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School events and opportunities

We offer lots of fully-funded events and resources that help learning professionals and schools throughout Scotland engage with our programmes

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Ongoing opportunities

Reading Schools

First Minister's Reading Challenge

Live Literature

Awards

Young Scots Writer o the Year Award 2023 (Closing date: 21 June)

March

20 March: First Minister's Reading Challenge Submissions Open

21 March: Book Discovery CLPL session – A rights-based approach using picture books

22 March: Reading Schools Roadshow online drop-in

23 March: CLPL session – Submitting an entry to the First Minister's Reading Challenge

30 March: Reading Schools CLPL session – Collecting and submitting your Reading Schools evidence online Q&A

April

19 April: Day 2 of Sharing Sensory Stories Authors Lab

25 April: Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour – Skye McKenna

26 April: CLPL session – Connecting maths with stories

27 April: First Minister's Reading Challenge Submissions Close

27 April: Reading Schools Drop in sessions

28 April: Day 2 of Sharing Sensory Stories Authors Lab (Apply by 24 March)

May

4 May: Shared practice: engaging families and communities

15-19 May: Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour –Joseph Coelho visiting Orkney, the Highlands and Western Isles

25 May: Reading Schools Drop in sessions

June – July

Sharing Sensory Stories Road Show