Helping schools focus on improving skills in language, reading and writing

The approach to improving these skills is based on a series of resources being sent to schools on a termly
basis, as follows:

• Booktime, a universal programme for reception children, in which they receive two books to keep (this is evaluated separate to this evaluation); 
• The Rhyme Challenge, which involves children learning a number of rhymes (there is a version for reception and one for Year 1); 
• Stories for Drama, which involves teachers exploring a story with their class using drama activities (there is a version for reception and one for Year 1); 
• Create Your Own Book, in which each child receives a high quality book to populate with their own content (this resource is for Year 1 only).