19th April 2021
Hello! My name is Diane Fleming and I was the School Librarian at Halewood Academy, which is a Secondary School … Read More
Filed under: Schools running a Readathon Tagged with: books, Hospital, librarian, library, read for fun, Readathon
14th January 2021
Just over 40 students armed with new bookmarks and swanky sponsor cards took part in the first Farnley Academy Readathon. … Read More
Filed under: Schools running a Readathon Tagged with: books, Hospital, Leeds Children's Hospital, librarian, library, Readathon, reading, reading challenge, sponsored read, students
3rd October 2019
Welcome to Annan Academy’s Book Week: The Musical! Running Readathon means our students are taking their reading to another level, … Read More
Filed under: Schools running a Readathon Tagged with: book week, books, english teacher, librarian, read for fun, read for pleasure, Readathon, reading, sponsored read
1st April 2019
At Bacon’s College, running Readathon is way for us to state publicly and explicitly that we care about reading. It … Read More
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21st January 2019
Freya aged 8 tells us how winning a visit from Tom Gates author Liz Pichon to her school has motivated her to keep reading and to start her own online book review!
Filed under: Pupils running a Readathon Tagged with: author, book review, books, librarian, library, read for fun, read for pleasure, Readathon, school, sponsored reads, summer reading challenge
12th November 2018
When we canvassed our Library regulars here at Churcher’s College in Petersfield to find out how they wanted to celebrate … Read More
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31st October 2018
I was delighted to be asked by Read For Good and Leicester-based literacy initiative Whatever it Takes to run workshops … Read More
Filed under: Friends of Readathon Tagged with: author, books, Hospital, librarian, primary school, Readathon, reading, sponsored read
5th September 2018
I always struggle when trying to start writing a blog post for someone else. After all, it’s not my blog … Read More
Filed under: Friends of Readathon Tagged with: author, books, Gloucestershire, Hospital, librarian, library, literature, primary, Readathon in Residence, reading, school, schools, sponsored read, storyteller
11th July 2018
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the … Read More
Filed under: Sponsored read Tagged with: author, books, enjoy reading, Gloucestershire, learn to read, librarian, library, literature, primary school, promote reading, read for fun, read for pleasure, reading, summer reading list, teach reading
8th February 2018
From the world’s biggest coke-mentos demonstration to the largest number of people dressed as Smurfs, mass participation events are all … Read More
Filed under: Sponsored read Tagged with: author, books, Hospital School, librarian, Librarians, primary school, Readathon, sponsored read
3rd July 2017
We are a group of 19 Literacy students at Willingdon Community School in Eastbourne who have participated in Readathon for … Read More
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5th April 2017
Spring term has always been the busiest on our calendar but this year more than ever it has been a … Read More
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