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Literacy

At Rachel Keeling Nursery School we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.
If you have any questions, please contact Becky Dolamore our head teacher. Curriculum folders are available in the school foyer.
Rachel Keeling has high expectations for all children. Our children are exposed to rich, exciting and challenging literature which extends their reading, writing and phonological understanding. Children develop their literacy skills using a range of  strategies including: 
  • writing about real and relevant experiences
  • practitioners scribing children's text
  • sharing real books
  • re-telling familiar stories 
  • engaging with parents/carers to share stories/books at home
  • Practitioners using aspirational vocabulary in meaningful contexts
  • making their own books
  • educational visits
  • writing for a range of purposes; stories, poems, shopping lists, post cards etc
  • targeted story sessions
  • acting out and narrating stories
Phonics
Practitioners scaffold and support children using initial letter sounds, blending and segmenting where appropriate within a meaningful context for children.
Children have opportunities to listen and contribute to rhymes and poems, exploring words and meaning. We use the Letters and Sounds approach in story sessions, alongside Ruth Miskin Read Write Inc resources to develop a consistent approach to teaching letters and sounds.

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Rachel Keeling Nursery School  |  Bullard's Place  |  Morpeth Street  |  London  |  E2 0PS        Tel: 020 89805856   Email: admin@rachelkeeling.towerhamlets.sch.uk