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This Safer Internet Day, Research Manager Irene Picton shares her experience of working with University College London (UCL) and young people to explore social media, literacy and...Read post about Pause before you post: social media, literacy and wellbeing -
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Our Love our Libraries Programme Manager Victoria explains tells us about the healing power of books for both children and adults.Read post about Children’s Mental Health Week: the healing power of books -
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This week is Children’s Mental Health Week, and our Young Writers Project Manager Angus Woodhams is thinking about the impact writing has had on his mental health.Read post about Children’s Mental Health Week: writing is more than just pen to paper -
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Our associate trainer, Nicola Izibili, discusses the need to refresh our thinking on the gender gap in education.Read post about Tackling the gender gap in our classrooms -
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Alison David, consumer insight director at Egmont UK, discusses some of the challenges with encouraging parents to read to infantsRead post about Reading to children is so powerful, so simple and yet so misunderstood -
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Our Love our Libraries Programme Manager Victoria shares her thoughts on the (almost) impossible task of narrowing down a choice of books for your school library.Read post about How to choose books for your school library -
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Lacking vital literacy skills puts people at extreme risk of social exclusion.Read post about Words matter: the role of literacy in combatting social exclusion -
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Our Swindon Hub Manager Anish has a background in social work. She shares her first-hand experience of how shared reading can help children who are looked after feel more secure.Read post about Helping foster families bond through books -
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Julia Clouter, Head of Education at Scanning Pens and a consultant SENCo, explains how she helped a struggling student access the joy of reading.Read post about Telling stories – how a young reader masked his difficulties in my class -
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There's a wealth of opportunities for teachers to use audio in lessons, tutor time and assemblies - we share some tips and ideas.Read post about Learning to listen: the power of audio in the classroom -
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Nick Oram works as our Young Readers Programme Project Manager by day, but by night he's an improv comedy fanatic! He tells us how he's bringing improv into libraries and...Read post about Bringing comedy into libraries and the classroom
