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Pori Drwy Stori Nursery Programme Practitioner Guide

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Pori Drwy Stori inspires a love of books, stories and rhymes and supports children to develop speaking, listening and numeracy skills. It is designed to support the home-school/ home-setting link and to encourage parents/carers to play an active role in their child’s learning.

The Pori Drwy Stori programme has been available for all children in Reception in Wales since 2012.

In 2017-18, BookTrust Cymru piloted an extension of the programme for children aged 3-4 in Nursery, focusing on supporting oracy skills.

Pori Drwy Stori is delivered by BookTrust Cymru and funded by the Welsh Government.

Welcome to the Pori Drwy Stori Nursery programme!

Programme aims

The Pori Drwy Stori Nursery programme aims to improve educational outcomes for children in Nursery.

It aims to do this be providing engaging resources and activities that fit the principles of the Foundation Phase and the Literacy and Numeracy Framework, which support learning in the school/setting and at home and which facilitate a home-school/home-setting link.

Specific aim 1• : To improve oracy-related outcomes for children.

Specific aim 2• : To increase parents’/carers’ engagement with their child’s learning, specifically in relation to activities which support oracy outcomes.

Specific aim 3• : To increase practitioners’ knowledge and understanding of, and practice relating to, how they can improve oracy outcomes for children, especially by engaging parents and carers.

We will continue to evaluate the programme in 2018-19 and ask all participating schools and settings to be part of the evaluation.

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The 2017-18 pilot was evaluated through various methods. Qualitative feedback from practitioners suggested that the programme had a:

Positive impact on home-school/home-setting links.•

Positive impact on parental engagement in learning (oracy focused).•

Positive impact on children’s oracy skills.•

Strong fit for priorities in schools and settings, and for the •Foundation Phase.

Evaluation

Parents/carers were asked to complete surveys before, during and after participating in the programme. The results of these surveys showed a number of positive outcomes. Parents/carers:

Were significantly more likely to •say their child enjoyed sharing rhymes, knew a lot more rhymes, and found it easy to join in with rhymes.

Reported sharing a rhyme with •their child significantly more often.

Reported reading a book for fun •with their child significantly more often after taking part in the pilot.

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Pori Drwy Stori Nursery resources It’s time to rhyme!

On each of the remaining four weeks, place the correct weekly rhyme sheet in the plastic wallet and send home e.g. week 2 ‘Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear’ and ‘Adeiladu Ty Bach, Un, Dau, Tri’.

Decide on which day of the week suits you and the children best to empty the plastic wallets of yellow feedback slips and refill with the next weekly rhyme(s).

Children keep the calendar at home and return their completed yellow feedback slips to you each week. They will need to bring these back to nursery in their plastic wallets.

It’s time to rhyme!It’s time to rhyme!

Flip for WelshTrowch i weld y Gymraeg

Name:

Enw: Name:

Pori Drwy Stori

On the first week, send each child home with the

• turn and flip Rhyme Calendar

• ‘Five Little Ducks’ rhyme sheets

• ‘Five Little Ducks’ activity sheet

Place all items in the plastic wallet.

When?

You will receive your resources in two deliveries. Your first delivery will include all the It’s time to rhyme! resources and will arrive during the week of 14 January, 2019.

What?

Inside the box you’ll find one of each of the following items for every child taking part, plus one additional copy for you to use and keep in the nursery:

You’ll also find:Five A3 English and five A3 Welsh rhyme posters. These are for you to display in your class/setting.

Did you know…?Scan the QR codes on the A3 posters and • Rhyme Calendars to watch and listen to the rhymes on the Pori Drwy Stori website.

Download additional copies of all the• It’s time to rhyme! resources on our website: booktrust.org.uk/poridrwystori-nursery

Plastic wallet with name sticker attachedFor children to carry the rhyme sheets home and bring the yellow feedback slips back to nursery each week.

Rhyme CalendarFor children to take home on the first week and keep at home. It includes rhyming tips and support for parents/carers.

Five A4 English rhyme sheetsOne for each week. Colour coded to keep things simple!

Five A4 Welsh rhyme sheetsOne for each week. Colour coded for ease of use!

Two activity sheetsTo accompany the rhymes in weeks 1 and 3 i.e. ‘Five Little Ducks’ and ‘Old MacDonald Had A Farm’.

What will I need to do? We want you to use It’s time to rhyme! in a way that works best for you, your children and their families. To help you with this, we’ve designed the resources to be organised in the following way:

Five little ducks went swimming one day,

Over the hill and far away.

Mother duck said ʻquack quack quack quackʼ

And only four little ducks came back!

Four little ducks went swimming one day,



And only three little ducks came back!

Three little ducks went swimming one day,



And only two little ducks came back!

Two little ducks went swimming one day,



And only one little duck came back!

One little duck went swimming one day,



And all her fi ve little ducks came back!

Five Little Ducks

(Pum Hwyaden)

Number rhymes

Rhigymau rhif

Week 1 Wythnos 1

Try changing the

numbers to count in

Welsh – un, dau, tri,

pedwar, pump!

The repetition is fun and

helps children to learn the

words.

Maeʼr ailadrodd yn hwyl

ac maeʼn helpu plant i

ddysguʼr geiriau.

Number rhymes are

great for learning to

count.

Mae rhigymau rhif yn

ffordd wych o ddysgu

rhifo.

Let us know by colouring in one of the faces.

Gadewch i ni wybod wrth liwio un oʼr wynebau.Did you like this rhyme?

Wnest ti fwynhauʼr rhigwm hwn?Name: Enw:

Colour a star every time you say the rhyme.

Lliwia seren bob tro y byddi diʼn dweud y rhigwm.

Cut along the line and return to nursery. Torrwch ar hyd y llinell a dychwelwch iʼr meithrin.

Week 1 Wythnos 1 Number rhymes Rhigymau rhif




















And all her fi ve little ducks came back!

Five Little Ducks

(Pum Hwyaden)

Number rhymes

Rhigymau rhif

Week 1 Wythnos 1

Try changing the

numbers to count in

Welsh – un, dau, tri,

pedwar, pump!

The repetition is fun and

helps children to learn the

words.

Maeʼr ailadrodd yn hwyl

ac maeʼn helpu plant i

ddysguʼr geiriau.

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Number rhymes are

great for learning to

count.

Mae rhigymau rhif yn

ffordd wych o ddysgu

rhifo.

Let us know by colouring in one of the faces.

Gadewch i ni wybod wrth liwio un oʼr wynebau.Did you like this rhyme?

Wnest ti fwynhauʼr rhigwm hwn?Name: Enw:

Colour a star every time you say the rhyme.

Lliwia seren bob tro y byddi diʼn dweud y rhigwm.

Cut along the line and return to nursery. Torrwch ar hyd y llinell a dychwelwch iʼr meithrin.

Week 1 Wythnos 1 Number rhymes Rhigymau rhifFive little ducks went swimming one day,


Mother duck said ‘quack quack quack quack’

















And all her five little ducks came back!

Five Little Ducks

(Pum Hwyaden)

Number rhymes

Rhigymau rhifWeek 1 Wythnos 1

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Action rhymes

Rhigymau gweithredu

Week 2 Wythnos 2

Teddy bear, teddy bear,

Turn around!


Touch the ground!


Jump up high!


Touch the sky!


Bend down low!


Touch your toes!


Turn out the light!


Say good night!

Teddy Bear,

Teddy Bear

(Arth Fach, Arth Fach)

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Animal rhymes Rhigymau anifeiliaid

Week 3 Wythnos 3

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,And on that farm he had some cows, E-I-E-I-O,

With a ‘moo moo’ here and a ‘moo moo’ there,

Here a ‘moo’, there a ‘moo’, everywhere a ‘moo moo’,

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,And on that farm he had some sheep, E-I-E-I-O,

With a ‘baa baa’ here and a ‘baa baa’ there,

Here a ‘baa’, there a ‘baa’, everywhere a ‘baa baa’,


Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,And on that farm he had some dogs, E-I-E-I-O,

With a ‘woof woof’ here and a ‘woof woof’ there,

Here a ‘woof’, there a ‘woof’, everywhere a ‘woof woof’,


Old MacDonald Had A Farm(Fferm Tad-cu)

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Nursery rhymes Hwiangerddi

Week 4 Wythnos 4

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,Eating her curds and whey.

Along came a spider,Who sat down beside her,And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Little Miss Muffet(Miss Fach Muffet)

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Rhymes all day Rhigymau drwy’r

dydd

Week 5 Wythnos 5

This is the way we brush our teeth,

Brush our teeth, brush our teeth.

This is the way we brush our teeth

On a warm and sunny morning.

This is the way we wash our face,

Wash our face, wash our face.

This is the way we wash our face


This is the way we comb our hair,

Comb our hair, comb our hair.

This is the way we comb our hair

On a warm and sunny morning

This Is The Way We

Brush Our Teeth (Dyma Sut Mae Brwsio

Dannedd)

Ten little fingers, ten little toes,

Two little ears and one little nose,

Two little eyes that shine so bright,

And one little mouth,

To kiss you, good night!

Ten Little Fingers,

Ten Little Toes

(Deg Bys Bychan, Deg Bys

Bach Troed)

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Gweithgaredd Fferm Tad-cuOld MacDonald Had A Farm Activity

Parwch yr anifeiliaid. Match the animals.

Pa greaduriaid rhyfedd allwch chi eu gwneud?What strange creatures can you make?

Gweithgaredd Pum Hwyaden

Five Little Ducks Activity

Fe allech chi

eu glynu ar bensil neu

ffyn bach pren i wneud

pypedau.

You could stick them

on a pencil or sticks to

make puppets. Defnyddiwch

yr hwyaid hyn i’ch helpu

i ddweud y rhigwm.

Use these ducks to help

you say the rhyme.

Pori Drwy Stori Nursery resources Book TalkWhen?

Your Book Talk resources will arrive during the week of 11 February, 2019. This will be your second and final delivery.

What?

Inside the box you’ll find one of each of the following items for every child taking part, plus one additional copy for you to use and keep in the nursery:

Two rhyming books with lots of fun pictures to enjoy together.

What will I need to do? Use the Book Talk resources between the beginning of March and the end of May. Organise and use the resources in the way that suits your school / setting best. We recommend that you spread the activities out over several weeks.You’ll need to decide:

Whether to send both books •home together or send one home at a time.

How long you’d like to give •families with each of the three additional resources. A week? A fortnight?

Use the plastic wallets to send each of the resources home and ask the children / families to return the completed feedback postcards in the wallets each week or fortnight.

Did you know…?Scan the QR codes • on the books to listen to the stories in Welsh on the Pori Drwy Stori website.

Download additional • copies of all the Book Talk resources on our website: booktrust.org.uk/poridrwystori-nursery

Book Talk leafletA leaflet to introduce Book Talk to families, with some useful ideas and tips.

Resource 1: Enjoying Funny Bunnies Rain or Shine and Ten Little Dinosaurs TogetherTwo colourful sheets to help parents / carers enjoy reading with their children, talk about the books and ask questions.

Resource 2: Funny Bunny and Finger Puppets activities Two activities related to the books, encouraging parents / carers to talk, play and have fun with their child!

Resource 3: Book Talk A3 posterAn additional picture (with question prompts) for children to talk about with their families.

Three feedback postcardsTo help develop and strengthen home-school/setting links.

Bwni Doniol Funny Bunny Wrth i chi chwarae

gyda’r bwni, siaradwch am

y dillad a’r tywydd mae eich

plentyn yn ei hoffi. Gallwch ganu

ambell rigwm am y tywydd hefyd.

Ydych chi’n gwybod ‘Lliwiau’r

Enfys’ neu ‘Mae’n Bwrw Glaw

Yn Sobor Iawn’?

The bunnies in Funny

Bunnies Rain or Shine have

fun in all kinds of weather.

Dress this bunny for different

kinds of weather.

How funny can you make

your bunny?

Mae’r bwnis yn Cwning-Od Glaw

a Hindda yn cael hwyl ymhob

tywydd.

Gwisga’r bwni hwn ar gyfer pob

math o dywydd gwahanol.

Pa mor ddoniol alli di wneud

dy fwni?

While you’re

playing with the bunny, talk

about the clothes and the weather

your child likes. You can sing some

weather rhymes too. Do you know

‘Incy Wincy Spider’ or ‘The Sun

Has Got His Hat On’?

Pypedau bys Finger puppets

You can use these puppets to help you talk

and play with your child. Here are some ideas

you can try but the main thing is to have fun

together. Make the puppets dance, jump and roar!

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Use funny voices to bring your puppets to life.

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Read • Ten Little Dinosaurs using the puppets.

What else is happening in the pictures? Use

the puppets to tell the story. Make up your own story with the puppets.

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Gallwch ddefnyddio’r pypedau hyn i’ch helpu

i siarad a chwarae gyda’ch plentyn. Dyma rai

syniadau y gallwch chi roi cynnig arnyn nhw, ond

y peth pwysig yw cofi o cael hwyl gyda’ch gilydd.

Gwnewch i’r pypedau ddawnsio, neidio a

• rhuo!Defnyddiwch leisiau doniol i ddod â’ch

• pypedau’n fyw.Darllenwch

• Deg Deinosor Bach gan

ddefnyddio’r pypedau. Beth arall sy’n digwydd

yn y lluniau? Defnyddiwch y pypedau i ddweud

y stori.Dyfeisiwch eich stori eich hun gyda’r pypedau.

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Enjoying Funny Bunnies Rain or Shine Together

Things to talk aboutWhat do you know about bunnies and

• rabbits? Where do they live? What do

they eat? What can you fi nd out about

bunnies and rabbits?What’s your favourite kind of weather?

• What do you like to do in different kinds

of weather? What weather don’t you

like? Why? Can you fi nd videos of different kinds of

• weather online together?

This is a simple,rhyming book with lots of fun

pictures to talk about and enjoy.Children love looking at the

pictures and fi nding out what the bunnies do!

Ideas to tryRead the book together a few times and

• see if your child can say the rhyming

word before you read it. Spotting and

saying rhymes will help your child learn

to read and write.Can you and your child bounce like the

• bunnies? Can you copy the actions the

bunnies do? If you fi nd Welsh diffi cult – don’t worry!

• Focus on helping your child learn the

weather words.

Can you fi nd videos of different kinds of

weather online together?

Ideas to try

Questions to ask What do the bunnies do when it’s sunny?

• What do they do when it snows?What do you like to do when it’s sunny or

• snowing?What animals can you see in the clouds?

• How many bunnies are bouncing in the

• rain? How many are lost in fog?What are the bunnies wearing? Do you

• have a scarf? Do you have a woolly hat?

What colour are they?How do you think the bunnies feel when

• it’s windy? What do you like about the

wind?Which funny bunnies do you think are the

• funniest? Why?

Gwrandewch yn Gymraegar / Listen in Welsh at –booktrust.org.uk/poridrwystori-nursery

Book Talk

Spot and say!

How many monkeys can you see?

What colour are the balloons?

What is the tallest animal?

Can you find a spotty animal?

A stripy one? A big one? A small one?

What shape are the sandwiches?

Beyond the picture

What is your favourite animal?

Do you know what they eat and where they live?

Can you see the leopard hiding in the trees?

Leopards are very fast. What other animals are fast?

What animals are slow?

Do you know a rhyme about mice for the little mouse?

Do you know a rhyme about birds?

Talking about pictures in books is fun and can

help children develop language skills.

Here’s another picture for you to

talk about together.

Looking closer

What are the monkeys doing?

What about the elephants and the zebra?

Do you like to do these things, too?

What is the lion doing?

Why do you think he is doing that?

How does the iguana feel? Why?

The animals are having a party.

What would you like to eat at a party?

What would you like to do?

Tynnwch lun allan o’r llyfr! / Draw a picture from the book!

Dychwelwch eich cerdyn post i’r meithrin.

Return your postcard to nursery.

Enw:Name:

Lliwia fi! / Colour me in!



Enw:Name:

Cysylltwch y dotiau i wneud bwni doniol!

Join the dots to make a funny bunny!



Enw:Name:

Enjoying Ten Little

Dinosaurs Together

Questions to ask

What are the dinosaurs doing in the

• different pictures?

What animals can you see? Can you fi nd

• a bat? A crab? A snail?

On the fi rst page, who is

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next to the little

dinosaurs? What is on top of the yellow

dinosaur? What colour are the dinosaurs

behind Big Dinosaur?

How do you think the dinosaurs are

• feeling?

How do you think the purple dinosaur

feels when he is on his own?

What do you think the dinosaurs are

• saying in the different pictures?

Which is your favourite dinosaur? Why?

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Things to talk about

Do you know the names of any

• dinosaurs? Do you know what they ate?

Do you know where they lived? What

else can you fi nd out about them?

Do you know any other counting

• rhymes? Can you say ‘Five Little Ducks’

together?

This is a fun

counting book with lots of

rhymes to enjoy together. It’s

full of funny pictures to talk

about too.

Ideas to try

Read the book together a few times.

• There are lots of things to enjoy. Talk

about the pictures together. What can

you see? What do you like?

There’s a lot of fun rhyme in this book.

• Help your child become a great rhymer

by seeing if they can join in with the

rhymes as you read the book together.

They might be able to say the rhymes

before you read them, too!

Have fun making the sounds in the book

• together – ‘Roarrrrr!’

, ‘Slurrrp!’ and

‘Sploosh!’

Gwrandewch yn Gymraeg

ar / Listen in Welsh at –

booktrust.org.uk/


You will receive

two special

books to enjoy

with your child.

These books have been chosen because they

are fun and because they will give you and

your child lots of things to talk about.

In the next few weeks, you will also receive

some other Book Talk activities from Pori

Drwy Stori linked to these books, including:

• Finger puppets and Funny Bunny game

• An animal poster

This week, just enjoy reading and talking

about the books together. Have fun!

Book Talk Enjoying Books Together

Here are some ideas to help you enjoy

books together:

Read anytime, anywhere. Take

these books with you when you go

out. Read while you wait for a bus or

at the doctor’s.

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End the day with a bedtime

book. Help your child relax and get

ready for sleep. 2

If your child enjoys a book, read it

again and again. Favourite books

can be really comforting and you

often fi nd more to talk about the

more you read them.

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All join in! Reading is a great

family activity. 4

And remember: don’t worry about getting

it ‘right’ – just enjoy reading and

talking about the books together!5

Reading and Talking

Sharing books is a great way to spend

special time with your child. Reading with

your child for just ten minutes a day can

make a real difference as they start school.

Cuddling up and reading quietly together

is great. But reading doesn’t always have to

be quiet!

Talking about the books you read can really

help your child with their speaking and

listening skills. It will also help their reading

and writing skills when they start school.

Listening to stories helps your child

• concentrate and become a good listener.

Reading the same books many times will

• help your child learn new words.

Asking questions and talking about the

• pictures and stories will help your child

become a more confi dent speaker. It will

also help your child practise using the

words in the book.

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What can the programme achieve? The overall aim of the Pori Drwy Stori Nursery programme is to improve educational outcomes for children in Nursery, especially in relation to oracy skills. We hope that the programme will also have a positive impact on parents / carers and support practitioners, too.

The programme is designed to be flexible and we hope that you will use it in the way that you think best supports your children and priorities.

We will be evaluating the programme thoroughly in 2018-19, building on the 2017-18 pilot evaluation. This will help us understand more about what the programme can achieve – and how it can make the most difference.

Here are some of the things that we hope the Pori Drwy Stori Nursery programme can achieve. Of course, we would not expect every outcome to be achieved in every Nursery! However, we hope this gives you some ideas about how you can make the most of the programme.

Practitioners...understand more about the role of rhymes and songs in • oracy developmentcreate more opportunities for sharing rhymes and songs • (in English and Welsh)increase their use of books to support oracy outcomes • develop new ways of communicating with parents/carers • and/or supporting the home-Nursery link

Parents/Carers…share rhymes and songs more often with their child • enjoy sharing books with their child more and feel that • reading for pleasure is importantuse books to prompt talk and play with their child more• communicate more with their child’s school or setting • and feel more engaged with their child’s learning

Children...know more rhymes and songs• enjoy sharing rhymes and songs • more and share them more oftenenjoy sharing books more• talk about books more•

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Supporting the Foundation Phase FrameworkThe Pori Drwy Stori Nursery programme can support a number of Foundation Phase Oracy outcomes. This table gives some examples.

NB Pori Drwy Stori Nursery can also support other areas of the Foundation Phase Framework, especially reading skills.

Foundation Phase Framework Skills LNF/AoL?

Express some enjoyment or interest e.g. talk about what they liked to do at home (use the feedback slips), talk about their favourite rhymes or why they like/don’t like the books

LNF

Retell, in simple terms, an event or an experience e.g. talk about what they did with the resources at home LNF

Use newly learned vocabulary in and through play activities e.g. use words from the rhymes and books in their play, including when using the game resources (duck cards, finger puppets etc)

AoL

Speak clearly enough to be understood by adults and peers e.g. when talking about the rhymes and books LNF

Understand how to use simple questions, e.g. ‘Why?’, ‘How?’ and ‘Can I?’, to establish why things happen and to clarify understanding e.g. asking questions about the stories

AoL

Engage in sound and word play e.g. share the rhymes, guess the rhyming words, add their own rhyming words, fill in the missing rhyming word AoL

Recognise rhythm and rhyme in spoken words and join in with rhythmic activities e.g. share the rhymes, clap or stamp rhythms, predict the rhyming words AoL

Listen and attend with growing attention and concentration e.g. learn the rhymes by listening, listen attentively to the stories, show attention through their responses to the resources e.g. question prompts and games

LNF

Listen to and carry out a two-step instruction e.g. follow the actions in a rhyme, follow instructions to use the games AoL

Follow simple action words, e.g. through games and songs e.g. join in with the actions in the rhymes AoL

Listen and join in with songs, rhymes and stories e.g. listening, joining in with rhymes (whole or in part), responding to stories by anticipating what comes next LNF

In simple terms, retell a story or information they have heard e.g. retell the stories in simple language LNF

Answer simple ‘Who?’, ‘What?’ and open-ended questions relating to own experiences, stories or events e.g. respond to the Book Talk questions or the activities on the rhyme cards

AoL

Welsh-medium statement: imitate and use answers to questions using the correct formats e.g. ask and answer simple questions about the books using the correct formats

AoL

Participate in discussions with other children and/or adults e.g. respond to the questions in the resources, talk about what they did at home in Circle Time LNF

Take part in activities alongside others e.g. share the rhymes in a group, play the games with other children or parents/carers LNF

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How to make the most of Pori Drwy Stori Nursery: Key recommendations

Pori Drwy Stori is designed to be flexible and to be adapted to different children, families and settings. However, based on feedback and evaluation, we strongly advise that you follow these six key recommendations to make the programme a success.

Plan how you will use Pori Drwy Stori Nursery. Take time to become familiar with the resources and to organise them once they arrive. Plan for links to other activities and Areas of Learning.

Introduce the whole programme to parents and carers. Many schools and settings run friendly meetings or workshops to introduce the programme to parents and carers. Some introduce the programme at one-to-one parent meetings. Others use letters and social media to share information. The more parents and carers know about the programme, what to do and the difference it will make, the more likely they are to get involved.

Introduce the resources to children in Nursery before they take them home. The more excited children are about the resources, the more likely they are to share this excitement with their families. It will also help children use the resources at home if they are familiar with them and know what to do.

Maintain communication with parents and carers throughout the programme. Talk to them about what they’re doing when they drop off and collect children. Use the feedback slips in the resources. Use Twitter or classroom apps to develop two-way communication with parents and carers and to see the resources in use at home.

Make links between the resources and what you do in your Nursery. Make the resources available as part of your Continuous Provision. Plan activities which link to the rhymes and the books. Link the rhymes and books to Foundation Phase Areas of Learning.

Use each resource across a half term. This will enable you to develop and sustain links with the home and to develop oracy outcomes over time.

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More ideas for getting the most out of Pori Drwy Stori Nursery

Use the programme to support your Foundation Phase Profile assessment (the links in the outcomes on page 7 will help you).

At the end of the programme, make sure parents and carers know that their children will receive Pori Drwy Stori throughout their Reception year.

Signpost parents and carers to the online resources available – including rhyme videos and sound files of the Welsh versions of the books (booktrust.org.uk/poridrwystori-nursery).

If you are an English-medium setting or a setting with a lot of Welsh learners, use the bilingual resources to build confidence in Welsh for both parents/carers and children.

Use the programme to find out more about the home learning environment for different children in your Nursery. Ask children and parents/carers how they have used the resources.

Emphasise the importance of reading for pleasure and having fun with the Book Talk books.

If you have children in your Nursery who don’t have English or Welsh as their first language, ask them to share a rhyme from their own mother tongue. Engage their parents/carers in this activity.

If you have a mixed class that includes some children who are not eligible to receive programme resources (e.g. Reception children or younger Nursery children), you can still learn the rhymes and share the books together and have fun as a whole class.

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Examples of good practice from the pilot to give you some inspiration!Engaging familiesHere are some ideas to help parents and carers understand the resources and get the most from them with their child:

Organise an open session or parent meeting to explain what families will receive and •when. Talk to families about why rhymes matter and the benefits of sharing books. Display posters and information on the nursery door or at the drop off point.•Use social media/your website/classroom apps to: • - introduce the programme and resources - update families on what will be coming home next - post reminders on what to do and how to have fun at home - share links to the resources on the Pori Drwy Stori website e.g. the rhyme videos - post photos of the children, letting parents see the resources in actionUse the feedback slips in the resources to start conversations with parents/carers •about what they have done and what they have enjoyed doing.

It’s time to rhyme!Say the rhymes at different times and in different place e.g. first •thing in the morning, at snack time, when heading out to play or going to brush teeth. Change the words of the rhymes to fit your topics or personalise •them e.g. ‘Five little bugs went crawling one day…’ or ‘Farmer [child’s name] had a farm…’ Incorporate the rhymes into your weekly planning and increase •learning opportunities by extending the rhymes with additional activities. In the pilot, practitioners and children: - built and painted a house out of wood (‘Adeiladu Ty Bach, Un, Dau, Tri’) - went on a visit to see a horse (‘Ji Ceffyl Bach’) – you could also look at videos - found and shared stories about bears (‘Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear’).The primary aim of the rhymes is to develop oracy skills, but •you can also make links across the curriculum e.g. link ‘Old MacDonald had a Farm’ to animals and farms, or ‘Little Miss Muffet’ to bugs.Create a display for the rhymes. Include the posters and any other •related props, pictures, books etc. You could invite the children to bring in photos of themselves using the ‘Five Little Ducks’ puppets at home to add to the display. Organise a fun rhyme event to celebrate all that the children have •learnt. Have a ‘rhyme party’ or a mini-concert where children share the rhymes with their parents/carers – get them to join in, too! Children could even dress up as characters from the rhymes!




















And all her five little ducks came back!

Five Little Ducks

(Pum Hwyaden)

Number rhymes

Rhigymau rhifWeek 1 Wythnos 1

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Action rhymes

Rhigymau gweithreduWeek 2 Wythnos 2


Turn around!


Touch the ground!


Jump up high!


Touch the sky!


Bend down low!


Touch your toes!


Turn out the light!


Say good night!

Teddy Bear,

Teddy Bear

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Animal rhymes

Rhigymau anifeiliaidWeek 3 Wythnos 3

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O,

And on that farm he had some cows, E-I-E-I-O,

With a ‘moo moo’ here and a ‘moo moo’ there,

Here a ‘moo’, there a ‘moo’, everywhere a ‘moo moo’,



And on that farm he had some sheep, E-I-E-I-O,

With a ‘baa baa’ here and a ‘baa baa’ there,

Here a ‘baa’, there a ‘baa’, everywhere a ‘baa baa’,



And on that farm he had some dogs, E-I-E-I-O,

With a ‘woof woof’ here and a ‘woof woof’ there,

Here a ‘woof’, there a ‘woof’, everywhere a ‘woof woof’,


Old MacDonald Had A Farm

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Nursery rhymes

HwiangerddiWeek 4 Wythnos 4

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,

Eating her curds and whey.

Along came a spider,

Who sat down beside her,

And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Little Miss Muffet

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Rhymes all day

Rhigymau drwy’r

dydd

Week 5 Wythnos 5

This is the way we brush our teeth,

Brush our teeth, brush our teeth.

This is the way we brush our teeth


This is the way we wash our face,

Wash our face, wash our face.

This is the way we wash our face


This is the way we comb our hair,

Comb our hair, comb our hair.

This is the way we comb our hair

On a warm and sunny morning

This Is The Way We

Brush Our Teeth

(Dyma Sut Mae Brwsio

Dannedd)

Ten little fingers, ten little toes,

Two little ears and one little nose,

Two little eyes that shine so bright,

And one little mouth,

To kiss you, good night!

Ten Little Fingers,

Ten Little Toes

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Book TalkRead the books in nursery before the children take •them home. This will help increase the children’s excitement and help them become familiar with the books. Children’s excitement can often rub off on their families! Hearing the books again and again will also help children become familiar and confident with the language.

Read the story in a special place for the first time •to make it memorable e.g. outside or under a parachute.

Place toy dinosaurs or pictures of different kinds of •weather in a basket. Let the children pick one out and match it to the correct page in the book. Use language from the books to talk about the toys with the children.

Make a video or record yourself reading the books. •Share it with families via social media. Children will love sharing it at home with their families! It will also help you model reading the books and could support increased parental engagement.

Use the books as a springboard to explore other •topics and themes e.g. dinosaurs, rabbits or the weather. Can you think of additional activities, rhymes or stories about the weather, dinosaurs or rabbits?

Find other books in your school/setting that are •linked to Funny Bunnies and Ten Little Dinosaurs. You could ask children to bring in any linked books that they have at home.

Place a copy of the books in the book corner or •around the nursery to encourage children to pick them up and ‘read’ independently. Observe the children as they become familiar with the story, rhymes and illustrations and support them to talk about and re-tell the stories on their own and to each other.

Ten Little Dinosaurs and Funny Bunnies are rhyming •books. Point out the rhyming words to the children and ask them to think of other words that rhyme. Can they think of a word that rhymes with their own name? Start by using your name as an example. You could invite parents / carers to take a photo of their child at home with a rhyming object or action e.g. Lilly being silly, Ben in his den.

Celebrate completing Book Talk with a fun session •for families – you could hold a special storytime session based on the two books.

BookTrustBookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. Each year we reach 3.4 million children across the UK with books, resources and support to get children reading.

Our work in Wales is delivered by BookTrust Cymru. Every family in Wales receives books and resources during their child’s first five years.

Visit our website to find fun ideas and resources to help you continue on your reading journey booktrust.org.uk.cymru

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