Blogs

Our blogs are written by various NLT staff on a wide range of literacy issues. We welcome your ideas and feedback, so please add your comments.

If you have any suggestions for blog topics that you would like to see our staff discuss please email us.

Reading The Game blog posts:

• 21Jan2011
  Removing Barriers to Literacy

  Ofsted's latest report has highlighted important mechanisms for ensuring success in literacy

  Posted by George Dugdale | 0 Comments

• 17Dec2010
  National Literacy Trust response to Radio 4's Today programme story on literacy results in schools

  Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove appeared on the Today programme talking about the most recent Key Stage 2 results for literacy. Here's the National Literacy Trust's response to the story.

  Posted by George Dugdale | 0 Comments

• 28Jun2010
  Tom Palmer's World Cup journey 11

  Tom discusses how Sunday's result will affect his writing. And who he will be supporting now...

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 3 Comments

• 25Jun2010
  Tom Palmer's World Cup journey 10

  Tom reports on how a school in Portsmouth is supplementing ideas from the World Cup Toolkit

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 22Jun2010
  Tom Palmer's World Cup journey 9

  Tom goes to Fratton Park, home of Portsmouth FC (which has a brilliant education programme led by the brilliant Clare Martin). Here he meets a school where half of Key Stage 2 are reading his daily story!

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 21Jun2010
  Tom Palmer's World Cup journey 8

  Tom revs up for visiting 3,000 children this week and tells us about his Father's Day visit to Bowness. And worries about how England's poor form (current poor form) might affect his story.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 16Jun2010
  Tom Palmer's World Cup journey 6

  Tom tells visits his group of young writers from Essex and tells us about a school using the PLRS Challenge in the World Cup.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 16Jun2010
  Tom Palmer's World Cup journey 7

  Tom tells us how a school in Portsmouth is using local celebrities and World Cup ideas to enthuse its pupils.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 15Jun2010
  Kids distracted by the World Cup? Time to join them says Jim Sells

  Jim tells us how to turn a love of football into a love of reading.

  Posted by Jim Sells | 1 Comment

• 14Jun2010
  Tom Palmer's World Cup journey 5

  Tom's manages to run a World Cup BBQ for small people and some successful library sessions.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 1 Comment