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.
Schools & teaching blog posts:
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12Feb2013
Poetry’s the pill: the experiences of a spoken word educatorProfessional poet and spoken word educator Catherine Brogan explains how spoken word poetry education can strengthen students’ literacy skills, engage reluctant writers and develop student voice and emotional literacy.
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11Feb2013Buzzing about books - using talk and peer recommendation to hook pupils into reading
Schools Officer Susie Musgrove shares ideas for developing a classroom culture where talking about books is the norm.
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16Jan2013
Young people and literacy have changed their relationship status to ‘it’s complicated’Cliff Manning, Communications Director at Makewaves, discusses the impact of social media on literacy and how you can use it to your advantage.
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20Aug2012
Can teaching speaking and listening change behaviour in secondary classes?Words for Work project manager, Sally Melvin believes it can. Here she looks at feedback from secondary school students in Brighton. Their English teacher ran our project this year and wonders how this impact can be extended to other subject areas.
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16Aug2012
How to use the new football season to get your kids reading for pleasureBlog from children's author Tom Palmer to get you ready for the 2012/2013 Premier League season
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06Jun2012
Tom Palmer Euro 2012 blog, part three: Literacy begins at home
Tom Palmer provides some top tips for using the Euro 2012 tournament as a platform for reading together and talking about reading, for teachers to pass on to parents.
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25May2012
Tom Palmer Euro 2012 blog, part two: Confessions of a school-visiting author
"Reading for Pleasure = when they don’t even think they are reading". Football author Tom Palmer shares his views on reading for pleasure, with particular emphasis on using football to hook pupils in.
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14May2012
Tom Palmer Euro 2012 blog, part one: Reading Euro 2012
In the build-up to one of the biggest events on the football calendar, author Tom Palmer reviews the top Euro 2012 magazines to get children reading.
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16Apr2012Refreshing reading this summer!
Our primary adviser Judy Clark blogs on the teaching of reading in the context of recent Government policy and encourages us all to take a fresh look at approaches in our schools.
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21Feb2012Celebrating World Book Day
World Book Day is a great opportunity to stop and celebrate all of the positive things happening in libraries and literacy.
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