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Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils

Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils

Working in partnership with Cheltenham Literature Festival and local schools

Cheltenham Literature Festival has previously funded and delivered the reading groups across Gloucestershire. Working with the Head of Learning & Participation at Cheltenham Literature Festival and local schools, David Rawlings, CYP Development Officer is now the Independent Partner for the Stroud District teachers reading group.

Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils (RTRP) ignites a love of reading in teachers and children.

RTRP is a national network of teachers reading groups designed to inspire children to read for pleasure because research shows that children who read for pleasure experience high levels of well-being, engage in learning and are successful in life. 

What does RTRP involve?

Five booktalk sessions per academic year with a launch meeting on Tuesday 8th October.

Teachers receive five books free of charge.

The sessions run from 4.30pm and finish by 5.45pm

Venue: Three Storeys Cafe, Nailsworth – refreshments provided

·         Tuesday 12th November

·         Tuesday 14th January 2025

·         Tuesday 4th March

·         Tuesday 6th May

·         Tuesday 10th June

Please follow this link to register:

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Reading-Teachers-Reading-Pupils/

The book group follows the non-hierarchical approach to booktalk as laid out in Aidan Chambers’ book Tell Me: Children, Reading and Talk (2011). Teachers discuss their likes and dislikes and the puzzles and patterns within each book before exploring how they might introduce it to their class and what creative outputs, including writing, might come from it.

The main aim of the programme is to generate teachers’ enthusiasm for reading so that teachers are motivated to share this enthusiasm.

Teachers will want to join the RTRP group to:

  • increase their knowledge and love of children’s books, selected annually by an expert panel
  • share and generate teaching ideas
  • build ideas for developing their school reading community
  • join a local network of teachers
  • raise standards of reading and writing

If you have any questions or comments about this project please contact David Rawlings, Children & Young People Development Officer: david.rawlings@stroud.gov.uk