Literacy

Released today, the biggest annual study into British children’s reading habits, What Kids Are Reading has revealed that the most popular book for secondary school children is Girl Online by vlogger Zoe Sugg aka Zoella. The report reflects the impact of social media on children’s book choices, with Zoella’s 10 …

The Prince’s Trust has launched a new programme designed to support young people who are at risk of underachieving at school or college to engage with and succeed in education. The Prince’s Trust Achieve programme is a flexible provision for 13-19 year olds who are experiencing challenges with attendance, attainment …

As tablets and laptops creep ever more into our homes, schools and workplaces, Cambridge University Press are teaming up with National Stationery Week and SATIPS to launch a handwriting competition proving that the stylus and the tablet can live side by side with pen and paper. The competition, which runs …

Educational Software Company, 2Simple, are teaming up with children’s author, Jonny Zucker to run their first ever Serial Mash Writers Competition for users of the online library. With the chance of winning prizes, the competition starts by asking children to read the first chapter of two new KS2 Serial Mash …

Children aged 5-11 have been invited by children’s e-book publisher, Fiction Express for Schools to enter a short story competition in celebration of the company’s fourth birthday.   The competition, launched on 1st May in association with Primary Times, will run until 7th June. The children are required to write …

A Birmingham year 7 has landed a dream family holiday worth £600 after winning a regional literacy skills competition for schools. Kirsty Duggins, age 12, of Smith’s Wood Sports College, Solihull, came out on top in a public vote on the website of competition organisers Everywhere Travel  for her dream …

Eight excited Year 7s from schools across Birmingham and Solihull are vying for a dream family holiday prize worth £600 after winning through to a regional competition final. But they need your help – because a public vote will now decide which pupil will be whisking their loved ones away …

Gone are the days when teachers would book out a double lesson each term to show students the movie of the book. A new English e-Library developed by Cambridge University Press for AQA brings literary authors and non-fiction texts to life in the classroom through audio clips, video and interactive …

How can teachers best use film as a text to improve literacy?   What are the benefits of filmmaking for young people and how can it be incorporated simply and practically into teaching and learning?  Educators across the UK can now expand their skills by taking part in an innovative and …

Thanks to a £1m grant from The JJ Charitable Trust, The National Literacy Trust has today announced the launch of brand new school improvement programmes which take a revolutionary whole-school approach, aiming to improve secondary school attainment by changing school culture and embedding literacy throughout the curriculum. The National Literacy …