183 results found for "boys"
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Research consistently shows boys’ reading lags behind girls. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Literacy’s Boys' Reading Commission was a joint venture with the National...View details about Boys’ Reading Commission (2012)
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In partnership with publisher Pan Macmillan and Enterprise Rent-a-Car, we have created exclusive, free classroom activities to accompany The Boy with Wings by Lenny Henry,...View details about The Boy With Wings: Reading for Enjoyment Activities -
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A class of Year 8 students at Carshalton Boys Sports College took part in our Alex Rider Secret Mission competition, which challenged students to write their own adventure story.View details about Alex Rider competition encourages boys to write -
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Read our review on boys and reading. It was prepared to inform the Commission’s initial discussions and guide them in their subsequent investigation and evidence ...View details about Boys' Reading 2012: A review of existing research -
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Bradford-based author, Aamnah Rahman on changing the traditional narrative taught in UK history and why it's needed.Read post about A story of a boy soldier – telling the untold narrative -
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This report explores the role that digital tools and resources can play in addressing the gender and disadvantage gap in young people’s literacy attitudes and outcomes, combining...View details about Improving the literacy skills of disadvantaged teenage boys through the use of technology -
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This report focuses on the potential differences between boys and girls in terms of their views of communication skills, their confidence in using them and the importance they place...View details about Boys, Girls and Communication: Their views, confidence and why these skills matter (2011) -
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We've published new research today which indicates comedy could play an important role in engaging children and young people, particularly boys, in reading and writing...View details about Our research shows comedy could help boost boys’ reading and writing skills -
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Classroom poetry writing activities inspired by Yoto Carnegie Medal winning title, The Boy Lost In The Maze by Joseph Coelho, for students aged 14 to 18 (KS4 - KS5).View details about The Boy Lost in the Maze: poetry writing resources for students aged 14 to 18 -
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We hosted a virtual schools event, in partnership with Canongate Books, to celebrate the film release of Matt Haig's bestselling novel A Boy Called Christmas.View details about Matt Haig hosts an exclusive school event for the film adaptation of A Boy Called Christmas -
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Girlington Primary School in Bradford ran Premier League Reading Stars during the summer term with significant impact on pupils' reading ability and attitudes.View details about Football boosts pupils' reading and writing skills at Girlington Primary School -
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This report outlines findings from our 2022 Annual Literacy Survey, exploring reading engagement in children and young people aged 5 to 18.View details about Children and young people’s reading engagement in 2022 -
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Report on children and young people's engagement with audiobooks based on our 2021 Annual Literacy ReviewView details about The role of audiobooks to engage reluctant readers and underrepresented children and young people
