Are you looking for a display to showcase a love of reading in your school? This display pack contains everything you need to recreate this display in your setting. Featuring over 200 book covers, organised by colour. All you need to do is print and trim and then you can create a stunning display that will be the talk of your school! Documents included Head Silhoutete Title Red Book Covers x2 Orange Book Covers x2 Yellow Book Covers x2 Green Book Covers x2 Blue Book Covers x2 Dark Blue Book Covers x2 Purple Book Covers x2

An assembly for KS3 and KS4 on promoting reading for pleasure. It includes facts on the benefits of reading for pleasure, quotes from famous people who credit their success to reading, a range of books recommendations and even a short video from Stormzy on why reading is so important!

A booklet filled with first chapters on amazing teen books. Aimed at KS3 to promote reading for pleasure, could be used in tutor time, English classes or for home learning.

I designed this for a whole school assembly. It is a quiz for Children versus the adults and is differentiated accordingly. It contains fun picture rounds, such as which character enjoys this food? Guess the book, what’s the film ( based on a book), multiple choice rounds and a tie breaker about the seven dwarfs. The assembly also begins with interesting facts about well known books and facts about how reading can be good for you! It ends with a beautiful poem about reading by Julia Donaldson. We had a panel of children and a panel of adults at the front and asked for help from the audience. We even invited parents and governors and it was very successful. This was used for World Book Day but could used for a range of contexts and is suitable for KS2 and 3. Answers are included.

A comprehensive booklet containing six different extracts from both fiction and non fiction texts. All have questions for students to answer alongside them. Can be used as a reading comprehension activity, homework booklet or as a reading strategy within lessons. Extracts included are below: Pole to Pole by Michael Palin The Pet The Storm Chocolate The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

A selection of books are recommended for Year7 pupils through to Year 13 to encourage their love of History and reading. For display purposes. Pupils are encouraged to add their favourite historic-based books to the list. A simple addition to your efforts of improving literacy in History.

A booklet full of short stories for your students to enjoy. The table at the front of the booklet allows students to review and rate the stories that they have read.

This is a reading for pleasure assembly best used to promote reading in your school.

This booklet it designed to encourage students to engage with Reading for Pleasure in their own way, while fostering creativity, expansive vocabulary and inference skills. Ideal for KS3, either pick which tasks you wish to complete or allow students to dictate their own learning by selecting the tasks most suited to their books.

A bumper pack of recommended reading for KS3, containing HUNDREDS of hand picked books. Well laid out for display with brief blurbs, organised by genre. INCLUDES: Recommended Reads for Year 7 - FIVE book suggestions with brief blurbs for EACH of the following genres; Adventure, Realistic Fictions, Historical, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Funny, Mystery, Horror, Biographies, Graphic Novels, Animal Stories, Sports, Romance, Popular Series, Classics, Non-Fiction. 3 book suggestions for Poetry, Short Story collections, and Gifted Readers. Recommended Reads for Year 8 - same format as above. *** Recommeded Reads for Year 9** - same format as above. Boy Reluctant Readers - 9 short books for reluctant readers, particularly aimed at boys. Short, gripping, and fast paced reads. Realistic Fiction for Girls - a guide to realistic fiction books aimed at girls. 18 books recommeded for EACH year group; Year 7, Year 8, Year 9. Realistic Fiction for Boys - a guide to realistic fiction books aimed at boys. 18 books recommeded for EACH year group; Year 7, Year 8, Year 9. 10 pages of ‘If you liked … try …’ with additional recommendations to ‘age up’ their reading. i.e If you liked How to Train your Dragon try A Darkness of Dragons. Age Up by trying Eragon. 7 pages of reccomended reads after finishing the following popular series; One of Us Is Lying, Alex Rider, Noughts and Crosses, Gone, Twilight, Divergent, The Hunger Games.

To promote reading for pleasure. Each child has a tube map with their library bar code, name and class on. They also have a tube map with “lines” to follow. Each line has a range of books to read. They also have a theme and these are different for each year group. Once the child has completed a line, you may want to reward them. Posters are included of the author and title of the book for each year group.

A booklet full to the brim with dytopian short stories for students to enjoy! This can be used during tutor/ form time reading, literacy intervention and dystopian stories studies.

A poster guide exploring how to build a RFP culture across the school.

Prioritising your own reading for pleasure may seem like the last thing on your to-do list, but did you know that reading for as little as 6 minutes a day can reduce stress levels by a whopping 68% (Lewis, 2009) As educators, we need that kind of stress-relief in our lives! These trackers are a great way to help keep you accountable to your own reading targets. Each month includes as many items to colour as days of the month. They deliberately do not have any targets set on them because only you will know what is achievable and sensible for you. As well as being a great resource for you, you can also use them with your students to help foster a love of reading. Here are some ideas to get you started: A set amount of minutes per day, e.g 6 minutes An amount of pages, e.g 10 pages a day A chapter a day Assigning a colour for how you felt each time you read Don’t forget, reading for pleasure encompasses more than books! It also includes other formats such as audio books and graphic novels. You can colour, doodle or fill the sheets however you choose. These are not intended to be an additional chore to add on to your to-do list, but a fun way to unwind and celebrate your love of reading. Let’s kick-start your reading for pleasure habit! Use these trackers personally, or to help your students in class to monitor and celebrate their reading targets. Super flexible and easy to use.

A bundle of original resources to ensure whole-school reading is a priority across the school.

A rolling powerpoint of 6 weekly reading lessons that introduce students to new vocabulary each week. Each lesson contains one piece of useful analytical vocabulary, e.g. juxtaposition and one piece of vocabulary they may come across in their GCSE texts; alongside silent reading activities.

This documents provides ideas for how to promote reading for pleasure (books AND poetry) in school, at home and beyond!

An editable “Me as a Reader” template profile is a creative, personal way to get children to reflect on what they think about themselves as a reader. The template includes: My favourite author: My favourite genre: When do I like to read? My favourite places to read: My to be read pile: My most memorable reading experience: My future reading goal: My favourite characters: How I rate reading: Hope it’s helpful! :)

12 author quotes on reading for pleasure that are perfect for displays in school. classrooms and library spaces.

Place reading at the heart of welcoming your class back to school with a range of flexible ideas and activities that begin with ice-breakers to refresh speaking and listening skills, and then introduce a range of easy-to- deliver activities plus a suggested read with discussion questions to encourage book talk and reading response. In addition to these Key Stage 2 activities you’ll find further resources for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 3 in the National Literacy Trust Resource bank on our website.