Literacy news
Literacy news covers the latest news from the media and other sources, as well as updates on NLT activity. The most recent headlines are listed below and you can browse archived news by moving through the page numbers at the bottom of the page.
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01Jan2007Confident, capable and creative: supporting boys’ achievements - Guidance for practitioners in the Early Years Foundation Stage
Offers additional guidance material for the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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11Dec2006Language enrichment
Gillian Coffey, headteacher of Lynch Hill Primary School in Slough, describes the area surrounding her school as one of 'language deprivation', where the local Sure Start estimates that 25% of the children are in need of speech therapy.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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07Dec2006Language enrichment
Gillian Coffey, headteacher of Lynch Hill Primary School in Slough, describes the area surrounding her school as one of 'language deprivation', where the local Sure Start estimates that 25% of the children are in need of speech therapy.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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24Nov2006Every Child Matters: Making It Happen - integrated working resource
Because of high demand, Every Child Matters: Making It Happen has been reprinted. This 16-page booklet uses case studies and interviews with frontline practitioners to show integrated working policies in action.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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24Nov2006Every Child Matters: Making It Happen - integrated working resource
Because of high demand, Every Child Matters: Making It Happen has been reprinted.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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17Nov2006Colour and clutter can dim minds of pupils
Vibrant decorations in the classroom might prove to be more distracting than helpful to the learning environment of children.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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14Nov2006Rhymes ”boost child development”
Parents who do not read and sing nursery rhymes to their young children are to be helped to do so, says the Children's Minister, Beverley Hughes.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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14Oct2006Personal shopper - slings
Annalisa Barbieri provides advice on slings in an article in The Guardian.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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13Oct2006The way I see it
By Barbara Herts, Chief Executive of mental health charity YoungMinds. When people talk about healthy babies and toddlers it is generally their physical needs that are focused on, but their mental health and emotional well being is so important in these
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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17Sep2006All ears?
Listening was always assumed to be something that children picked up naturally, but factors such as background noise, stress and time-pressed working parents can mean that the skill isn't being learnt. By Noel O'Hare.
Posted by Edward Mather
