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Reading is a creative activity as a number of researchers have pointed out. Holden, in Creative Reading (2004) makes the case that...

Kirk Hallam Community, Technology and Sports College, Derbyshire has embraced Rooted in Reading as a central plank of its whole school...

My ex-colleague, @JaninLincoln first came up with the idea of the Question Fan about 3 years ago. She put together a set of question...

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The National Curriculum for KS3 English states that students should All pupils must be encouraged to read widely across both fiction and...

Interest in reading usually drops off once children go to secondary school. The Rooted in Reading scheme is helping reverse that trend....

I will need to be very wary while writing this post as any failing in spelling, punctuation or grammar will be seized upon by readers and...

Here is a suggested plan to help schools set up and embed the reading promotion project, Rooted in Reading. Define Decide on target year...

I realise that readers may be stumbling upon Rooted in Reading on line without knowing much about it and thought therefore it might help...

Here is a detailed report on the introduction of the Rooted in Reading passports and the impact they had in a large comprehensive school...

Nottinghamshire- based performance poet, Louise Ashley was so inspired by the ideas behind Rooted in Reading that she wrote the following...

The title of this blog is taken from a tweet sent to me by @LadyPerinbridge regarding how to make the best use of the Rooted in Reading...

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...

Here is a link to the secondary Rooted in Reading film, featuring me (thankfully briefly), teachers, students, Michael Rosen and Morris...

Here is a short video that will tell you about the reading for pleasure promotion project, Rooted in Reading. It features me (the worst...

On 4 April our research report into the effectiveness of the Rooted in Reading passport project in developing reading for pleasure was...

Some commercial reading promotion projects incorporate detailed record keeping systems that allow schools to monitor the amount of...

Cultural Engagement Passport Back in June, at the Lincolnshire Headteachers’ Conference, we launched our new Cultural Engagement...

Initially I didn’t really want to write a separate reading passport for teachers but following discussions with staff at Bishop...