Royal Mail Awards and A Curriculum for Excellence

Being a young judge will be an exciting and inspiring experience which aims to do the following:

• Encourage reading for enjoyment
• Discover and explore the best of contemporary Scottish writing for children
• Encourage children and young people to talk about books, and write about them
• Offer experience of the democratic process
• Fulfills the four capacities of A Curriculum for Excellence, and is aligned to the draft literacy and English experiences and outcomes - click here to download the document that shows you how
• Judging the early years category as a paired reading scheme - lesson plans from North Ayrshire Council 

Some nice quotes about what children, young people, their teachers and librarians have got out of taking part in the awards:

"I've learned that books are interesting and I enjoy reading them now."
North Ayrshire primary school pupil

"Chill [winner of 8-11 category of 2007 awards] has changed my mind about reading."
P6 pupil at St Brigid's Primary School, Glasgow

"Taking part in the Royal Mail Awards has been quite simply the best possible experience to open up the excitement and joy of reading to my pupils. Books and reading are now much more a part of their world."
Mrs Black, P7 teacher, St Peter's Primary School, West Dunbartonshire

"We feel part of a bigger plan to get children enthusiastic to read and enjoy books."
Joan Sanderson, Duns Library, Scottish Borders

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