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            Don’t miss out on all the latest insights and reading for pleasure strategies from the Squad! 
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            Let’s talk about it: Reading for Pleasure and book talk

            Let’s talk about it: Reading for Pleasure and book talk

            Keen readers give themselves daily lessons in life. Through reading, they imagine and experience other worlds, develop empathy for others’<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW81393770...

            7 min

            The Reading Framework 2023: A summary

            The Reading Framework 2023: A summary

            Are you keen to better understand the 2023 Reading Framework? Looking to make sure your reading provision is up to scratch? Here we’ll talk you through the framework, its contents and guidance, giving you the confidence to take it forward into your...

            9 min

            Storytime in the Classroom: Engaging the most reluctant readers

            Storytime in the Classroom: Engaging the most reluctant readers

            Engaging reluctant readers is a difficult task as a teacher, especially with other curriculum priorities. Storytime, though, can really inspire the...

            5 min

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            Reading for pleasure in action

            Get inspired by the teachers putting reading for pleasure into practice in their classrooms.

            "Developing a reading for pleasure culture within school is the most important thing we can do as leaders and practitioners. Books should be at the heart of everything, alongside social reading spaces that nurture and help develop a love of reading. Investing in your reading for pleasure culture strengthens not just your immediate school community but the wider community too."

            Fern Pithers, Assistant Headteacher, EYFS and KS1 Lead, English Lead, Year 2 Teacher, Warren Primary Academy. Warren Primary Academy was joint winner of the Whole School Award, 2023.

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