Create a reading culture: get your school reading

Learning type: Classroom activity

Category: Get inspired, Reading culture

Programme: Authors Live, Bookbug Picture Book Prize, Book Week Scotland, First Ministers Reading Challenge, Live Literature, Read Write Count, Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour, Scottish Teenage Book Prize

Language: English

Age group: 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, 15-18

This resource is full of ideas and support to help you to create a vibrant reading culture in your school. The activities are suitable for pupils aged 5–16. The resource has been split into eight sections to help you identify and target key aspects of creating a reading culture in your school. The sections are:

Regular reading
School environment
Reading role models
Events and celebrations
Links to curriculum
Creating social networks
Involving families
Involving communities

You do not need to use all the activities and ideas in this resource, select what is most relevant for your setting and school priorities.

As part of this resource, we have included our Use books and reading to support recovery 2021–22 booklet. All schools in Scotland received a hard copy of this booklet in August 2021. It contains all the information you need about our learning programmes, and how they can support you and your learners.

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