Reading for pleasure is key for a well-rounded education and is linked to improved academic attainment, social benefits, life skills as well as enhanced wellbeing. So how can schools create and sustain a culture of reading for pleasure. How can they build positive attitudes to reading and motivate all reads at every age and level?
Watch our expert panel “Reading for pleasure: strategies to nurture a lifelong love of reading” to learn practical strategies to create an inclusive reading culture that stretches beyond the school gates.
Jonathan Viner is the founder of 10Digits, an independent consultancy working with companies who lead the future of learning. He also publishes the Nordic EdTech News newsletter and is a regular commentator, speaker and writer on global EdTech trends.
Adam Lancaster is a multi-award winning Assistant Headteacher, literacy and reading consultant. He has previously worked in publishing and for national literacy charities coordinating numerous national events. He is current head of literacy in a secondary school in Hertfordshire.
Pamela Hanigan began her teaching career in 1997, in Salford Education Authority. She has continued her passion for teaching and education throughout this time, teaching and tutoring children from nursery age to Year 11. Based for over twenty years now, in Lancashire, her interest in supporting children with neurodiverse difficulties and particularly with the development of reading and phonics skills grew. She qualified as a Specialist Dyslexia teacher and assessor and in 2014 formed LDIGS (Lancashire Dyslexia, Information, Guidance and Support) with Rachel Gelder. The pair continue to balance their roles in their schools, together with assessing those with suspected dyslexia and supporting schools and other professionals, through training and consultancy work relating to dyslexia.
Rachel Gelder began with a successful career in the NHS, where she worked in the south of England in a variety of management, project management and contract roles, eventually specialising in Mental Health. After moving into education and working with children with a variety of additional needs, her interest and passion for supporting those with neurodiverse conditions grew. She qualified as a Specialist Dyslexia teacher and in 2014 formed Lancashire Dyslexia Information Guidance and Support (LDIGS) with Pamela Hanigan. LDIGS advises headteachers and SENCo’s with strategic direction in relation to dyslexia and the inclusive classroom, through consultancy and training.
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