (using tools and materials) and personal, social and emotional development (dispositions and attitudes, self care).

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