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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Sports news stories:
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15Dec2010
Everton launches Sports Stories bookReading Champion, and Everton FC star, Leon Osman launched Everton FC's Sports Stories publication on 15 December.
Posted by Jim Sells
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23Nov2010
The Ashes - new free Tom Palmer resources availableTo celebrate the Ashes, 25 November 2010 - 7 January 2011, children's author Tom Palmer has written a free story for teachers to download and read to their classes.
Posted by Jim Sells
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09Nov2010
Tom Palmer competition winners...Today we can announce the winners of the Tom Palmer writing competition.
Posted by Jim Sells
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12Oct2010Tom Palmer's next blog released
Each 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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28Sep2010
Tom Palmer's next blog released
Each 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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18Jun2010World Cup fever leads to increased sales for football books
The excitement surrounding the World Cup in South Africa has seen the sales of football books increase dramatically with Liverpool and Spain striker Fernando Torres' memoir, El Niño, currently the bestselling football memoir in the UK.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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10May2010
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.
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
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13Jul2009Children want more time outdoors, poll finds
More than a third of children spend less than an hour outside each day, The Guardian reports. According to the National Trust's survey, eight out of 10 youngsters feel they spend too much time indoors, watching television or playing computer games.
Posted by Edward Mather
