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.
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.
£
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.
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.
££
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.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Peters
School book supplier or specialist publisher
Specialist school book supplier for EYFS, Primary and Secondary schools.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Photos for Writing
Lesson plans and teaching aids
Explore ways to use photos and images to inspire different kinds of writing.
Free
KS1, KS2
Picture Book Club
Book club
A fully-resourced programme to enable primary schools to run a peer-led bookclub.
£
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Poets in Schools
Author events
A service that helps schools find poets to deliver bespoke in-school visits and workshops.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Potential Plus UK CPD Workshops
CPD course
Online workshops to support teachers working with high learning potential pupils.
£
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.
£
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.
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.
££
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.
Free
KS2
Primary Books School Book Fairs
School book fair
School Book Fair service from independent primary school book supplier Primary Books.
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.
£££
KS1, KS2 ...
Primary Shakespeare Storytelling
Author events, Projects, programmes and workshops
Storytelling workshops designed to bring Shakespeare to life for primary school pupils.
£
KS1, KS2
Random Acts of Kindness Day
Event
Random Acts of Kindness Day is celebrated on February 17th.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...