All Around Reading
Making reading real
Making reading real
Welcome
Tricia Adams and Joy Court have spent their professional lives dedicated to introducing the right book to the right child at the right moment. They are now working together as ‘All Around Reading’ and believe that reading for pleasure changes lives for the better by
- Raising attainment
- Encouraging empathy
- Increasing well being
- Enhancing life chances
Hays Education partner with thousands of schools across the UK supporting with the recruitment of temporary and permanent staff, safeguarding and safer recruitment training, and a range of free CPD and networking events for people working in the education sector at all levels. As part of our commitment to developing expertise and collaborative working, Hays Education has been a sponsor of the Coventry Literally Festival and continues to support partner schools with a range of bespoke events & free training opportunities for school staff.
Working with an extensive network of contacts throughout the education sector and publishing industry, All Around Reading will be collaborating with Hays Education to offer partner schools a range of opportunities including
- Live Literature events
- Inspiring INSET
- Keynote speaking events
- Reading based CPD with leading authors
All Around Reading will also be contributing to a new regular Literacy & Reading Blog hosted by Hays Education on a bi-monthly basis.
For more information about becoming a partner school or how to access these events please contact michelle.storer@hays.com
events
OUR BLOG
Empathy and #BlackLivesMatter
It seemed particularly pertinent that Empathy Day (June 9th) fell during a worldwide movement of protest at the unlawful killing of George Floyd and Empathy Lab’s call to action has never seemed more relevant. Empathy is our ability to understand another person and feel their emotions. It's a force for change because it makes us want to help people...
READ MORELollies Laugh Out Loud 2020 Book Awards
Add some humourous books to the reading mix in your teaching! We’re just passed the most depressing day of the year – so what better time to look at what might cheer us up - as readers. There’s nothing quite like laughing aloud, giggling or even quietly smiling as we read something ...
READ MORELet’s Talk About Non-fiction…
November is not generally a month considered worth celebrating beyond Guy Fawkes Day and after all the excitement of Halloween but in the world of children’s books and school libraries it certainly is because it is National Non-Fiction ...
READ MOREPoetry day
3rd October is National Poetry Day – but poetry shouldn’t ever just be restricted to one day, or even one week. Most people remember some poetry from their schooldays – many with affection, some with barely hidden distaste – but poetry is a vital part of life and learning. The recent research from the....
READ MOREAward, Awards, Awards – books not to be missed!
The Summer term really is the culmination of awards season in the publishing industry and every two years there is one very special announcement- the next Children’s Laureate is revealed. On July 9th Cressida Cowell took up the mantle as the 11th....
READ MORENational Share a Story Month – what can we do?
As May is the Federation of Children’s Book Groups National Share a Story Month it seems like a good idea to think about where we can share stories. Classrooms are great for story sharing – whether to a whole class, or in smaller book corners ....
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