5th January 2022
At Hyndburn Park Primary School in Accrington our Readathon week began on Monday 8th November and ended on Friday 12th … Read More
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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
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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
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16th November 2020
Wondering what it’s like to run Readathon in school? Here are a few English teachers chatting about the experience in … Read More
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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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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
19th April 2018
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, we held a 24 hour Readathon and library sleepover in the Learning … Read More
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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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