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Spring into Reading: How to Celebrate the Start of Spring with Your Child
March 21, 2025
Spring is a season of renewal, growth, and fresh beginnings. As flowers bloom and days grow longer, it’s the perfect time to refresh your child’s reading routine and celebrate the joy of books. By integrating seasonal themes into storytelling and...
Celebrating World Book Day: Making Reading Fun for Kids
March 6, 2025
World Book Day is a special event that celebrates the magic of books and storytelling. Held annually on the first Thursday of March in the UK, it encourages children to develop a lifelong love of reading. By making reading fun...
Reading Chest is Back!
October 16, 2024
We’re thrilled to announce that Reading Chest is now open for business again, and we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes to make sure it’s better than ever! With a brand new website design, we can’t wait to start...
How to Keep the Momentum Going During the Summer Term!
April 15, 2024
The summer term is notoriously chaotic – sports day, summer productions and assessments, you name it, it's crammed in! So, we thought we’d compile our list of top tips to help your little ones continue to enjoy their reading at...
Settling into a New School Year
September 15, 2023
Lots of our members have been in touch to discuss how best to navigate this transitional period. Some schools seem to be sending books home straight away, whilst others are not, and the confusion surrounding book bands and phonics is...
World Book Day – Reading for Pleasure!
March 1, 2023
We want to spread the word about why World Book Day is SO important! Most of us are familiar with the costume rigmarole every year - but at the very heart of this day is reading for pleasure. Reading schemes...
What A Fantastic Idea!
January 27, 2023
As part of National Storytelling Week, residents of Cavell Court Care Home in Norwich have created videos retelling classic children's stories like Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and The Three Little Pigs. These stories are...
Schools Not Sending Physical Books Home?
October 21, 2022
The first school half term has flown by! Routines are established, teachers and children are getting familiar with each other, and focused learning is taking place. An exciting milestone for many new school starters is taking home their first reading...
Get “Reading Fit”!
August 10, 2022
It's not too late to help your children get "reading fit" this summer and start the new school year off strong in September. Research shows that children who don’t read over the summer can lose significant knowledge and start the...
Summer Holidays Here We Come…
July 19, 2022
Having now seen the true impact of covid on our children's learning, encouraging a love of reading has never been more important, and the summer holidays are the perfect time! Children and teachers work so hard throughout the school year,...
Children’s Reading Hit Hard After Pandemic
May 4, 2022
We are starting to see the real impact of the pandemic on children's learning. Research by Juniper Education reports that children who are currently in Year 3 (Year 1 in 2019) have suffered the biggest drops in attainment during the...