Research shows that reading for pleasure is more important to a child's educational achievement than their family's wealth or social class. But how to inspire children to get into reading for fun? Having a couple of nice books in the book corner won't necessarily cut it, especially if your students' parents/carers don't have a reading habit. So, here are some ideas which will help you to encourage all your students to become lifelong readers and turn your school into a reading school.
Borrowing books from Resources for Learning is a cost-effective way of ensuring that your pupils have access to a wealth of up to date and relevant materials suitable for all ages and abilities in numbers that mean it is possible to use with the whole class.
· Advice for parents
Children aged 3 – 7 http://teachers.theguardian.com/teacher-resources/14593/?CMP=edi_44
· Children aged 8 – 11 http://teachers.theguardian.com/teacher-resources/14594/?CMP=edi_44
· BBC Reading for pleasure
· Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
· Discover Children’s Story Centre
· DFE – Research evidence on reading for pleasure
· Lovereading4schools
· Pearson
· Scottish Book Trust
· The National Literacy Trust
· The National Literacy Trust provides a list of annual celebrations of reading and, where available, approximate dates of when they take place each year and websites to visit for more information.
· The Guardian Children’s Book Site
· The Guardian’s Book Doctor
· The Reading Agency
· UKLA
