Schools shout about why they love Readathon!
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
Why we love to read – Three Year nine students from Holly Lodge Girls College tell us why they read along with over 20 000 children in the Liverpool Readathon last week!
13th October 2017
To read or not to read? Asked what we like to do in our spare time and it will range … Read More
The Kids of Readalot – sounds like a great novel – but actually they’re a band of brothers who love to read so much they’re doing our BIG HOLIDAY READ! PLUS they’ve shared their brilliant blog with us!
2nd August 2017
Hello everyone! It’s the start of the second week of our summer holidays and we wanted to tell you about … Read More
Willingdon Community School students let their imaginations run riot to raise money for Readathon and to celebrate books!
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
Shhhh, we have made it to to the end of term! Readathon Social Media Co-ordinator, Jo, reflects on a busy term at Readathon HQ.
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
A Book is a Book (In praise of the Argos Catalogue) Former Readathon employee turned author Debbie Young is inspired by unusual World Book Day choices!
8th March 2017
Wacky fancy dress costumes quickly go viral on World Book Day, and this year a boy dressed as the Argos … Read More
Listen up teachers! Our resident part-time primary teacher Lucy has come up with some inspiring ideas on how to make Readathon lighten your load!
10th October 2016
I’m a part time primary teacher and I spend a couple of days a week working at Readathon, which is … Read More
Such a “positive way to promote literacy” – The Study School, New Malden tell us about their first ever Readathon
26th September 2016
Today was a very exciting day for the whole of KS2 at our school. After enjoying ourselves the day before … Read More
Helen Cooper, Librarian, King Henry VIII School celebrates a hushed Library full of Y7 pupils with their eyes glued to the pages of a book
10th February 2016
So we’re a week in to our month-long Readathon and things seem to be going well for Year 7. There’s … Read More
The gauntlet is thrown down at King Henry VIII School. War and Peace – who will finish first: school librarian or 2 year 7 boys…?
3rd February 2016
Our Readathon starts tomorrow and today I’m meeting the last Year 7 class in the Library to hand out their … Read More