Literacy Policy

Rationale

“The set of skills which allows an individual to engage fully in society and in learning, through the different forms of language, and the range of texts which society values and finds useful”

Curriculum for Excellence

At Royston Nursery School, we aim to provide all of our children with a variety of rich stimulating learning experiences that promotes literacy development.

Aims

• To provide literacy opportunities for all children
• Improve literacy attainment
• Include bilingual learners and children with additional support needs to develop literacy skills.
• Promote literacy learning experiences indoors/outdoors
• Provide opportunities to develop literacy skills in a variety of contexts throughout the nursery.
• Improve children’s phonological awareness
• To encourage children to use language and literacy for a variety of purposes.
• To be a communication and language friendly nursery

Methods

• Provide visual resources around the nursery to support language and literacy skills
• Resource areas are clearly labelled with visuals and written language
• Opportunities for talking and listening are supported every day e.g. circle time
• Display work, floor books and children’s work are supported by written language
• Children are encouraged to have fun writing, talking and reading throughout nursery
• Include a variety of languages in text/print around the nursery
• Resources will support mark making, emergent writing, letters, symbols and in some cases, words in writing around the nursery.
• Staff will encourage use of environmental print and text
• Access EAL services for bi-lingual learners
• Plan for literacy experiences indoors/outdoors. Plans will be available for all stakeholders to view
• Literacy opportunities will be resourced in every playroom.  Changes to resources will be facilitated by staff.
• Staff will ensure a variety of songs, rhyme, books, games, ICT, and other resources are literacy appropriate for ages and stages of development
• Staff will observe and record assessment information of individual children’s literacy development and progress
• Accessible free choice of reading and writing resources will be available daily
• Staff will use phonological awareness resources and programmes to encourage literacy development
• Nursery programmes promote literacy at home, e.g. bedtime bonding