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.

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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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• 31Jan2012
  Ten things Premier League Reading Stars could have done for me

  Tom Palmer did not like books when he was a boy. His mum used football to get him into reading. He is now the author of fourteen children’s football novels for Puffin Books.

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• 20Jan2012
  Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Two spring term

  "When a child in a school asks me for advice about what to do to become an author, the first thing I say is "read"...Because reading is the best way to learn how to write."

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• 10Jan2012
  Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part One spring term

  Tom blogs about not feeling angry when someone criticises something you’ve done.

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• 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.

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• 22Nov2011
  Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Six autumn term

  “I can’t tell you the name of the school in question, because it is probably the first school in the world to set up its own spy ring.”

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• 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.”

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• 13Oct2011
  Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Four autumn term

  “I never took photos because I thought writing should be all about words and description. But I’ve changed my mind on that. Now I take hundreds of photos.”

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