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Are there pupils in your school with poor literacy?
We are launching new networks and support for professionalis working in schools and early years settings. Our new and improved Schools Network will provide the latest literacy news and best practice and our Early Years Network
will provide inspiration and resources to support literacy and language development in early years settings. There is also a brand new range of resources and training available for schools, making many of our programmes available to all schools for the first time.
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Horrid Henry author to join new children’s book festival
In association with Starbucks we will be holding a nationwide children’s book festival during the upcoming half-term break. Taking place in a number of cities, the festival aims to encourage children to rediscover the joys of reading and raise funds for our work. On Tuesday, February 22, Francesca Simon, author of the popular Horrid Henry series, will give a storytelling at the Marylebone High Street Starbucks store in London. More events will be announced on our website.
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Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef is teaming up with our social marketing campaign Reading for Life and Puffin Books to engage children in a reading "adventure" with games and activities based on Roald Dahl’s classic books featuring on Little Chef kids’ menus.
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In other news...
English one of four core subjects in new slimmed down curriculum
Secretary of State Michael Gove has launched a review of what children are taught in school
We welcome release of Graham Allen MP review of "early intervention places"
Nottingham North MP Graham Allen has released the interim findings of his review of early intervention
New film highlights the challenges faced by people with stammers and communication difficulties
The King's Speech, a new film released in the United Kingdom on 7 January, explores how King George VI overcame his debilitating stammer.
Library debate rages online
A simple tweet from a Shropshire ICT lecturer musing on libraries resulted in the hashtag #savelibraries trending worldwide.
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Resources, events and inspiration |
Interview with Irfan Master, author
Irfan Master has just published his first book, A Beautiful Lie, which has just been shortlisted for Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2011. He worked at the National Literacy Trust with football clubs to inspire children and adults to read and write. In this interview Irfan talks more about his writing and the impact his upbringing had on his work. Read more
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NEW resource to motivate reading
If your pupils don’t read outside of the classroom, there is a clear impact on their achievement in reading and writing. By finding books and reading materials that interest them, you can boost the reading skills of your pupils considerably. Available for the first time to all schools, our National Young Readers' Programme resource pack shows you how to inspire your pupils to read and advises on how you and your pupils can choose books to suit their interests and abilities. Read more
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Talk for Writing training for your school
Book Talk for Writing training for your school now! Developed by Pie Corbett and covering both fiction and non-fiction writing, our training will improve pupils’ literacy skills to achieve success across the curriculum. Visit our website to read more about this and our new training opportunities or email us for more information.
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Have you ever wanted to write a book with a bestselling author?
In association with the bestselling author Richard Wiseman, Libboo.com is attempting to create the world’s first globally written novel. Thousands of people from all over the world will be taking part and you could be one of them.To take part, simply sign up to Libboo.com (it’s free). The project starts in late February 2011 and at the end the book will be published with all profits raised donated to the National Literacy Trust. Head over to www.libboo.com/experiment to learn more.
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Success story |
Supporting literacy development in the early years
Our Early Years Setting of the Year 2010 winner, Vicky Wilson from Magdalen Gates Preschool in Norwich tells us how she and her setting have worked with us to motivate local children and families love language, stories and reading.
“The National Literacy Trust Early Years Network has enabled us to evaluate our practice and make whole-setting changes to the way we support the literacy development of our children. Staff have worked really hard bringing their ideas to life and creating new resources. The National Literacy Trust's resources and information will continue to inspire us and we would wholeheartedly recommend every early years setting join the network."
For more information or to join our new network see www.literacytrust.org.uk/early_years
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Support our work |
Exclusive discount at Better World Books
To celebrate the launch of its UK website, Better World Books is offering our supporters a 10% discount on purchases of two or more books when you enter this code on the purchase page: BWB4NLT. Your purchases could also help us to win a further grant of £1,000 from Better World Books. The retailer collects and sells a wide range of books to generate funds for literacy causes such as ours, with the UK site offering over a million new and used titles, as well as free delivery. Get shopping!
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