Calendar of Events
The Literacy Year
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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.

Poetry by Heart new logo 2023

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.

Poetry by Heart logo

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.

Poetry Society logo

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.

BookTrust logo

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.

Poetry Together logo

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

Poets in Schools

In-school author events

A service that helps schools find poets to deliver bespoke in-school visits and workshops.

Poetry Society logo

£

KS1, KS2 ...

Potential Plus UK CPD Workshops

CPD course

Online workshops to support teachers working with high learning potential pupils.

Potential Plus UK logo

£

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.

Potential Plus UK logo

£

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.

CLPE logo

Free

KS1, KS2

Power of Reading

CPD course, Whole-school scheme

A whole-school literacy programme that uses quality children's literature and creative teaching approaches to develop a high quality literacy curriculum.

CLPE logo

££

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.

Premier League Primary Stars logo

Free

KS2

Primary Books School Book Fairs

School book fair

School Book Fair service from independent primary school book supplier Primary Books.

Primary Books logo

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.

The Primary Shakespeare Company logo

£££

KS1, KS2 ...

Primary Shakespeare Storytelling

Projects, programmes and workshops

Storytelling workshops designed to bring Shakespeare to life for primary school pupils.

The Primary Shakespeare Company logo

£

KS1, KS2

Random Acts of Kindness Day

Event

Random Acts of Kindness Day is celebrated on February 17th.

logo for World Kindness Day

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

read&write

Accessibility and support tools

A suite of accessibility and support tools to help with reading comprehension and writing.

read&write logo

£££

KS1, KS2 ...

Readathon

Sponsored reading event

Promote reading for pleasure while raising money to provide books for children in hospital with a sponsored reading event.

Read for Good logo

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

Reader Leader

Reading support

Training and resources for a peer-to-peer reading support programme for primary and secondary schools.

Logo for The Children's Literacy Charity

££

KS1, KS2 ...

Readers to Writers

Projects, programmes and workshops

A creative writing project and competition open to primary schools in Shropshire that runs during the spring term. Schools must register by mid October to take part.

Shropshire Bookfest logo

£

KS1, KS2

Reading and Writing Scales

Planning, progression and assessment

Assessment and planning tools for reading and writing developed by CLPE in conjunction with other major literacy organisations.

CLPE logo

Free

KS1, KS2 ...

Reading Champions Challenges: Our Blue Planet

Projects, programmes and workshops

Encourage reading for pleasure with the new Reading Champions Challenge, running from early January to 28th March 2025.

NLT logo 2023

Free

KS2, KS3

Reading Fluency Project

Catch-up intervention, CPD course

An eight-week reading fluency and comprehension intervention for pupils in KS1 and KS2/3 who are failing to meet age-related expectations.

HFL Education logo

£££

KS1, KS2 ...

Reading Gladiators

Book club

Small group reading resource designed to widen reading repertoires and build reading stamina for pupils in Years 2-6.

Just Imagine logo

£

KS1, KS2

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