Wow, where did that first half of the term go? We hope everyone has settled into the new school year happily, particularly the new starters. After speaking to our members, we are aware that there are lots of differences in the way schools send books home for children to read. Whilst some schools are limited (more…)
After a bumpy road, we are very excited to announce that our updated and mobile friendly website is on its way! Our homepage is now live, so you have a taster of what is to come, with all other pages following shortly. We want to make it as easy as possible for all our wonderful (more…)
“And just like that the summer holidays are drawing to a close… We hope all of our members have had a wonderful time and enjoyed some much needed fun and relaxation! As we prepare to get our children ready for the new school year it’s all too easy to panic about how they will manage, (more…)
If athletes didn’t practise their skills for two months, their performance would suffer. The same is true of children who don’t read over the summer. Children and teachers work so hard throughout the school year, only to find that when they start the new school year in September, things have gone backwards. This is referred (more…)
You may have noticed that our giveaways over the years have not just been about discount codes – but about getting our preloved books rehomed to children and schools who really need them. We wanted to give you more information about what we mean when we say our preloved books so here goes….. As a (more…)
Back to School Book Boost! We are so pleased to see children back in school, and it has been lovely that many of our newer ‘lockdown’ members have decided to continue their membership as an accompaniment to their school reading. Home schooling may be over for children, but home learning and home reading is more (more…)
WORLD BOOK DAY GIVEAWAY! We are all excited by the announcement that schools will be back on the 8th March but that does mean that World Book Day on 4th March will still be a remote event. Children have become real experts at remote learning and Reading Chest has loved helping so many of them (more…)
Well who’d have thought back in March we’d now be in our third lockdown? We certainly didn’t, but it’s been really rewarding to be able to help so many children keep reading at home. The Reading Chest team has been working hard to maintain business as usual to continue regular book deliveries to all the (more…)
It has been a year like no other – certainly nothing we’ve experienced in our lifetimes at Reading Chest! As a team we are feeling nostalgic…. looking back at such a challenging year we all feel it is has been the little things that have really mattered. For us, enjoying a good book has been (more…)
We have loved taking part in Non-Fiction November this year – we’ve learnt so much! Juggling a very busy month of lockdown #2, we weren’t sure we’d find the time to read a non-fiction book everyday but we did and we can’t believe how much we’ve learnt and enjoyed it. Each of us has realised (more…)
We can’t believe we’re writing about week 3 of the Non-Fiction November Challenge – where does the time go! It’s been a busy week for us at Reading Chest with lots book swapping and exciting giveaways but the Reading Chest Team (Liz, Caroline & Jess) have continued to read a non-fiction book every day and (more…)
