Reading Champions is delivered by the NLT on behalf
of the DCSF
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The two Reading Champions schools below have devised schemes to engage the girls in reading activity. The lessons learnt helped develop the Reading Angels project
If you are currently working on a Reading Angels project and would like to tell us about it, email sarah.osborne@literacytrust.org.uk.
I think the Reading Champions idea is great and I do understand the focus on boys but at a school like Mile Oak I wanted a scheme that switched on all the children to reading. If I had just focused on the boys, I think the girls would have felt hard done by and would have been the ones who switched off. I think you can set up a scheme for all reluctant readers who need encouragement, and I have made both boys and girls into Reading Champions. We have got hold of some brilliant polo shirts sponsored by a local business that say 'Mile Oak Reading Champion' on the front. The Reading Champions will keep them and wear them as school uniform if they like. Their job is then to promote reading in the school. The Reading Champions at Mile Oak School are visible and respected by the children in the class. Many aspire to be Champions next term.
Having read the Reading Champions criteria we felt we could nominate our Year 7 and 8 boys who have taken part in shadowing the Carnegie Award and our monthly reading club. These are some of our Gifted and Talented boys and are regular readers in the Learning Resource Centre; often to be seen sitting reading and discussing books at lunchtime. As a result of making them Reading Champions, we have agreed that they will wear their badges when reading at lunchtimes. This has encouraged other pupils to ask them about books they are reading and to recommend books for them. However, we do have girls who fit this category, so we have devised a scheme called Star Reader and are making badges and certificates for them, modelling them on the Champion certificates. Our experience has shown that in this school it is not cool to read, so even good readers do not like to admit that they like reading. We think the Reading Champions and Star Readers scheme will begin to change this attitude. We have put a display of photos of our Champions and Star Readers around the school for other pupils and staff to see.
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