Home Archived Quote of the week Back Quote of the week 24th July 1998, 1:00am Roy Blatchford Share Quote of the week https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/quote-week-74 Copy Link “The coal or gas ad with the cuddly picture of a father and son reading together by a warm fire does as much for reading as the literacy hour” Roy Blatchford, director of Reading is Fundamental, at a London conference celebrating the charity’s work. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Keep reading for just £1 per month You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now Read more ‘Our children are so much more than grades’ Roy Blatchford • 16th October 2018 Never forget: satisfactory won’t wash Roy Blatchford • 18th November 2011 Never forget: satisfactory won’t wash Roy Blatchford • 18th November 2011 View from here - Passion for learning in desert heat Roy Blatchford • 12th June 2009 Recent Most read Most shared VAT legal challenge claim reaches High Court News 21 December 2024 EIS to ballot over strike action in Glasgow News 20 December 2024 Former NEU leader and ex-children’s commissioner made life peers News 20 December 2024 CfE: Education Scotland proposes alternative to ‘experiences and outcomes’ News 19 December 2024 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: All you need to know News 18 December 2024 Teacher pay scales 2024-25: what will your salary look like? Analysis 11 December 2024 Stem focus should expand to Steam, MPs’ arts group says News 19 December 2024 Stigma, safeguarding and social change: toilet training in early years Teaching & Learning 19 December 2024 The behaviour crisis is an ‘us’ not a ‘school’ problem Leadership 18 December 2024
