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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Schools & teaching news stories:
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08Sep2011
Have your pupils got The ComiX Factor?The National Literacy Trust has teamed up with literacy resource providers Renaissance Learning to bring schools The ComiX Factor, an exciting new competition for the autumn term, based on the theme of comics.
Posted by Sam Brookes
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07Sep2011'Dragonese Day' to launch on 6 October
Take part in Dragonese Day and raise funds for the National Literacy Trust.
Posted by Fiona Lewis
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22Aug2011The Reads and the Read-Nots
New National Literacy Trust research* of 18,141 children reveals a polarised nation of young readers with 1 in 6 reporting that they don’t read a single book in a month, while 1 in 10 say they read more than 10 books in a month.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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18Aug2011A-level pass rate rises for 29th year in a row
Hundreds of young people across the country are celebrating today as the overall A-level pass rate rose for the 29th year in a row, with 97.8 per cent of A-level entries receiving at least an E - up from 97.6 per cent last summer.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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15Aug2011Kick off the new term with our football resources
The English football season opened this week. If you think your pupils will start the new term more interested in football than reading, find out more about our Premier League Reading Stars project.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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15Aug2011Love Rugby: Love Reading – download our free World Cup toolkit
The Rugby World Cup kicks off in New Zealand at the start of the new term.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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01Aug2011Study shows pupils’ reading difficulties often go unnoticed
Researchers from York University have warned that secondary school pupils may have reading difficulties that remain unidentified.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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01Aug2011Study shows pupils’ reading difficulties often go unnoticed
Researchers from York University have warned that secondary school pupils may have reading difficulties that remain unidentified.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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28Jul2011Headteacher claims some children don’t know their own name on BBC Radio 4 Today programme
On the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme today (28 July 2011) Neil Wilson, executive headteacher of a group of schools in South Manchester said that some children entering the education system in the UK do not even know their own name.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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27Jul2011Booker Judge expresses concern for young readers in age of information
Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5 and Man Booker Prize Judge, said she was concerned that school pupils were missing out on the pleasure of reading books as technology increasingly dominates their lives.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
