We’re thrilled to announce that five primary schools in the
UK have secured fully-funded places on our popular Reading for Pleasure
training in Swindon and Liverpool in the new school year, thanks to the Enid
Blyton Bursary. 10 runners-up also won a year’s membership of the National
Literacy Trust Network.
A teacher from one of the winning schools said:
"I want the children in my school to read for pleasure
in order to help them be empathetic in these difficult and confusing times. I
want them to see other people, other places, other times. I want them to have
that gasp of delight when a twist in the tale has caught them off guard."
We launched the bursary earlier this year, in partnership
with Enid Blyton Entertainment, to mark the 75th anniversary of Blyton’s
beloved adventure series, The Famous Five, and to celebrate her passion for
helping children discover a love of reading.
Our Reading for Pleasure training course introduces teachers
to a range of strategies to inspire their pupils to discover a love of reading.
Based on one of the strategies taught on our course, we’ve published a free
resource with Enid Blyton Entertainment, which uses an extract of a classic
Enid Blyton story to help teachers build excitement and anticipation in the
classroom.
Whilst the bursary has now closed, our Reading for Pleasure
training sessions in Swindon and Liverpool are still open for Key Stage 2
teachers.
Find out more here and email schools@literacytrust.org.uk to book your place.
Find out about our other Key Stages 2, 3 and 4 courses.