Case studies

Reading Champions case studies

This page gives you access to a mixture of case studies. Some are from Reading Champions projects, others are from general projects aimed at boys or men. There are lots of great ideas within these pages, so happy browsing.

Do you have a Reading Champions case study? If so email readingchampions@literacytrust.org.uk

Early Years case studies:

• Download Case study - Rhyme day at Gill Blowers Nursery School

  Children became recording artists for the day as part of their Every Child a Talker (ECaT) project.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Setting of the Year 2009

  Coleridge Children's Centre explain how practitioners engage children and their parents and carers in fun activities and review their success in reaching the wider community.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Airedale’s Wiggly Bookworm group

  Airedale's Bookworm group has helped parents and carers support their children’s literacy and provided opportunities to have fun together.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - The Whipps Cross Storyboard

  Just Learning Nursery had the fantastic idea of turning the nursery garden fence into a storyboard to engage children at story time.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - It’s Magic at the Museum!

  Kate Noble, from the Education Department at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge explains their work with early years settings.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Rhymes for Reading

  Sandra Williamson, Senior Librarian (Early Years and Bookstart) in Wolverhampton, explains how she challenged the early years children in her area to learn 10 nursery rhymes.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Story cupboard

  The Acorn School explains how a special reading area has been created in the nursery classroom.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Baby Story Group

  Babies often surprise their parents with their interest and excitement, as Paul Holtham, the learning leader at Sunbeam Children’s Centre, explains.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - 1000th Early Reading Connects Member

  Sally Rivlin, Children’s Centre manager, explains how a community partnership approach ensures Bayswater children get the best possible support and lays out their plans to use Early Reading Connects.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Northamptonshire Portage Service

  The Portage Service in Northamptonshire promotes the love of books with pre-school children who have additional needs.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins