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Media releases
Parents and families medias:
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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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26May2010New research reveals more young people own a mobile phone than a book
National Literacy Trust launches new campaign this Family Week Story Time.
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08Mar2010National Literacy Trust announces involvement in new campaign to boost children’s communication skills
As a member of The Communications Trust consortium the National Literacy Trust will help to deliver a year-long campaign to focus on developing children’s communications skills in 2011.
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20Nov200951,000 families converted to reading thanks to Great Family Escapes
The National Literacy Trust is publishing today (20 November 2009) a review of Reading for Life initiative Great Family Escapes, a pilot project funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
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13Nov2009Innovative support for parents recognised by National Literacy Trust
Coleridge Children’s Centre in Rotherham has been awarded the prestigious title of the ‘Early Reading Connects Setting of the Year 2009’ by the National Literacy Trust for their ongoing commitment to motivating local children and families to love language
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17Aug2009New paper calls for early years communication strategies in local authorities
Guidance paper published by Talk To Your Baby now freely available.
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15May2009New summer holiday reading campaign to target families
Funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Great Escapes aims to change attitudes to reading and to ensure engagement with reading doesn’t tail off over the long summer break.
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13May2009Children's Centre wins prize for commitment to language and literacy
As the 1000th early years setting to join the Early Reading Connects initiative, Bayswater Children’s Centre has won £250-worth of free reading materials.
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12May2009Extreme reading in Tamworth
People passing by Two Gates Primary field will be treated to an unusual sight tomorrow (13 May 2009). Children and their families from Two Gates Primary in Tamworth will spend the afternoon camping in the local field and telling tales.
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21Apr2009Bestselling author James Patterson debates how to get boys into reading
Yesterday at the London Book Fair, international bestseller James Patterson and director of the National Literacy Trust (NLT), Jonathan Douglas, discussed how to get reluctant boys reading and tackle the gulf between boys’ and girls’ literacy levels.
