This planning and evaluation toolkit is aligned with How Good is Our School? (4th edition), and is designed to allow those taking part in FMRC to:
This resource is aimed at children with additional support needs who want to have fun with books. By adding interesting playful activities and sensory elements to reading aloud, we can help children engage with and understand stories. Activities include:
This resource is full of activity ideas to use with just about any fiction text in a primary setting. The activities will help your pupils get to grips with concepts such as plot, character and setting, and also provide opportunities for them to share their opinions about what they've read.
This resource by Rachel Latimer, English teacher at Portobello High School, will provide great activity ideas that will help your pupils to enjoy the books they are reading and gain a deeper understanding of the text.
You can pick and choose which activities suit you and your pupils best, or use the resource in its entirety.
This list of 100 Places to Start your Reading Journey, with reviews and additional recommendations, is great for children of primary school age who are looking for their next read. An electronic version of this list is available here.
Use this certificate to reward children who have reached their own reading goals or made progress.
Our blog is full of ideas about building a reading culture and encouraging young people to read for pleasure, with case studies from participants, book suggestions and more!
When you're building a reading culture, it can be hard to know where to start – there are so many different directions you could go in, and you might need to balance your ideas with the amount of time or resources you have available.
As primary and secondary schools, libraries and community groups everywhere get ready for World Book Day on 5 March, we wanted to share some ideas to help you have your best reading celebration yet. Just one day of celebrating books and reading didn't feel like enough f