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National Year of Reading
This site explains what the National Year of Reading is about and how to get involved. It also contains a resource centre for teachers, parents, councils, communities, individuals, businesses and sections on art & media and special needs.
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The National Literacy Trust
An excellent site containing information on the National Year of Reading, Reading is Fundamental (RIF), special events/conferences taking place this year, NLT publications, national update - government policy and initiatives, literacy organisations, plus a database containing over 2000 summaries of literacy related initiatives and research.
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The Reading and Language Information Centre
Contains details about the centre at Reading University, conferences, staff, publications, courses, research undertaken at the university and membership details.
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National Centre for Research in Children's Literature
Provides introductory information about the centre and the following: book reviews, web-sites and conferences all related to children’s literature, details of places which offer graduate studies in children’s literature, publications and a list of places which hold collections of children’s literature.
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Department for Education and Employment (DfEE)
As well as offering information for those seeking jobs and employers, this site contains information for parents and schools, with a link to information on The National Year of Reading and how this initiative fits in with the government’s drive to raise standards. Access this via the “Information on Equal Opportunities” link.
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Virtual Teachers Centre
This useful site offers five different links: Reception - gives an introduction to what the VTC is; Library - contains links to the UK Education Departments and other government-funded bodies, giving access to information ranging from government policy documents through to practical advice on the use of ICT in the classroom; Meeting Room - enables you to exchange ideas and ask questions of others; Classroom Resources - contains a range of web-based materials designed to support teaching and learning across the school curriculum; Professional Development - provides a range of resources and links to support continuing professional development and to help teachers enhance their use of ICT in the school curriculum.
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BBC Education - Read and Write Together
This site is really intended for parents who want to play a part in helping their child’s literacy development, but teachers may find it useful to browse through in order to offer advice to parents. Contains sections on reading and writing, offers suggestions for activities which teachers may use in the classroom, and links to other useful sites as well as the BBC main education web-site.
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British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
Provides an introduction to BECTA, the projects they are involved in and their latest press releases. Also gives details of resources including CD-ROM reviews and access to several BECTA publications on-line. General information on ICT in education and the National Grid for Learning, and a list of IT support providers also provided.
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Basic Skills Agency
This site contains information on how the Agency is involved in projects dealing with the teaching of literacy at primary and secondary level, as well as adult and family literacy. It contains information about various research undertaken - for example boys’ literacy achievements, and gives you the opportunity to subscribe to BT’s CampusWorld which has reading and writing activities. It also provides a link to the Agency’s Resource Centre where you can access a list of the Agency’s publications.
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The Institute of Education
As well as general information about the Institute for students, the IoE website contains information on forthcoming conferences, press releases, research and resources for teaching. It also gives details about the Institute’s teaching centres and units such as the Literacy Assessment and Research Centre and INSET department.
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National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)
Contains the NASEN’s latest press releases, membership details, SENCO’s newsletter, Governor’s newsletter, publications, links to other special education sites, development policies as well as the Association’s responses to government consultation papers.
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The AILA Scientific Commission on Literacy
Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective, the AILA Scientific Commission on Literacy aims to explore the contribution that language-oriented research interacting with other fields, such as social theory, can make to to open up new understandings of literacy.
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Blackwell’s Online Bookshop
This site tells you the many services the online bookshop offers and enables you to browse, search and order books. The bookshop’s online magazine Reading Matters is also up for perusal. Also offered is free registration with the bookshop which entitles you to benefits such as regular new books listings, a personalised note book with access to your own events diary, order history and profile.
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Scholastic Educational Books
This site has details of all Scholastic's educational books, including teachers' resources and titles specially designed to help you work with the literacy hour. You'll also find information on their school book fairs, book clubs (including The Red House, a specialist childrens book club) and their magazines (including Child Education and Junior Education).
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Norman Silver
Norman Silver is the author of such children's classics as The Blue Horse, and No Tigers in Africa. This is his own website, which not only has details of all his books, but also invites you to join in some on-line poetry writing and other fun.
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Neil Ardley
The award-winning author of science and music books (How Things Work, Eyewitness Guide to Music, 101 Great Science Experiments) offers you signed copies of his titles (with a message of your choice!) There's a quiz and a free gift too. As Neil says, 'For education that's fun, information that's easy on the eye, and science experiments that are simple to do, just click here!'
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Puffin Books
A superb site aimed at children. Explore the Puffin house and find book extracts, author information, competitions and jokes. The library page is for teachers and carries a helpline, a teachers' bulletin and lots of other useful information.
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Benjamin Zephaniah
On this website you'll find articles and features by the dub poet Benjamin Zephaniah, and also examples of his poetry (which you can hear him reading if you have Netscape 3.0 with shockwave plug-in and a 28.8 modem or greater - there are clear instructions to follow on how to do this!). Oneworld, which hosts this site, is a global justice organisation - their main site (http://www.oneworld.org) is worth a look round for information on the environment and global development.
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OKUK bookshop
A specialist online childrens' bookshop, 'the home of British children's books'. Features book reviews written by children, and also a search screen that allows you to create your own book gallery for the age-range and subject of your choice.
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Readathon
Readathon is a charity that raises money for children's cancer research and the Roald Dahl foundation, but encourages children to read more books at the same time. Click on their information page to find out how you can set up a Readathon for your school.
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