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17Sep2010Join the Minister for Schools and other key figures to debate literacy at the political party conferences
The National Literacy Trust is holding a fringe debate event at each political party conference this autumn.
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15Sep2010School libraries are too often a wasted resource
School Library Commission announces key findings and recommendations in new report.
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13Sep2010National Literacy Trust and Puffin launch free football resources and competition to kick off new football season
The National Literacy Trust and Tom Palmer, author of the Foul Play football series, have teamed up again to develop free literacy resources for teachers and literacy professionals to celebrate the start of the new football season.
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25Aug2010Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall to visit National Literacy Trust project in celebration of International Literacy Day
On International Literacy Day (8 September), Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall will visit an inspirational National Literacy Trust project in Wiltshire where she will read an extract from a children's book.
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28Jun2010Young people learn tricks of the trade from local businesses
Innovative National Literacy Trust project celebrates successful pilot.
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01Jun2010Children three times more likely to say ‘reading is boring’ if not encouraged by mum
Findings from new National Literacy Trust research published tomorrow (Wednesday 2 June) show that family encouragement to read has an enormous impact on children and young people’s attitudes towards reading and their reading test scores.
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01Jun2010Starbucks and Walker Books support National Literacy Trust campaign with free books
To celebrate the launch of the National Literacy Trust’s new Tell Me a Story campaign, Starbucks is giving its Starbucks Card customers the opportunity to win prizes for themselves and their local primary school.
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21Apr2010
Get your World Cup (tool)kit on in time for the big kick-offNational Literacy Trust and children’s author Tom Palmer launch free football-inspired literacy resource.
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14Apr2010
New research reveals a third of boys struggle to find books that interest themA new study by the National Literacy Trust* of 17,089 pupils aged from eight to 16 has revealed that almost one-third (32.3%) of boys agree with the statement ‘I can’t find anything to read that interests me’.
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18Mar2010
