Source Description Date

• Niace  quickreads.org.uk
  Quick Reads are perfect for adults who are new to reading, have lost the reading habit or who prefer to read shorter books. 23 Feb 2010
• DCSF - SureStart  Step in to Learning
  Step in to Learning helps you to identify and sign-post parents with language, literacy or numeracy needs to appropriate learning opportunities [Positive relationships - Supporting adults' basic skills] 23 Feb 2010
• Learndirect  learndirect.co.uk
  Learndirect provides online courses for nationally recognised qualifications, including those for English/literacy. 23 Feb 2010
• ContinYou - Positive relationships - Supporting adults' basic skills  The ContinYou Share family learning programme
  The ContinYou family learning programme, Share, is designed to offer opportunities for families who have gained the least from formal education. [Positive relationships - Supporting adults' basic skills] 24 Feb 2010
• The Reading Agency  sixbookchallenge.org.uk
  The Six Book Challenge is delivered by public libraries and adult basic skills tutors to help adults build their reading skills and confidence, with incentives and creative reading activities. 24 Feb 2010
• Teachit  teachit.co.uk
  Specialising in English, Drama and Media Studies from primary to post-16, the online Teachit library offers over 12,000 pages of classroom materials, schemes of work, lesson plans and teaching tools, all created by working teachers. 24 Feb 2010
• The Literacy Project  google.com/literacy
  Resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading and education, created in collaboration by Google, LitCam and UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning. 24 Feb 2010
• London Grid for Learning, Booktrust and Michael Rosen  Perform-a-Poem
  The e-safe site for sharing children’s poetry performances. 24 Feb 2010
• World Book Day   worldbookday.com
  World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland. 24 Feb 2010
• Kids' Lit Quiz  kidslitquiz.com
  The Kids' Lit Quiz is an annual literary quiz for teams of pupils in Years 7 and 8. 24 Feb 2010