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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28th June 2021
Having just completed my GCSEs, I decided to do a week of work experience at Read for Good. It appealed … Read More
Filed under: Staff, Volunteering, Volunteers Tagged with: pupil, school, Student Volunteers, volunteering, volunteers, work experience
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
19th October 2018
What did you do last Tuesday? I co-wrote an epic legend with approximately three hundred and fifty 5-7yr olds. They … Read More
Filed under: Storytellers Tagged with: author, books, Festival, festivals, Gloucestershire, school, storyteller, storytelling
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
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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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
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20th February 2017
Hi, I’m the librarian in Wilmington Grammar School for Boys and I have been running Readathon for a number of … Read More
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31st October 2016
In Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups, I explore night, dreams, sleep and storytelling through (short) great works of literature (prose and … Read More
Filed under: Friends of Readathon Tagged with: author, books, Hospital, literature, Readathon, reading, school, schools, sponsored read, storyteller, storytelling
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
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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
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