National Literacy Trust
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We empower people with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life.
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Transforming lives by getting children and families reading. Retweets are not endorsements. We're usually online Mon-Fri between 8.30am-4.30pm.
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Author of Varjak Paw, The Outlaw Varjak Paw, Phoenix - and now TYGER! I also write about children's books & all things connected to them.
Alex Quigley
Education, education, education. Books: https://t.co/7oueIHJvjh Website: https://t.co/vmSe6Ar1dA
Pie Corbett
Poet, storyteller and educational consultant.
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Award-winning charity transforming lives through literacy. #PowerofReading Transformational Training • Trusted Resources • Rooted in Research
We are proud to have been working with National Literacy Trust for many years on new & innovative projects - long may this continue. Thank you Aniefiok 'Neef' Ekpoudom for taking the time to visit Staffordshire Libraries in HMP Swinfen Hall & deliver such a brilliant writing session. Thank you SusanS
'Who does not remember that transition from Primary to Secondary school? The excitement, the worries, the emotions…' Sita Brahmachari
#GetIslingtonReading used reading for pleasure as a tool for transition, providing inspiration and stability.
Blog 👉 literacytrust.org.uk/blog/reading-a…
Teach pupils aged 6 - 9?
Join us for #RefugeeWeek with Mark Arrigo and Steven Chatteron (Quarto Kids) - the writers behind Adnan, the story of a refugee boy’s attempts to heal his mother’s mental health issues.
📅 Thursday 20 June, 10am
Sign up: literacytrust.org.uk/events/refugee…
Thanks Korky Paul for a wonderful library opening St. Francis CE Primary School Oxford
So that’s 20 new libraries in Oxfordshire Primary Schools now thanks to Oxford University Press Oxford Children's Books and National Literacy Trust 👏🏽❤️📚💪🏽
#RaiseAReaderOxfordshire #LibrariesForPrimaries
oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24277992.…
Alert for schools and others! Join our founder Miranda McKearney OBE at National Literacy Trust's Diverse Libraries webinar with Sharna Jackson & Dr Nazneen Ahmed Pathak 💫
We'll explore the magical connection between reading and empathy, and how to harness the power of #EmpathyDay
➡️literacytrust.org.uk/events/diverse…
The ability to communicate well can change your life. Join an inspiring line-up at our flagship Secondary Conference to explore how those skills can be cultivated and inspired in the classroom, to better improve students' academic and later life chances: literacytrust.org.uk/training-and-w…
300 primary schools across the UK will get new libraries, thanks to a £1.8million partnership with the Foyle Foundation for #LibrariesForPrimaries .
Our mission is to ensure every primary school has a library by 2028, impacting 750,000 children.
More ⤵️ literacytrust.org.uk/news/the-foyle…
1 in 3 Islington children who didn't enjoy reading in 2020 started to do so a year later, thanks to #GetIslingtonReading .
Attitudes about literacy were transformed, with three times more young people reading to improve their future prospects.
Read more: literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi…
Islington has low literacy and high socio-economic disadvantage.
But #GetIslingtonReading shows that collaborative working between schools, libraries and the community can change outcomes even when national reading enjoyment is falling.
More: literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi…
Very happy to be part of this - such a great way to prepare for #EmpathyDay ! Hope to see you there. With thanks to National Literacy Trust PuffinBooks
Over three years #GetIslingtonReading has transformed young people’s reading experiences with The Reading Agency and Islington Libraries.
More children and young people:
✅Enjoy and feel confident about reading
✅Visit libraries
✅Read for empowerment
Read more: literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi…
For our next Diverse Libraries webinar on reading and empathy we will be joined by Martin Galway, Miranda McKearney OBE, Sharna Jackson, and Dr Nazneen Ahmed Pathak!
PuffinBooks.
Find out more: literacytrust.org.uk/events/diverse…
Library content is the best content😍.
We're working hard to ensure that every primary school child has access to a library with trained staff and stocked with diverse, good quality books. #LibrariesForPrimaries
Find out more: librariesforprimaries.org.uk
Excited to reveal that we’ll be joined by the legendary Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 for #RefugeeWeek !🤩
Pupils will explore the theme of 'Our Home' through poetry, watch Michael perform live, and discover top tips for their own creative writing.
Sign up: literacytrust.org.uk/events/refugee…
Excitement at St Francis CE Primary School, Oxford this week on the opening of their new reading library as part of our #RaiseAReader programme with National Literacy Trust. Winnie & Wilbur illustrator Korky Paul was there to cut the ribbon and celebrate with a special reading event!
