Examples of Practice: Reading for Pleasure Pedagogy

Our Innovative Selection

Developing Book Talk

Books Oscars Come To Town!

The Bookling Book Award

Reading for Pleasure in the ‘New Normal’

Let’s Love the Library… Inside Out

‘Let’s Love Reading Everywhere’

Recommendations for Well-being

Developing the role of Reading Ambassadors

Building the Blocks to Book Talk

Developing Talk and Share

Peer Recommendation Bookmarks

Online Bedtime Stories

Reading Role Models

Reading with LARRY!

Drop Everything and Read

Building a Reading for Pleasure culture across school

Unlock your treasure and read for pleasure!

The not so reluctant readers

Book Club and Biscuits

Beyond the Bookshelf

Talking about Books

Roman Civilization and Reading

Pupil Recommendations Shelf

Book Clubs at Home

To Read for Good

Technology and reading amidst a pandemic

Andoversford Primary School – Book Talk

Story Time is Cosy Time

Let’s get Reading!

Chatter Books

RfP conversations in Secondary English

Embedding Opportunities for Book-Talk within the Secondary English Classroom

The Dolphin School is alive with the sound of Book Chat!

Opening the Dialogue to Enable Recommending Readers

Growing a Genre

Book Buzz – Books, Biscuits, Blether

The Poet Tree project

Babble of the Books

Whole-Schooled in Reading Matters

Reading Throughout the Pandemic

Inspired to Read

Reading Aloud: Unlocking Texts for All Learners

Cosy Reading

Tell me in Story-Time

Online Library Booktalk

Reading Aloud: A whole school approach

Beyond the Book Corner

Book Talk for the Virtual World

That’s our book!

The Reading Cinema

Pupil Voice and Reading Environments

Let’s Play Traction Man outside

Book Babble and Branching Out

Empowering Pupils!

Weaving the RfP thread through Whole School Practice

Recommended Reading Lists for Reading Aloud

Grandma’s Snug: Community Hub

Tales with tails – RfP and dogs

Reading time in the relaxation garden

A Culture of RfP

Whole School Advent Poe-Tree

Reading for now and forever

Child-led Read Aloud Assemblies

Using Interactive Books to Encourage Reluctant Readers

Bringing Back Story Time

Book Bites

Draw a picture- share a story

Reading Raffles, Journals and Champions

Big up your book!

The Pen Pal Project

And The Winner Is….

Poem of the Day

Chatter Books

Making time to just read

Reading for pleasure in the Time of Covid

After school Fighting Fantasy adventures

Who owns reading aloud?

Battle of the Books!

Chatterbooks in ITE

Close your eyes…Listen…Talk…Draw

Reading Golden Time

Countdown to summer

Social and quiet reading times

More Valuable Practice

Developing Reading for Pleasure through Social Reading Environments

Loving Our ‘Little Friends’ Library

Reading Zone: Under Construction

Library Variety

Book Recommendations On-line

Engaging our children to read for pleasure

Adventure corner

Reading aloud into authentic discussion & poetry

Building Book Chat

Recommend, read, review, represent!

Book Crates

The Library Project

Little readers that turned into big readers.

Punctuation with Personality

Cwtch with a bedtime book

We’re going on a book hunt

Book Buzz in Blackpool

Everybody’s Talking About Books

Reading throughout the Pandemic

Reading without ties

Engaging In Reading

Everywhere Bear

Book Buzz: Books, Biscuits, Blether

How do you know what you like?

Ready, Steady, Read

Every Day Is A Good Day To Read A Book

Developing a Reading Culture

More than just reading the words!

Reading journeys and choices

Informal Book Talk

Everyone is a Reader

“Just one more chapter, please!”

Talk, Talk, Talk!

Snuggle Up With a Good Book

Who needs a cloakroom?

Story Bags and Book Corners

Reading Aloud with Enjoyment and Confidence

Inspire Family Learning: Early Years Music Makers Course

Bookmarks for Book talk

Book and Tell

Reading for pleasure

Spreading The Reading Love

Creating a Book Buzz at Ark Academy

Informal Reading Environments

Developing a RfP Culture

Developing Reading for Pleasure in Year 1 Through Reading Environments

Children Choose!

Creating a Reading School

Dragging a fossil into the Digital Age! (or using technology to continue Book Talk during lockdown)

Developing Independent Readers

Developing a Culture of Reading for Pleasure in Year 2

A Reading for Pleasure Book Club

THE INSPIRING IGLOO

Can you get Sixth Formers to Read?

Giving Children Ownership in Reading

Peareswood Poetry People

Authors out loud

Rate and Review

Telling it Together with Story Sacks

Two strategies to promote reading for pleasure in the primary classroom

The Benefit of Mixed Aged Reading Buddies

Reading aloud to create meaningful bonds

Enhancement of story recall and engagement through use of drawing

The Evolving Reading Diary

The Potential of A Good Read

Read for the Stars

Book Buzz

Doorways of Imagined Possibilities

“It was soooo fun” – a reading and writing project

Get Caught Reading Raffle

B&B – Biscuit and Blanket Time

Lunchtime transition reading

Stories and hot chocolate

Spontaneous book blether

Archived Examples of Practice

Enticing children to read

Reading for Pleasure Pedagogies, an inspiration

Interactive reading display

When is it story time?

Developing Social Reading Environments

Reading All Around

Book Menu

Raising the profile of Reading for Pleasure

Let’s unwrap a book!

Reader of the Week

Becoming a Lifetime Reader

Reading Buddies

Reading Recommendations

Reading Space Matters

A Coram Beanstalk After School Book Club

‘More than just words’

Building reader autonomy

The SWCHS Book Mark Challenge

Opening the RfP Treasure Chest

Shirley’s Library

Extending book talk through teacher modelling

The Power of Puppets & Performance

Cosy and Ready to Read

The Pleasure of Rhythm and Rhyming

The Secret Book Club

I’m Listening!!! The pleasure of Reading Aloud

Fiction and Poetry

Book Corner on a Budget

Creating a Social Reading Environment

Start a Trend: Read and Recommend!

First, the Corner. Next, the World!

Reading Dream Team

Bookflix and chill

Book Speed Dating

Role models reading aloud

We love book talk!

Reading Under the Christmas Poe-Tree!

Recommend to a Friend Display

The Will influences the Skill

Can we draw yet?

Our Little Pop-Up Book Hut

Reading Together

RfP at Levenshulme high school

Perform that poetry!

Year 7 Book Group

Tell us a story

Reading Aloud Across the School

Book Chatter

Book Sharing is Caring

Reading to Each Other

Motivating groups of readers!

Child-led book recommendation

Promoting Reading for Pleasure

Bringing Reading to Life

Read, Rave, Recommend

Book ‘Tasting’

Bringing Stories to Life

Read aloud in year 1

Just How Marvellous Is George’s Marvellous Medicine?

Talk about Texts

Inspiring a love of poetry

Inspiring booktalk by sharing my writing

Reading Aloud Across School

Overheard in Cherry Class

Reading without limits

Red Carpet Reading

Creating a Book Island

“Miss, what book should I read?”

Reading Gladiators

Making reading accessible

Encouraging Discussion and Recommendations

Superhero Readers

Working with a group- Reading aloud

There’s no beating hot seating!

Reading in pairs

Books as play: enthuse me to read

Informal book talk and reciprocal reading

Desert Island books