News

Welcome to the Young Readers Programme news section. Here you can find all the latest news on the project.  You can also seach news items using the box above.

Reading Champions news stories:

• 14Apr2010
  Rubbing Shoulders with WWE Superstars

  Winners of the 2010 WrestleMania Reading Challenge competition jet off to Phoenix to attend the Reading Challenge quiz, meet some WWE Superstars and see WrestleMania live.

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• 09Apr2010
  SATs tests limit children’s education, says teachers' leader

  Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, has said national tests for 10 and 11-year-olds, formerly known as SATs, contravene the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

  Posted by Anna Jones

• 07Apr2010
  Key education reforms lost as Bill pushed through Parliament

  The Government has been forced into droping a number of planned reforms to schools in order to secure the passage through Parliament of the Children, Schools and Families Bill.

  Posted by George Dugdale

• 30Mar2010
  Reading unpopular pastime for young people, new research reveals

  New National Literacy Trust findings from a major study of 17,089 pupils from 112 schools reveal that only half (50.6%) of young people enjoy reading very much or quite a lot.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 29Mar2010
  The Premier League Reading Stars Challenge

  Order your free Premier League Reading Stars Challenge toolkit today!

  Posted by Sarah Zoysa

• 24Mar2010
  FILMCLUB project has positive impact on literacy

  Research by FILMCLUB, a DCSF (Department for Children, Schools and Families) initiative that supports schools to run free film clubs, shows that there are educational and social benefits to watching, discussing and reviewing a broad range of films.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 23Feb2010
  Chris Ryan Operation Read competition

  The Chris Ryan Operation Read competition is still open, but will close on Friday, March 19th.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• 08Jan2010
  National Storytelling Week 2010

  National Storytelling Week 2010 runs from 30th January to 6th February. Free schools packs are available from the website.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• 19Nov2009
  New writing competition - Right Words 2009

  Right Words 2009 is a competition for students from around Britain which challenges them to produce a piece of writing inspired by the issue of Child Soldiers.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• 19Nov2009
  WWE Superstars touch down in Solihull!

  With just days left before the WWE WrestleMania Reading Challenge closing date, Superstar wrestlers MVP and Gail Kim visited Alcott Hall Primary School in Solihull to speak to pupils about the importance of reading. The school was selected for the visit a

  Posted by Nick Batty