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:

• 10Jan2012
  New year musings on the new National Curriculum

  Deputy Director, Abigail Moss shares her thoughts on the paper published by the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum Review.

  Posted by Abigail Moss | 0 Comments

• 07Dec2011
  The Euro 2012 journey begins...

  This week Tom Palmer takes a break from his blog about writing his latest book, to focus on next year’s Euro 2012 football tournament.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 05Dec2011
  Could do better: latest overview of adult literacy in the UK

  National Literacy Trust Director Jonathan Douglas discusses the findings of the new 2011 Skills for Life Survey and the challenges it presents to the literacy sector.

  Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 1 Comment

• 08Nov2011
  New political group to focus on literacy

  The new All Party Parliamentary Group for Literacy will look at issues including boys and literacy and volunteering to support literacy.

  Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments

• 07Nov2011
  Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Five autumn term

  “If characters were either completely bad or utterly good, they’d be boring. They’d be predictable.”

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 19Sep2011
  Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part One autumn term

  Puffin author Tom Palmer is back with his first blog for the new term. This weekly term-time blog focuses on the writing of his new series, The Squad, and talks about all the things it takes to write a book.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 08Sep2011
  Literacy is everybody’s business

  As we examine the factors that contributed to this summer’s riots and seek solutions, literacy support within these communities has perhaps never seemed more urgent.

  Posted by Abigail Moss | 1 Comment

• 22Jul2011
  The Jim & Jack 1 in 6 run blog

  National Literacy Trust employees Jack Sallabank and Jim Sells have decided to run 160 miles, in October, to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust. Each week we will be writing a blog to let people know how our training, fundraising and organisation

  Posted by Jim Sells | 0 Comments

• 18Jul2011
  Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Nine

  Over the next year Puffin author Tom Palmer will do a weekly term-time blog about the writing of his new series, The Squad, talking about all the things it takes to write a book. This is the final blog from Tom until the autumn term.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 11Jul2011
  Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Eight

  A National Literacy Trust blog by the Puffin author, Tom Palmer. It is aimed at schools. Over the next year Tom will do a weekly term-time blog about the writing of his new series, The Squad, talking about all the things it takes to write a book.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments