Thursday 20th September 2012 at Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA
10.30am -4.00pm
Chatterbooks is a UK wide network of reading groups for children, coordinated by The Reading Agency.
Its aim is to encourage a love and enjoyment of reading through fun and creative activities; child-centred and child-led. With Jacqueline Wilson as the patron, and authors and publishers supporting the scheme, Chatterbooks is a great tool for libraries and schools in their targeted literacy work to get children hooked on reading.
This is a training day for library staff, teachers, and other education and literacy staff, to build skills and knowledge, and get guidance and ideas, for planning and running Chatterbooks groups.
Participants in this training will
• gain a good knowledge of the Chatterbooks programme and how libraries and schools can use it to inspire children's reading for pleasure and support their targeted work with young readers
• consider useful partnerships for delivering Chatterbooks - eg with schools, and with publishers
• learn about the support available from the Chatterbooks network, resources and materials
• shape their own local plans for using Chatterbooks, and measuring its impact
• share and learn a range of tips and ideas for session planning & management, and for session activities
Trainers: Tricia Kings & Lynne Taylor, Programme Managers, The Reading Agency
Cost: £195 (£175 for each subsequent person from the same organisation/authority) per person, including lunch/tea & coffee
For more information or to book a place for the course please contact [log in to unmask] - by Thursday 13th September
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