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Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Free books for children and adults are to be handed out at food banks during the festive period, thanks to a partnership between Booktrust and The Trussell Trust food bank network.

Figures show wider gap in attainment for five-year-olds with SEN

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A more detailed breakdown of the EYFS Profile statistics, published today, shows that the gap has widened between children with special educational needs and their peers.

MPs back charity's literacy vision

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| Nursery World

The National Literacy Forum has secured cross-party commitment for its campaign for a more literate nation.

MP named as patron of books' scheme for children in care

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Alan Johnson MP is the new patron for children’s book reading club Letterbox.

Big picture: Bench marks

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Fifty unique 'BookBenches' designed by well-known artists and illustrators and inspired by books, including children's classics Peter Pan, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Lauren Child's Clarice Bean stories, have raised more than £250,000 at auction for the National Literacy Trust.

England football star in bid to get more children reading

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| Nursery World

At the start of the World Cup, England midfielder Frank Lampard has teamed up with the National Literacy Trust to encourage children to take ‘reading selfies’.

Rise in number of poor children 'behind in reading' at seven

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged children who are behind in the 'three Rs' at the age of seven already have their life chances determined, according to Save the Children.

The Big Picture - Time to get wiggling

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

Pebbles Children's Centre in Basingstoke hosted the launch of the Giant Wiggle, a sponsored conga campaign in aid of Action for Children based on best-selling children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Malorie Blackman named as Children's Laureate

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Malorie Blackman, who has won many awards for writing books for teenagers, is the new Children's Laureate.

The Big Picture - Worlds of the imagination

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The National Gallery is holding the Imaginary Worlds Family Festival during half term.

Booktrust campaign to raise 2m to get 12,000 disadvantaged children reading

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The charity Booktrust has launched a new fundraising drive to help the UK's most vulnerable children through the power of stories and reading.

The Big Picture: Early language skills in action

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

The minister for children and families, Edward Timpson MP, visited Stonegrove Children's Centre in Edgware, Barnet to celebrate the progress made by children and their families through the Early Language Development Programme (ELDP).

Nearly half of all six-year-olds fail phonics reading check

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Just under six out of ten six-year-olds met the standard required by the new phonics reading check, the results of the first year of the test show.

Teachers call for end to 'pointless' reading check for six-year-olds

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Monday, September 3, 2012

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten Year 1 teachers in primary schools believe that the phonics check for six-year-olds should be scrapped, according to a survey by teaching unions.

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

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Monday, July 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Male reading volunteers in schools and parenting programmes that focus on fathers are among the recommendations of a major report into how to tackle the gap between boys and girls in reading.

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Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

Figures show wider gap in attainment for five-year-olds with SEN

MPs back charity's literacy vision

MP named as patron of books' scheme for children in care

Big picture: Bench marks

England football star in bid to get more children reading

Rise in number of poor children 'behind in reading' at seven

The Big Picture - Time to get wiggling

Malorie Blackman named as Children's Laureate

The Big Picture - Worlds of the imagination

Booktrust campaign to raise 2m to get 12,000 disadvantaged children reading

The Big Picture: Early language skills in action

Nearly half of all six-year-olds fail phonics reading check

Teachers call for end to 'pointless' reading check for six-year-olds

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

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