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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Reading Champions news stories:
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10May2010Reading Connects West Midlands project - results published!
Interested in developing a whole-school reading culture? Find out how a group of schools in the West Midlands improved their pupils' attitudes to reading.
Posted by Sarah Zoysa
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06May2010Reading Champions research project - results published!
Want to run a Reading Champions project? Read this report to find out about its impact on boys from five schools in Tameside local authority.
Posted by Sarah Zoysa
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05May2010Children encouraged to find their inner ‘wild thing’
The National Literacy Trust has teamed up with the Sunday Express to launch a new and exciting story writing competition for children under 13 to celebrate the DVD release of Where The Wild Things Are.
Posted by Anna Jones
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05May2010Spinebreakers website to relaunch
Originally set up in 2007, Puffin’s Spinebreakers website provides a platform for teenagers to discuss books online.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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Download The Dads and Boys Galactic Reading Project - results published!
The aim of this project was to test the effectiveness of a project model, based on the Reading Champions project , which would involve dads in their child's reading.
Posted by Sarah Zoysa
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04May2010National Literacy Trust launches major speaking and listening survey
New survey investigating young people’s attitudes towards speaking and listening as well as more general communication skills.
Posted by Anna Jones
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30Apr2010Chris Ryan competition - certificates
Reading Champions certificates and badges related to the Chris Ryan competition will be despatched to schools by the end of next week (Friday 14th May). We apologise for any delay, this is due to the large volumes of entries that we received.
Posted by Sarah Zoysa
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29Apr2010Orange Prize Youth Panel select shortlist
The Orange Prize for Fiction Youth Panel, made up from members of Puffin’s online book community Spinebreakers, have narrowed their shortlist to six.
Posted by Volunteer
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16Apr2010National Non-Fiction Day to debut on 4 November
The Federation of Children’s Book Groups has announced the launch of an annual National Non-Fiction Day, a day dedicated to the celebration of the best information and narrative non-fiction books for children.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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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’.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
