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Reading Champions news stories:
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17Sep2010Get creative on Everybody Writes Day
Join the celebration of writing in schools on Thursday 21 October
Posted by Susie Musgrove
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14Sep2010New FREE football literacy resources from Reading The Game and Tom Palmer
Following the success of our World Cup resources, RTG and Tom Palmer have once again teamed up to create some fantastic resources for the domestic season.
Posted by Jim Sells
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01Sep2010Study finds that girls think they are cleverer than boys from age four
Girls think they are cleverer, more successful and harder working than boys from as young as four, a study has found.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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31Aug2010Assessments reveal 100,000 seven-year-olds are failing to master the basics of writing
Figures from the Department for Education show that tens of thousands of seven-year-olds are still struggling to master the basics in literacy.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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24Aug2010GCSE results rise for 23rd year in a row
The GCSE pass rate rose for the 23rd year in a row, in results published today for candidates in England, Northern Ireland and Wales with 98.7% of entries being awarded A* to E.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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18Aug2010Our research reveals widening gender gap in boys’ and girls’ attitudes towards reading and writing
The widening gender gap in boys’ and girls’ achievement, as shown in the recent Sats results, is supported by new National Literacy Trust research.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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03Aug2010Sats results and teacher assessment scores published
Schools Minister Nick Gibb today congratulated thousands of pupils for their hard work as provisional Key Stage 2 test results were published, as well as teacher assessment scores, for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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31Jul2010Four in 10 children fail to hit Sats targets
This year it is predicted that four in 10 children will fall short of Sats targets in the three-Rs. However, teaching unions have described the result as "flawed".
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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23Jul2010Winner of the Reading Connects and Reading Champions School of the Year competition 2009/10
Winner of Reading Connects and Reading Champions School of the Year competition 2009/10 announced.
Posted by Hannah MacLellan
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21Jul2010Over a third of children leave state primary schools in London with reading difficulties, says new report
A new report released this week by the Centre for Policy Studies states that London is suffering from an 'epidemic of illiteracy'.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
