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Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

New speech and language project seeks early years expertise

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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A speech and language therapy service is looking for early years settings to be part of a pilot training project involving virtual reality.

Pre-school boosts literacy in teen years

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

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Children who attend pre-school education before they start school are much better readers at age 15 than those who do not, according to an international study.

BookTrust names great books for birth to five-year-olds

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

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BookTrust has launched a list of recommended books for children aged up to five for the first time as part of Children’s Book Week 2017 this week (13-17 November 2017).

New resource for practitioners to encourage parents to read with their children

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education has launched a new campaign to help practitioners and parents instil a love of reading and books in children before they start school.

TV and computers wrongly blamed for children's speech problems

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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One in six parents wrongly blame watching too much TV and technology as the most common cause of speech and language difficulties in young children, a new survey suggests.

Big picture: Bench marks

Monday, October 20, 2014

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Fifty unique 'BookBenches' designed by well-known artists and illustrators and inspired by books, including children's classics Peter Pan, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Lauren Child's Clarice Bean stories, have raised more than £250,000 at auction for the National Literacy Trust.

Enthusiastic readers are successful ones

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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Enthusiastic young readers are five times more likely to achieve above-average results in reading tests, suggests new research.

Malorie Blackman named as Children's Laureate

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

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Malorie Blackman, who has won many awards for writing books for teenagers, is the new Children's Laureate.

Focus on phonics criticised in new survey

Monday, October 15, 2018

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The majority of head teachers, teachers and parents disagree with the Government’s policy of prioritising synthetic phonics over other approaches to teaching children to read, according to a new survey.

New award champions books for babies and under-fives

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

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A new book prize for the early years has been launched.

Schools start to prepare children for SATs ‘as young as three’, report claims

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

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Some schools start to prepare children for SATs from when they are in nursery, according to research on the impact of testing on primary-age children.

Early years children raise thousands in charity singalong

Thursday, May 22, 2014

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Annual fundraising event Chatterbox Challenge has raised more than £145,000 for children’s communication charity I CAN.

Pyjamarama returns to make sure no child misses out on their bedtime story

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

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BookTrust is back with its fun, annual dress-up campaign to encourage children of all ages to read for enjoyment.

An afternoon nap can help children learn new words

Friday, February 28, 2014

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Reading to toddlers before a nap could significantly enhance their learning, according to new research by psychologists at Sussex University.

Figures show wider gap in attainment for five-year-olds with SEN

Thursday, November 20, 2014

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A more detailed breakdown of the EYFS Profile statistics, published today, shows that the gap has widened between children with special educational needs and their peers.

Online resource promoting writing focuses on boys

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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A new online resource bank brings together guidance on writing in the early years with new material to support the needs of boys.

The Big Picture - Reading goals

Monday, February 6, 2017

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Education secretary Justine Greening attended the launch of a new partnership between Arsenal in the Community and the UCL Institute of Education (IoE) with the aim to reach more north London children with reading programmes.

Study re-ignites debate about use of phonics

Monday, May 1, 2017

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New research suggests phonics is the best way to teach children to read and understand words.

Nearly half of all six-year-olds fail phonics reading check

Thursday, September 27, 2012

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Just under six out of ten six-year-olds met the standard required by the new phonics reading check, the results of the first year of the test show.

Exclusive: Minister unveils details of £20m early years training fund

Monday, June 10, 2019

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Children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi has expanded a range of measures to help tackle the language and literacy gap among five-year-olds in the most disadvantaged areas by training practitioners.

Children spend 100 million minutes reading in a month

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

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Children and young people across the UK have read for more than a 100,000,000 minutes as part of a month-long reading competition.

Popular baby book scheme tops 1,000

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

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More than a thousand babies in Bradford are being given a free book every month as part of a literacy skills development programme.

Guided play as effective as adult-led instruction for children's learning and development

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

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A new study finds that learning through guided play can be as effective as adult-led instruction and, in some cases, it can have a greater impact on children’s numeracy.

Tell the National Literacy Trust about literacy and language development in your setting for a chance to win 150 of M & S vouchers!

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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The National Literacy Trust is inviting early years and nursery professionals working to support literacy to complete a ten-minute online survey.

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