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Family learning courses struggle to recruit parents

Friday, May 4, 2018

| Nursery World

Offering parents family learning sessions to support their Reception child’s learning at home might improve literacy, but getting parents to turn up regularly is hard, according to a new study.

BookTrust Cymru’s annual Big Welsh Rhyme Time returns with more bilingual rhymes

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| Nursery World

BookTrust Cymru is encouraging families, schools and early years spaces across Wales to join in with Big Welsh Rhyme Time, a weeklong celebration of sharing bilingual rhymes, poems and songs

Rise in number of poor children 'behind in reading' at seven

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged children who are behind in the 'three Rs' at the age of seven already have their life chances determined, according to Save the Children.

Dolly Parton gives books to 5,000 more London children

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Thursday, February 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Every child born in Southwark in 2016 will be eligible to receive a free book each month until their fifth birthday, thanks to country singer Dolly Parton.

Time to talk with your chatterboxes

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries, playgroups and primary schools are being invited to register and get involved in the annual Chatterbox Challenge by I CAN, running early in 2011.

Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Speech and language charities call for early years settings and schools to dedicate a whole day to spoken language.

The Big Picture - on the buses

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Monday, March 4, 2019

| Nursery World

More families across Scotland will receive support with their children’s development following the expansion of the PlayTalkRead roadshow fleet.

Children's screen time up by two hours a day in lockdown

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

| Nursery World

Young children are spending an extra two hours a day in front of a screen since lockdown began, according to research from children’s reading charity BookTrust.

Coronavirus: ‘Concerning’ impact on language development and PSED among four-to five-year-olds

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Thursday, April 29, 2021

| Nursery World

Reception class children are struggling with language and communication and personal, social and emotional development, concerned teachers have told researchers looking into the impact of Covid-19 disruption on primary school starters.

Helen Oxenbury and John Burningham win lifetime books award

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Thursday, February 8, 2018

| Nursery World

The Booktrust has awarded the first-ever double lifetime achievement award to John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury, the couple who are both celebrated for creating some of the most iconic children's picture books.

Nursery's film goes to TV

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Children and nursery teachers from the foundation unit of a Nottingham primary school who won a competition to find the most innovative use for video in the classroom have got themselves a slot in a new series shown on Teachers' TV.

The big picture: Top choice

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Monday, September 7, 2015

| Nursery World

Children from Royal Mile Nursery in Edinburgh were among those celebrating the books shortlisted for the Scottish Children's Book Awards.

Reading advice from footballers aims at whole family

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Families are being encouraged to share stories together by the National Literacy Trust in an extension of its successful football and literacy initiative aiming to inspire boys to read.

Tougher standards being considered for seven-year-olds

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Primary school pupils could face formal testing at the age of seven as part of a package of Government measures aimed at tackling underachievement.

Bold Beginnings: getting the message over

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Monday, February 5, 2018

| Nursery World

By Gill Jones’ own admission, Ofsted’s ‘Bold Beginnings’ report on Reception class teaching, which she co-authored, has ‘caused quite a stir’.

Books at home boost 'school readiness'

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Reading and talking to young children at home helps prepare them for school, according to a new study.

Moves afoot to thwart Government plans for phonics reading test

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| Nursery World

The protest against Government plans to introduce a phonics reading test for six-year-olds is gaining force.

Booktrust book schemes for babies and children to lose Government funding

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

| Nursery World

The Booktrust charity, which provides free books to every baby and all five- and 11-year-olds, has had its annual budget of 13m cut by the Government.

The Big Picture - Look and Learn

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Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

BookTrust has launched its third annual Time to Read campaign, giving away more than 700,000 books to four- and five-year-olds.

JM Barrie's childhood home to open as Scotland's new storytelling centre

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

| Nursery World

A new children’s literature hub will open in the house and garden that inspired the Peter Pan author as a child.

Early years book awards cancelled as money runs out

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Friday, July 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Booktrust has been forced to put three of its prizes on hold, including its Early Years Awards, due to cuts in Government funding.

Number of children passing phonics check rises again

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Friday, September 30, 2016

| Nursery World

More than four in five children have passed this year's phonics screening check at the end of Year 1.

Ofsted highlights leaders in EYFS English teaching

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

The innovative and creative ways that English is being taught to children in the EYFS are showcased in a new report from Ofsted.

Dolly Parton boosts family reading

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

The number of parents who read to their children has seen a sharp increase since they joined the Dolly Parton free book gifting programme, according to a new survey.

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Family learning courses struggle to recruit parents

BookTrust Cymru’s annual Big Welsh Rhyme Time returns with more bilingual rhymes

Rise in number of poor children 'behind in reading' at seven

Dolly Parton gives books to 5,000 more London children

Time to talk with your chatterboxes

Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

More schools get help from reading dogs

The Big Picture - on the buses

Children's screen time up by two hours a day in lockdown

Coronavirus: ‘Concerning’ impact on language development and PSED among four-to five-year-olds

Helen Oxenbury and John Burningham win lifetime books award

Nursery's film goes to TV

The big picture: Top choice

Reading advice from footballers aims at whole family

Tougher standards being considered for seven-year-olds

Bold Beginnings: getting the message over

Books at home boost 'school readiness'

Moves afoot to thwart Government plans for phonics reading test

Booktrust book schemes for babies and children to lose Government funding

The Big Picture - Look and Learn

JM Barrie's childhood home to open as Scotland's new storytelling centre

Early years book awards cancelled as money runs out

Number of children passing phonics check rises again

Ofsted highlights leaders in EYFS English teaching

Dolly Parton boosts family reading

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