Calendar of Events
The Literacy Year
Event
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Key Stage
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Resource Provider
NATE Annual Conference

Conference or Trade Show

NATE's Annual Conference takes place in July.

NATE logo

£

Adult

National Geographic Kids

Newspapers, magazines and comics

A general interest magazine with a focus on animals, the environment and nature.

National Geographic Kids Magazine logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

National Literacy Trust Membership

Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD resource

Access to a range of literacy teaching resources, research and training courses, depending on membership level.

NLT logo 2023

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

National Literacy Trust Primary Training

CPD course

A programme of online CPD training courses for primary schools covering all aspects of the literacy curriculum.

NLT logo 2023

£

KS1, KS2

National Literacy Trust Research

CPD resource

A library of research reports on a range of issues affecting literacy in the UK.

NLT logo 2023

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

National Literacy Trust Secondary Training

CPD course

A programme of CPD courses for secondary schools to support the development of a whole-school approach to literacy.

NLT logo 2023

£

KS3, KS4

National Non-Fiction November

Event

Celebrate the role of non-fiction as part of children's reading experience this November .

National Non-Fiction November logo

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

National Poetry Centre for Primary Schools

Lesson plans and teaching aids, Booklists and book reviews, CPD resource

An extensive bank of poems, poet videos and other resources to support the teaching of poetry in primary schools.

CLPE logo

Free

KS1, KS2

National Poetry Day

Event

National Poetry Day is a nationwide celebration of poetry that takes place on the first Thursday of October .

Logo for National Poetry Day

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

National Primary English Conference

Conference or Trade Show

The National Primary English conference focuses on a different theme each year. It is held online in February.

HFL Education logo

£

KS1, KS2

National Reading Champions Quiz

Competition

National competition to test young people's book knowledge. Register to take part in December and January.

NLT logo 2023

£

KS2, KS3

National Share-a-Story Month

Event

Celebrate the power of storytelling and story sharing through the month of May.

Logo for National Share a Story Month

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

National Storytelling Week

Event

National Storytelling Week takes place annually in January/February.

Society for Storytelling logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

National Teen Book Club

Book club

Online book club for young people aged 11-19.

Speakers for Schools logo

£

KS3, KS4 ...

National Writing Day

Event

National Writing Day is an annual event that celebrates the pleasures of creative writing. It takes place on 19th June 2024.

National Writing Day logo

Free

KS2, KS3 ...

Nero Book Awards

Book awards

The Nero Children's Book Award is a new award for an outstanding title written for children aged between 9 and 15. The shortlist is announced in December.

Logo for the new Nero Book Awards, including Nero Children's Book Award

Free

KS2, KS3

Nessy Reading & Spelling

Online learning and apps

Award-winning online literacy program for children aged 6-11.

Nessy Learning logo

£

KS1, KS2

NewsWise

CPD course, Projects, programmes and workshops

A free, cross-curricular news literacy project for KS2 pupils developed by The Guardian Foundation, the National Literacy Trust and the PSHE Association.

News Wise logo

Free

KS2

NLT Primary Conference

Conference or Trade Show

A one-day, annual in-person conference for primary teachers, senior leaders and librarians on 27th March 2025.

NLT logo 2023

£

KS1, KS2

NLT Secondary School Conference

Conference or Trade Show

One-day literacy conference on 7th July 2025 for secondary practitioners.

NLT logo 2023

£

KS3, KS4 ...

No Outsiders

Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD resource

Set up by Andrew Moffat MBE, the No Outsiders website provides resources to help teachers promote respect for diversity in their schools.

No Outsiders logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Norfolk Children's Book Centre

School book supplier or specialist publisher

Independent bookshop specialising in books for children and teachers.

Norfolk Children's Book Centre logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Oracy October

Event

Oracy October is a month-long celebration of the importance of oracy education.

Oracy October is a month-long celebration of oracy education.

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

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