NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME
'Literacy development involves encouraging children to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write. Children must be given access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest.' (Revised Statutory Framework, paragraph 1.6)
OLD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME
'Children's learning and competence in communicating, speaking and listening, being read to and beginning to read and write must be supported and extended. They must be provided with opportunity and encouragement to use their skills in a range of situations and for a range of purposes, and be supported in developing the confidence and disposition to do so.' (Current Statutory Framework, paragraph 2.9)
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