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Supporting schools and early years settings with literacy teaching resources to help enrich your lessons linking to literacy moments and awareness days throughout the academic year.View details about Literacy teaching and school events calendar 2023-2024-2025 -
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To celebrate Earth Day in 2024, taking place on Monday 22 April, we have created classroom resources for pupils aged 4 to 14 which aim to develop key literacy skills.View details about Earth Day 2024 -
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Celebrate Comic Relief with our fun and creative literacy ideas designed to foster skills and enjoyment of reading, writing and oracy.View details about Comic Relief Hot Topic -
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Literacy teaching ideas and activities to celebrate International Women's Day 2024.View details about International Women’s Day 2024 resources and activities -
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Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with our flexible and fun Chinese New Year literacy ideas designed to foster skills and enjoyment of reading, writing and oracy.View details about Hot topic - Chinese New Year -
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Celebrate the festive period with fun literacy activitiesView details about Hot topic: winter wonderland -
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Discover poetry, stories and non-fiction texts all about fireworks and festivals, and try out some fun writing and oracy activities in the primary classroomView details about Hot topic: fireworks and festivals -
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Nursery rhymes are extremely valuable to support language and communication skills, build confidence and prepare children for reading and writing as they get older!View details about Nursery Rhymes in the Early Years -
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Developed in partnership with Poppyscotland these Remembrance Book Club resources have been designed for Curriculum for Excellence learners.View details about Remembrance Book Club resources for Scottish students -
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National Poetry Day falls on the first Thursday of October each year, and we produce new resources to help you celebrate and explore the focus theme.View details about National Poetry Day resources -
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Literacy teaching ideas and activities inspired by new beginningsView details about Hot topic: new beginnings -
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Through a visit to an iconic London venue Young City Poets inspires pupils to write poetry of their own.View details about Young City Poets (London) -
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Developed in partnership with the Royal British Legion, for 2024, we will be providing poetry workshops and supporting resources, and producing the national live assembly, to...View details about Remembrance 2024: teaching resources and activities -
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Plan your exciting literacy events and moments across the year using our printable calendar and display in your staffroom to inspire planning.View details about Primary and secondary literacy year planner 2023-24 (printable) -
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Explore recommended reads covering fiction, non-fiction, poetry and graphic novels ideal for children facing the challenge and excitement of moving up to secondary school.View details about Books for big change: transition to secondary school -
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Celebrate the Coronation in your school with literacy ideas and activities for ages 3 to 14 that help build reading, writing and oracy skills.View details about Hot topic: resources and activities for the King's Coronation -
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Our webinar series supports librarians and teachers to ensure that children have access to a library collection and reading experience is as diverse and inclusive as possibleView details about Diverse Libraries webinar recordings -
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A compilation of recent research and policy developments to support whole-school and disciplinary literacy in secondary schools.View details about Secondary School Literacy Research and Policy Guide -
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Classroom poetry writing activities inspired by The Boy Lost In The Maze by Waterstone's Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho for students aged 14-18 (KS4 - KS5)View details about The Boy Lost in the Maze: poetry writing resources for students aged 14-18 -
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The statutory framework for the early years foundation stage and the reading framework, both refer to poetry and highlight the importance of saying and learning poems in the early...View details about Poetry in the early years foundation stage