Summer Reading Challenge

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Summer Reading Challenge

• Last year, 690,000 children in UK took part in
  Team Read 2008
• 400,200 children (58) read 6 or more books
• 2.8 million library books were read during the
  summer

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2008 Challenge in Libraries

• 96 of UK libraries involved in 2008 challenge,
  through 4,000 libraries
• 17.6 million childrens materials borrowed over
  10 weeks (10 more than in 2007)
• 47,000 children became new library members to
  take part

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Challenge 2009 Quest Seekers
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How the Challenge works

• Children join free at their local library
• Receive moving image record/ membership card and
  fold-out poster to get them started
• As they read over the summer, children collect
  stickers and novelty incentives at the library
  when they visit to borrow new books
• Completing the Challenge is reading six library
  books.
• Materials for Visually Impaired Children available

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Incentives

• Libraries choose from
• Bookmark
• Magic pen
• Dragon model
• Fridge magnet
• Puzzle

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Rewards for completing the challenge

• Certificate
• Medal
• Can be given out at school

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Before the Challenge

• Information to schools
• Visits from library staff
• Invitations for children
• Noticeboard information poster

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Staffroom / notice-board posteravailable as A4
download
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After the Challenge

• Use this wall chart with post-it notes to record
  childrens responses to the books theyve read
• Children write title and author on post-it and
  choose where to stick it!
• Creates lots of reading ideas to share in class
  or book group

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Beyond Quest Seekers

• For 11-12 year olds (transition children between
  primary and secondary school)
• Packed with book-sharing ideas and suggested
  reads
• Encourages new students into library use at
  secondary school

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Booked up version

• There will be two versions of this booklet
  available the standard version and the Booked
  Up version.
• The Booked Up version is aimed at English
  authorities because it will carry additional
  pages containing information about the books in
  the 2009 Booked Up initiative. This is the DCSF
  funded book gifting initiative run by Book Trust,
  which gives a book to each child starting
  secondary school in September 2009. Children
  choose a book from 13 titles in the Booked Up
  collection
• Further information www.bookedup.org.uk

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Quest Seekers Activities

• Libraries run events and workshops for children
  and families
• Extra activities to encourage reading
  creativity
• Website for games, quizzes, author blogs,
  messages and reading advice. Site live from mid
  June.
• www.questseekers.org.uk

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Why do the Challenge?

• Keeps children reading during the holidays
• Children read more books, and read more widely
• Children feel they are better readers as a result
  
• Children enjoy taking part and want to take part
  in the next Challenge
• Involves families and the community in reading
  activities.

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Literacy co-ordinators say

• Children taking part in the challenge
• have a more enthusiastic attitude
• maintain their reading age/ level for the Autumn
  term
• are more settled and ready to learn
• have enhanced confidence and self esteem through
  doing the Challenge and receiving certificate and
  medals
• NEW impact research for 2009
• The Reading Agency is working with UKLA to
  look at impact of Challenge on childrens
  reading. The methodology used will be the APP
  (Assessing Pupil Progress) framework in sample
  authorities

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Parents say

• . Our boys didn't have to be asked to read.
  They just did it, looking forward to their medal
  and certificate
• Team Read was fab. It also got me back into
  using the library - something I haven't done
  regularly for years!  
• My daughter feels like an Olympic
• champion with her medal. My son is
  determined to finish his sixth book.and hes
  dyslexic. Fantastic, easy, well-designed scheme
  

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Children say

• I even had a Team Read sleepover where my
  friends brought their books and we all read. Mum
  says we were unusually quiet!
• I thought the scheme was very very good. It made
  me read more books in the holidays and I got a
  medal to take to school.
• This website is great it has encouraged me to
  read more.
• Before I did Team Read I never read anything so
  mum and dad said Hannah you must read 3 books so
  I joined Team Read and it made me read more.