Word Of The Week

In the past our Nursery and school staff have taken part in Word Aware training which is a structured whole school approach to develop the vocabulary of children.
It is estimated that the average child learns 2000 – 3000 words per year every year throughout their schooling which equates to six to eight words a day on average. Children with good vocabulary go on to become good readers and vocabulary has a major impact on all areas of learning.
As part of our work to support the development of the children’s vocabulary, we include a “Word of the Week” in our planning and focus on the appropriate use of that word in the Nursery environment. Sometimes the selected word may arise from a child led discussion and at other times it may be linked to our learning focus. We will share this word on the Nursery blog so that you can share in the fun with words at home.
Our “Word of the Week” next week in the Rainbow Room will be “tidy” while the Raindrop Room will focus on the word “kindness”.