Position: Lead teacher at Coleridge Children's Centre in Rotherham,Yorkshire
How did you feel about being named the National Literacy Trust's EarlyReading Connects setting of the Year 2009?
I felt very proud. It's a credit to the team and how hard they work.It's nice to have the recognition when we work in a challenging areawith a lot of deprived families.
What do you do at the centre to motivate local children and families tolove language, stories and reading?
We hold workshops for parents and wait-and-play sessions. At the momentwe are trying to establish a group for teen parents and hope tointroduce a Story Sack library for the children who come to the centrewith their childminder.
How will you be spending your 500 prize?
We will use it to buy extra resources for our story bags, books for thecentre and the children's Christmas presents. We were also presentedwith a certificate that is displayed in the children's centre.
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