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.
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07Mar2013
Mind the Gap: Helping schools to collaborate in an autonomous ageChanges in policy since the Coalition Government came to power have seen significant shifts in the education sector. Our Schools Manager, Julie Gibbings discusses in her blog the impact of greater autonomy for schools and how we are responding with our ne
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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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07Feb2013A U-Turn, Confusing Names and Consultations: All in a day’s work for education policy
Our Schools Manager Julie Gibbings explores Gove's education policy announcements.
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16Jan2013
Local Government’s Role in Education: the way forward in 2013Emily McCoy, our Literacy Action Hub Programme Manager, explores the local authority's role in supporting literacy.
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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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03Aug2012Will the Olympic Games inspire a nation of readers?
Jonathan Douglas, our Director, explores how the Olympic Games is creating a new cohort of role models and inspiring children to read.
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02Jul2012
Boys' reading in 2012In a guest blog, Gavin Barwell, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Literacy Group and the Commission on Boys' Reading, explains why addressing the gender gap is so important (taken from his foreword to the Commission's report).
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