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  • A young child is sat at a table, looking at an ipad, with classmates in the background

    The power of reading in schools

    How teachers can encourage reading for pleasure in the classroom

    When reading is fun it encourages real engagement, but the sad fact is not all children find it easy. For some children, reading is a challenge – which is why it is important for schools and families to support them to read for pleasure.

    Building on her recent blog on 'What superpowers can reading for pleasure give me?', The Reading Agency’s Creative Director, Debbie Hicks, shares some practical tips to encourage reading for pleasure in your school.

     

  • A young boy is sat next to an older man, looking at work together

    What superpowers will reading for pleasure give me?

    Reading for pleasure has lifelong benefits for all ages – children especially. As such, it sits at the heart of The Reading Agency’s mission and vision. Here Creative Director, Debbie Hicks, looks at the statistics behind those benefits, and discusses why reading for pleasure is so important.

  • Why reading for pleasure could be more powerful than you think

    If somebody told you that a child’s love of comics, or fascination with fairy-stories, had the power to change society for the better, would you think they were telling tall tales? In fact, the life-changing potential of reading for pleasure is no fiction.

  • Primary Update - End of term special

    Welcome to our special end of term Primary Update. Here we take a look at Bug Club Phonics DfE revalidation, newly revised Power Maths Reception resources and our free downloadable Summer Fun Activities pack. We also see what the DfE’s new Early Reading Framework document means for you and explore the key challenges and priorities of almost 3,000 teachers. 

  • Bug Club Phonics and DfE SSP Validation

    On 1 April, the DfE released updated essential core criteria for systematic synthetic phonics (SPP) programmes and announced that they were launching a validation process closing in March 2022. 

  • Latest update for Primary Educators

    In this month's news we announce our new Share a Read campaign, look forward to our Maths Festival, explore Development Support for early years, look at the research around Key Primary Challenges and Priorities and introduce a new CPD course about Primary History and Geography.

     

  • What does #DiversityinLit look like?

    The conversation around #DiversityinLit is expanding – and, as the world’s learning company, we’re committed to engaging in positive changes at every level. In this latest post from our #DiversityinLit series, we ask what truly diverse literature looks like – and explore specialist perspectives on how publishers, schools, settings and teachers can best achieve lit-based diversity for learners.

     

  • The Show Must Go On: The writers representing fairground culture for young readers

    Our fairgrounds have brightened up British life for centuries. The newest title for the Bug Club reading series, The Show Must Go On, shines a rare spotlight on the travelling Showman community, with an engaging tale about a family defending their yard from incoming developers.

    The book’s authors – Michelle Russell, whose family spans several generations within the Showman community, and Richard O’Neill, a Traditional Travelling person who has created a number of authentic and positively representative books about the community – discuss their hopes and inspirations.