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    <title>National Literacy Trust All Updates</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:11:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>One child in four faces risks to their educational development</title>
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        <![CDATA[A quarter of children are living in family situations that threaten their educational development.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Literacy in unexpected places</title>
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        <![CDATA[Our Director Jonathan Douglas explains why literacy should be found in the most unexpected places from football grounds to fast food restaurants.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Young readers do not have the attention-span to appreciate Dickens</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/news/4378_young_readers_do_not_have_the_attention-span_to_appreciate_dickens</link>
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        <![CDATA[Schools Minister Nick Gibb has great expectations of Britain's 11-year-olds, singling out Charles Dickens' classic as one of the books all children should read before they leave primary school. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>1 March is World Book Day!</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/schools_network/news/4377_1_march_is_world_book_day</link>
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        <![CDATA[Get ready for World Book Day 2012]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Libraries in spotlight</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/communities/news/4376_libraries_in_spotlight</link>
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        <![CDATA[National Libraries Day marks a year of protests against library closures]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Shouting out in class 'helps pupils to learn'</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/news/4372_shouting_out_in_class_helps_pupils_to_learn</link>
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        <![CDATA[Pupils who shout out in class achieve better results than their counterparts who appear to be better behaved and quiet, suggests research.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Children's literacy skills found lacking in Wales</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/schools_network/news/4360_childrens_literacy_skills_found_lacking_in_wales</link>
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        <![CDATA[Forty per cent of pupils in Wales are entering secondary school with a reading age that is more than six months below their actual age.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ten things Premier League Reading Stars could have done for me</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4359_ten_things_premier_league_reading_stars_could_have_done_for_me</link>
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        <![CDATA[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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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Radio 2 launches short story competition for children</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/news/4361_radio_2_launches_short_story_competition_for_children</link>
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        <![CDATA[The second 500 WORDS short story competition is open to anyone in the UK aged 13 and under.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Theo Walcott joins Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall to launch Premier League Reading Stars</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/schools_network/news/4355_theo_walcott_joins_her_royal_highness_the_duchess_of_cornwall_to_launch_premier_league_reading_stars</link>
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        <![CDATA[The Premier League Reading Stars 2012 programme was launched today by The Duchess of Cornwall, Patron of the National Literacy Trust, and Arsenal forward Theo Walcott at Emirates Stadium. ]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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