Talk Nursery is a year-long CPD programme designed to improve outcomes for children in Nursery.

The cost of this programme is £330 for one member of staff attending each session and includes four half days of CPD.

The programme includes:
- vocabulary development, practical strategies for closing the word gap and the importance of quality talk;
- explicit teaching, learning and assessment of phonics using the NEW Red Rose Letters and Sounds Phase 1 Programme;
- early reading strategies to promote book talk and comprehension during shared and modelled reading;
- reading for pleasure alongside strategies to engage children’s love of books;
- approaches to engage parents;
- talk to develop early mark making;
- storytelling approaches for language development; and
- updates regarding early literacy linked to the OFSTED Framework, EYFS Framework and national developments.

Following each session, participants will be provided with a comprehensive toolkit of materials which can be utilised in a school or setting.