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
Reluctant readers case studies:
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Download Case study - Only Boys Allowed
Boys-only reading clubs have been inspiring reluctant readers in the primary schools of the South Wales valleys.
Posted by Susie Musgrove
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Download Case study - Reading with the big boys
Brewood CofE Middle School in Stafford develop innovative Reading Champions buddying project where Year 8 boys support primary pupils.
Posted by Susie Musgrove
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Download Case study - Premier League Challenge
Football is used to incentivise students to read for fun at Lodge Park Technology College, Northamptonshire.
Posted by Susie Musgrove
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Download Case study - Reading Champions School of the Year 2009/10 is Ambleside Primary School!
Ambleside Primary School, Nottingham, were the deserved winners of the Reading Champions School of the Year competition 2009/10. Find out why they have won this award!
Posted by Sarah Zoysa
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Download Case study - We are the Reading Champions!
Strategies to get the boys reading using Reading Champions in a Birmingham secondary school.
Posted by Nick Batty
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Download Case study - Goooaal!
Spring Lane Primary School link sport and a quiz for their own Question of Sport quiz event. Tags: whole-staff engagement, pupils' attitudes to reading, reading events
Posted by Hannah MacLellan
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Download Case study - English for real men
By using ‘boy-friendly’ reading material, male role models, and the allure of food, Hornsea School was able to run a fantastically successful reading group involving the lads and their dads.
Posted by Nick Batty
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Download Case study - The taste of success
Former ‘Reading Champions School of the Year’ winner, Lewannick CP School in Cornwall, tell us what they did to make their Reading Champions project so special.
Posted by Nick Batty
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Download Case study - Superstar reading at Felsted
Lawrence Garside, Headteacher at Felsted Primary School, Essex, tells us how they’ve used community volunteers, staff and pupils from the local secondary school to encourage their Reading Champions to fly through the framework.
Posted by Nick Batty
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Download Case study - A reading club for boys of all ages
Boys reading project in Essex
Posted by Nick Batty
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