Getting the whole school reading Introducing the National Reading Campaign Julia Strong Director, Na

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Getting the whole school reading Introducing
the National Reading CampaignJulia
StrongDirector, National Reading CampaignDeputy
Director, National Literacy Trustwww.literacytr
ust.org.uk
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National Reading Campaignfunded by
government (England) but run by an independent
charityThe campaign encourages partnership
working between a range of sectors

• public sector education, culture, libraries
  and health
• business sector including publishers
• voluntary organisations

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The campaign is trying to promote reading
across all communities through

• providing a one-stop shop for information on
  reading
• supporting schools in building communities that
  read
• encouraging male reading role models to get men
  and
• boys reading
• supporting reading in the home

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• Reading Connects
• supports schools in building communities that
  read
• It brings together key
• reading organisations
• and schools to share
• practical ways of
• getting the whole
• school reading

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Reading Connects partners
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• Provides practical ideas on
• whole-school approaches
• getting the boys on board
• events, reading groups and
• buddying
• public library links
• family engagement
• school library
• community involvement
• primary-secondary transition

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Winning ideas include

• postcards from the gap
• speed dating
• swap boxes
• get-caught-reading events

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Reading Champions

• encourages male
• reading role models to
• get men and boys
• reading

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• Reading Champions has
• developed flexible
• frameworks to
• support men and boys
• in creating communities
• of readers
• School Reading Champions
• Prison Reading Champions
• Reading Champion Dads

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The School Reading Champions framework
involving boys in building a reading culture

• Bronze Champions stand up and declare their
  enthusiasm for reading
• Silver Champions are involved in schemes to
  encourage other boys to read
• Gold Champions make an outstanding contribution
  to the school reading culture
• www.readon.org.uk

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Winning ideas include

• reading walls
• boys own areas
• buddying
• recommended reads screensavers
• reading heroes

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The Family Reading Campaign is a strategic
partnership campaign working to ensure that the
importance of encouraging reading in the home is
integrated into the planning and activity of
all the key organisations concerned with
education, health and parenting.
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Key partner organisations include

• media the BBCs education department
• public sector organisations representing all
  stages of the education, library and health
  services
• publishers eg the World Book Day Committee
• voluntary sector reading organisations
• parent organisations
• the business sector

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Examples of how different partners will
contribute to the Family Reading Campaign

• A joint launch will be held with the BBCs family
  literacy initiative in the autumn
• Families Love Libraries will celebrate the
  family power of libraries and encourage libraries
  to listen to families and respond to their needs
• The Reading Connects partnership will produce
  best practice toolkits on how schools can support
  parents in encouraging reading in the home

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• The National Reading Campaign
• - bringing together a wide range of
  organisations to work in partnership to help
  develop a love of reading in all communities