Calendar of Events
The Literacy Year
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Oscar's Book Prize

Book awards

An annual book award for the best picture book for pre-schoolers and young children. The shortlist comes out in April.

Oscar's Book Prize logo

Free

KS1, EYFS

OU Reading and Writing for Pleasure Conference

Conference or Trade Show

A one-day conference exploring the pedagogy of reading and writing for pleasure on 15th June 2024.

OURfP logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

OU/UKLA Teachers' Reading Groups

CPD course

Local groups of teachers and literacy practitioners that meet to discuss Reading for Pleasure pedagogy and practice.

OURfP logo

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

Parent Helper Training

Reading support

Training course for groups of school volunteers to help them deliver successful reading support to primary school pupils in Berkshire.

ABC to read logo

££

KS1, KS2

PENpal

Lesson plans and teaching aids

Award-winning talking pen that plays multilingual audio files and allows users to make their own audio recordings.

Mantra Lingua logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Peters

School book supplier or specialist publisher

Specialist school book supplier for EYFS, Primary and Secondary schools.

Peters logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Photos for Writing

Lesson plans and teaching aids

Explore ways to use photos and images to inspire different kinds of writing.

talk for writing logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Picture Book Club

Book club

A fully-resourced programme to enable primary schools to run a peer-led bookclub.

A peer-led book club programme for primary schools to help promote reading for pleasure.

£

KS1, KS2

Poetry by Heart Competition

Competition

A poetry recitation competition that runs from October to March , open to pupils in KS2 through to KS5 in England.

Poetry by Heart new logo 2023

Free

KS2, KS3 ...

Poetry by Heart Website

Booklists and book reviews

An online bank of poems that have been selected for their impact when they are read aloud.

Poetry by Heart logo

Free

KS2, KS3 ...

Poetry Class

Lesson plans and teaching aids

A bank of over 100 poetry lesson plans and teaching resources for all Key Stages.

Poetry Society logo

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

Poetry Prompts

Lesson plans and teaching aids

A library of short videos to encourage pupils to write and perform their own poems created by Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho.

BookTrust logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Poetry Together

Projects, programmes and workshops

Pupils in schools and care home residents come together to learn and recite poetry through the autumn term.

Poetry Together logo

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

Poets in Schools

Author events

A service that helps schools find poets to deliver bespoke in-school visits and workshops.

Poetry Society logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Potential Plus UK CPD Workshops

CPD course

Online workshops to support teachers working with high learning potential pupils.

Potential Plus UK logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Potential Plus UK Membership

CPD resource

Potential Plus UK provides an advice line, access to resources and CPD to member schools to support their work with children with high learning potential across the curriculum.

Potential Plus UK logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Power of Pictures

Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD resource, CPD course

Teaching approaches, lesson plans and author videos designed to help teachers use picture books across the primary curriculum to enhance children's reading and writing.

CLPE logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Power of Reading

Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD course

A whole-school literacy programme that uses quality children's literature and creative teaching approaches to develop a high quality literacy curriculum.

CLPE logo

££

KS1, KS2

Premier League Reading Stars

Catch-up intervention

A 10-week programme aimed primarily at pupils in Years 5 and 6 to help increase their reading progress levels and engagement with reading.

Premier League Primary Stars logo

Free

KS2

Primary Books School Book Fairs

School book fair

School Book Fair service from independent primary school book supplier Primary Books.

Primary Books logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Primary Shakespeare Special Schools Project

Projects, programmes and workshops

Bespoke, multi-sensory performance-based arts projects for children with complex disabilities and sensory impairments.

The Primary Shakespeare Company logo

£££

KS1, KS2 ...

Primary Shakespeare Storytelling

Author events, Projects, programmes and workshops

Storytelling workshops designed to bring Shakespeare to life for primary school pupils.

The Primary Shakespeare Company logo

£

KS1, KS2

Random Acts of Kindness Day

Event

Random Acts of Kindness Day is celebrated on February 17th.

logo for World Kindness Day

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

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