This CLPE project involves teachers and schools and aims to:

• raise teachers’ levels of knowledge, pleasure and confidence in children’s literature
• raise children’s pleasure and interest in books and reading
• to raise children's attainment in reading
• to broaden and deepen children’s experience of books and reading with a culturally
  rich and diverse range of books and reading material
• develop a more in-depth approach to the use of literature in the primary curriculum
• to disseminate best practice in the use of children’s literature for reading, writing and speaking and listening, using creative and innovative teaching approaches

The Project offers:

• A box of 20 specially selected core texts (10 for each teacher and 10
  for each classroom involved in the project)
• Advice on key teaching approaches for promoting enjoyment of reading and literature in the classroom
• Creative work around texts for use in the classroom
• Provision of high quality support materials on line and on CD, written by CLPE staff
• including over 100 units of work based on texts, and much more
• A launch conference with CLPE staff and author
• 4 half day inset sessions for teachers at CLPE or local centre
• An end of project conference
• Support and advice for setting up teachers’ and children’s book groups in school
• CLPE’s highly regarded book lists and relevant publications

This project is now being offered to individual schools and LEAs. For costs and dates of next project, please contact info@clpe.co.uk

Course application form
Power of Reading Project

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