Nursery World - Reading scheme pilots are extended

Early reading pilot schemes, which involve specialist training with practitioners, will be extended to more areas from next term, with funding until September 2008. National director of the Foundation Stage Ruth Pimentel said the scheme, which started last September in 180 schools and linked early years settings in 18 areas, would be extended to 32 more local authorities.

National director of the Foundation Stage Ruth Pimentel said the scheme, which started last September in 180 schools and linked early years settings in 18 areas, would be extended to 32 more local authorities.

She also confirmed that the 'early reading development pilots' had been renamed 'communication, language and literacy development'.

Ms Pimentel said, 'It's to broaden it out to look at building on speaking and listening and the understanding that children's language development is the building block to their reading success.'

The scheme supports professional development and involves clusters of practitioners in local areas sharing knowledge. It uses materials such as Sure Start's 'Communicating Matters' and traditional nursery rhymes and poetry cards, linking these with the outdoor area, music and movement.

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