Children have fewer inhibitions at an early age

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Nursery Rhymes

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Spanish

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Sign Language

We have spent over ?100K in the last year improving resources and creating

enhanced learning environments for all children across our 3 sites. In the next two

months Stafford and Rugeley will be having their refurbishment completed with

new wooden floors. Our aim has been to create a warm homely environment

where children feel comfortable and excited to learn. The quality of play and

levels of engagement have clearly demonstrated the positive impact of these

changes. This week alone I have spent ?500 in replenishing resources from charity

shops and this is something you can help us with as many things are upcycled

home items such as old chess pieces, playing cards, snooker balls, baskets, rocking

NEWS

chairs, lampshades, old clocks, binoculars, cameras etc.

OUR FOCUS ON LANGUAGE SKILLS

A recent study revealed the decline of nursery rhymes.

I am passionate about promoting rhyme and rhythm in language and all our

nurseries have nursery rhyme baskets and the children join in rhyme sessions

daily. Deborah Barton April 19

Over 300,000 toddlers have never been read a nursery rhyme by their parents, a Government survey suggests.

Eight per cent of children aged under five in England have never learnt songs, poems or nursery rhymes,

according to a Department for Education (DfE) poll of 2,685 mothers and fathers.

Meanwhile, 12 per cent of youngsters in the same age group have never learnt numbers or how to count

and 14 per cent - 574,928 children - have never learnt the alphabet or how to recognise words.

Ministers will launch a public information campaign later this year urging parents to ¡°Chat, Play, Read¡± with

their children before they start school.

Hixon, Rugeley,

Stafford

Volume 29

April/May 19

The Education Secretary has said that children being sent to school unable to speak in sentences is a ¡°persistent scandal¡± and that parents

failing to teach their children how to talk is the "last taboo" in education.

More than a quarter of four-and-five-year-old¡¯s lack the early communication and literacy skills expected by the end of reception year.

The ¡®expected level¡¯ includes a child having the words and understanding to talk about events that have happened or are going to happen in the

future.

A separate study shows that children with poor vocabulary at age five are more than twice as likely to be

unemployed at age 34 as children with good vocabulary.

The head of Ofsted has previously warned that more and more children are starting school without being

able to communicate properly or even use the toilet. Amanda Spielman described how some ¡°lucky¡±

children are given bedtime stories or taught the alphabet by their families, while others are not so

fortunate.

She has previously urged nursery staff to spend time teaching pre-school children new language skills whether through songs, nursery rhymes or "time-honoured classics" such as Hans Christian Andersen or

Dr Seuss.

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ARTICLE BY Camilla Turner, EDUCATION EDITOR THE TELEGRAPH

SPANISH AT HORN END

Since 1992 we have offered language classes at nursery and

currently Tori comes every month to teach Spanish to our

BENEFITS OF LEARNING A

FOREIGN LANGUAGE EARLY

Toby Talls. The classes are very popular, and our children are

becoming confident in speaking lots of useful words.

Children have fewer

inhibitions at an early age

Children have an innate ability to absorb and reproduce sounds

Through a fun, play based approach they learn without realizing it

It promotes a broader world view and positive attitude to other cultures

By learning another language it boosts language development in their native tongue

SIGN LANGUAGE at HORN END NURSERIES Children in the early years often develop cognitive thinking before

speech meaning they know exactly what they want; yet because their language skills are not yet at the same level are

often unable to communicate these. This can cause frustration and behavioural problems, because some speech and

language difficulties can lead children unable to communicate verbally.

Teaching children to sign either through Makaton or British Sign Language can hold so many benefits and can be used and

understood by young children in baby rooms right the way up to adults. This gives children of all ages the opportunity to

have a voice and to communicate their needs and interests with others.

Benefits of signing

There are many benefits of signing with children, some of which have been detailed above. These benefits include:

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Opening ways of communicating

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Can be used throughout a setting and does not need to be restricted to a certain age

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Allows children to express needs

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Allows children to express interests

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Prevents episodes of frustration and anger

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Gives children a voice

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Supports language development

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Allows children with language skills to understand children who have speech and language difficulties

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Can be used to help the children understand concepts further such as giving another level to singing

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It is fun to learn

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Babies and children build confidence and social skills

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