3. Reading for Pleasure
- Encouraging reading for enjoyment;
- Supporting whole school reading approaches;
- Reading to children at least once a day and encouraging reading at home;
- Ensuring that reading and language is embedded across the curriculum and is taught in a purposeful way;
- Children are confident presenting their work and using different types of texts to achieve their goals;
- Developing teachers’ knowledge of appropriate children’s literature; and
- Developing reflective practitioners who can talk confidently about books and use this creativity in their own work.
Transforming School Reading Culture
Our Transforming School Reading Culture (TSRC) programme has been carefully curated by a team of experts to support your school in delivering quality-first teaching of vocabulary.
There are 5 sessions over the year, in which you will look at strategies to develop a reading culture within school. We support you with change management and give you fantastic tips to get every child (and adult) in your school enthused about reading. You will explore picture books, fiction chapter books, non-fiction, graphic novels and poetry and develop your understanding in how to create a buzz about books.
Our current 2024-25 cohort is underway. Please register your interest here to be considered for our 2025-26 cohort.
*Please note, only employees of state-funded schools are able to attend training.