To: Prime Minister David Cameron
We want the best quality nurseries
A child’s success in life depends on the progress they make in their early years. I want the government to boost nursery quality to give every child the best start.
Why is this important?
In England, 1 in 5 children start school already behind on crucial language skills - and the poorest children can be up to fifteen months behind.
Good nurseries are essential if we’re going to fix this. So Save the Children is calling on the government to invest more in quality nurseries, led by qualified nursery teachers.
For the poorest children in the UK, a good nursery can mean the difference between getting qualifications and a well-paid job, or struggling for the rest of their lives.
Please sign the petition now to show our government that the public wants investment in little brains.
*The Full Story*
As part of Save the Children's Read On. Get On. campaign, we’re working to make sure that every child can read well by age 11. We need to support our youngest children at nursery, so they start school ready to read and ready to learn.
Three-to-five-year-old brains are wired for this learning. There’s so much to learn every day. Young children soak up knowledge and make leaps in their development that won’t happen nearly so quickly or easily once they’re older.
That’s why good quality nurseries are so important.
But here in the UK now, children are arriving for their first day of school still struggling to speak in full sentences or understand simple instructions.
Nurseries should be affordable, but they must also give children all they need to develop their language and communication skills - to grow physically, socially and emotionally - and to take those critical first steps in reading and maths.
Good nurseries are essential if we’re going to fix this. So Save the Children is calling on the government to invest more in quality nurseries, led by qualified nursery teachers.
For the poorest children in the UK, a good nursery can mean the difference between getting qualifications and a well-paid job, or struggling for the rest of their lives.
Please sign the petition now to show our government that the public wants investment in little brains.
*The Full Story*
As part of Save the Children's Read On. Get On. campaign, we’re working to make sure that every child can read well by age 11. We need to support our youngest children at nursery, so they start school ready to read and ready to learn.
Three-to-five-year-old brains are wired for this learning. There’s so much to learn every day. Young children soak up knowledge and make leaps in their development that won’t happen nearly so quickly or easily once they’re older.
That’s why good quality nurseries are so important.
But here in the UK now, children are arriving for their first day of school still struggling to speak in full sentences or understand simple instructions.
Nurseries should be affordable, but they must also give children all they need to develop their language and communication skills - to grow physically, socially and emotionally - and to take those critical first steps in reading and maths.
