Literacy news
Literacy news covers the latest news from the media and other sources, as well as updates on NLT activity. The most recent headlines are listed below and you can browse archived news by moving through the page numbers at the bottom of the page.
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05Oct2010Secretary of State for Education sets out the Government's plans to reform schools
At the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education set out his plans for the schools system
Posted by George Dugdale
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04Oct2010Take part in a new research project and get a free report on your pupils
Want to better understand your pupils' attitudes towards literacy? The National Literacy Trust is launching a new research project and is looking for schools to take part.
Posted by Fiona Lewis
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28Sep2010
Tom Palmer's next blog releasedEach week football writer Tom tells us about what he is delivering, and what he is learning, related to football and literacy around the country.
Posted by Jim Sells
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21Sep2010Tom Palmer's Foul Play blog
Tom Palmer (author of Puffin’s Foul Play and Football Academy books) will be writing a weekly blog during the time his National Literacy Trust competition is running this autumn.
Posted by Jim Sells
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08Sep2010
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall visits National Literacy Trust project to celebrate International Literacy DayToday, in recognition of International Literacy Day, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall is visiting an inspirational National Literacy Trust project in Wiltshire where she will read an extract from Hairy Maclary.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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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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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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12Aug2010Government to ban use of phrase “Every Child Matters”
The ban on the use of the phrase ‘Every Child Matters’ in the new Government prompts fears of a shift in policy for children and young people.
Posted by Farah Pasha
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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
