#readingpromotion

Jan 19, 20202 min

Rooted in Reading – 5 key benefits of the blue reading passport

The second passport we produced, the blue one, was conceived as a more primary-orientated version of the original green passport. The...

Jan 12, 20202 min

Rooted in Reading: 10 things you need to know about the original green passport

1. The green passport was the first one in the series. Indeed, when I wrote it I thought it would be the only one but then when my...

Jul 27, 20185 min

Gaps – vocabulary, reading and NATE Conference

I am updating this blog, which dates from July 2018, in January 2022. The issues it highlights have been considerably exacerbated by...

Oct 13, 20175 min

The Rooted in Reading Award and student attainment

The Rooted in Reading Award passport was originally designed to be reading’s equivalent to the Duke of Edinburgh Award. The tasks are...

Joe Wicks, Functional Fluency and teacher observation

This blog was written a while back and then forgotten about. Since then Functional Fluency International has developed considerably. It...

The 15 Rooted in Reading Principles

Back in November 2010 I was invited to go down to London to lead a research seminar at the DfE on the reading for pleasure promotion...

How we became a school that reads

The following piece by Ben Wilkinson and Sonja Bredgaard was published on The Guardian's teacher blog back in 2012. Interest in reading...