Shakespeare Day is coming up - and we’ve made it easy for teachers.
Our Hot Topic supports pupils aged 4 to 14 and includes a booklist of modern-day adaptations, oracy and debate ideas, and cross-curricular activities.
Download here: https://loom.ly/jb7Uqrs
Photo of a child holding open a book in a school library and reading
❓What’s one versatile tool that can support comprehension, vocabulary, critical literacy and reading engagement?
Comics are a rich resource to help meet key attainment targets of the primary curriculum.
Explore evidence‑based strategies at The Big Picture CPD (KS 1–2): https://loom.ly/uizl8oE
Build a library that champions your community 📚
Join our Inclusive Libraries webinars to develop your confidence in creating inclusive reading experiences for children with vision impairment, D/deafness or learning disabilities.
Book your free place here: https://loom.ly/VKT5mAE
#SchoolLibrary
We're proud to have
@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social
closing today - with a reminder of the powerful history of storytelling. #EWM26
📚 Look out for more early years CPD - our summer term offer for #NationalYearOfReading2026 is now live: literacytrust.org.uk/about-us/nat...
"Reading in the early years is not neutral." 👏
@lizpemtbnm.bsky.social, from The Black Nursery Manager, is here with practical strategies to ensure anti-racist pedagogy sits within - not outside of - early reading practice.
#EWM26
Today as we host #EWM26, the government published guidance on screen time for 0-5s.
Find out how we support families & practitioners with early language and literacy development and the benefits of shared reading and storytelling on the developing brain.
literacytrust.org.uk/early-words-...
How does shared reading impact children's brains? 🧠
@profsamwass.bsky.social joins us at #EWM26 to compare book-based and screen-based experiences
It’s today! We’re in London for #EWM26
We’ll discover new strategies for cultivating a love of reading in the early years.
💭 Not joining us today? Take a look at our guidance for supporting early reading: literacytrust.org.uk/resources/su...
#GoAllIn2026
Over 250 education practitioners joined us for #PrimCon26, a day packed with strategies to enhance reading culture in all its forms.
These brilliant notes from speaker @louiestowell.bsky.social capture some of the highlights - and show the engaging power of visual texts in action! 💥
Choice is radical 📢
@sharnajackson.com is closing #PrimCon2026 with a powerful address on the future of reading and literacy
#NationalYearOfReading2026
"As children, we teach them to be visually adept readers... and then just drop that process!"
Our visual texts panel on the validity of comics, picture books and manga - for readers of all ages
With @louiestowell.bsky.social @markbradley.bsky.social Picktale and Storytime Magazine
#PrimCon26
It's today! We're at @britishlibrary.bsky.social for #PrimCon26
Let's discover how primary settings can #GoAllIn2026 and reach every reader.
Kicking off with a love letter to magazines and music as a space of belonging, with our keynote @nadiashireen.bsky.social 🎵
Turns out the Bard gave us the blueprint for drama, one-liners, and main character energy... and it can be so fun in the classroom!
Celebrate Shakespeare Week with a live online event from author Maz Evans on Thursday 26 March.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/jb7Uqrs
Thanks so much for joining us!
An excellent range of speakers at the NLT seminar in York today. Presenters focused on the importance of offering a more expansive notion of reading in schools and reading interventions that meet children where they are rather than where we would like them to be. @literacy-trust.bsky.social
Can't wait!
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The first 1001 days of a child’s life are key to enriching their stories.
At our early years conference, discover practice to improve outcomes at scale - so that every story gets the best start. From research to anti-racism, from policy to practice.
Tickets: https://loom.ly/PuVEYlo
#EWM2026
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📢 Huge primary conference news!
We're thrilled to welcome @nadiashireen.bsky.social & @realgeoffbarton.bsky.social to our lineup!
They'll shine a light on multimodal opportunities to build engaged, confident readers 📚
Full lineup of keynotes & workshops here: https://loom.ly/XlJocCc
#WorldBookDay is coming! Are you planning activities in your classroom?
We've got teaching resources and activity ideas to help you champion reading this World Book Day - and meet key literacy outcomes across early years, primary and secondary.
Click through to discover: https://loom.ly/8o666J0
We love to see this! We're working across the UK to ensure every primary school has a library - with the training, resources, books and furniture they need to develop the reading for pleasure culture in their school.
Find out more: www.librariesforprimaries.org.uk
What does reading for pleasure mean for teenagers today? How can secondary schools (re)ignite engagement - especially for boys?
Join our seminars for strategies with insights from darrenchetty.bsky.social streakofpith.bsky.social and more!
Book: https://loom.ly/WRMiqU0
#NationalYearOfReading2026
As the seasons slowly turn to spring, how can we move literacy activities outside? 🌳
In this article, Catherine Timbers of our Early Years team explores the opportunities to be found for storytelling, rhymes and songs in the outdoors - with inspiration for families and practitioners.
Can't wait! 🙌
Early years practitioners - celebrate the #NationalYearOfReading2026 with us!
Discover insights on shared reading and the developing brain with Professor Sam Wass at our early years conference.
📍London, 27 March
👉 Book now: https://loom.ly/PuVEYlo
#GoAllIn2026 #EWM2026
Your insights on supporting inclusion for young learners and family partnership working will be so useful - we can't wait!
How can multimodal texts engage reluctant readers - from classroom to curriculum? This #NationalYearOfReading2026, join us at @britishlibrary.bsky.social for strategies to build the will & skill to read.
Book now: https://loom.ly/XlJocCc
A graphic in a greenish colour about the National Literacy Trust Primary Conference 2026. On the right we see three girls of about 8, two white, one Black, all sitting on beanbags and looking at an e-reader while one of them clutches a print book. The conference is on the 20th March at The British Library. It's called Beyond the book: Routes into reading. The graphic also has my name and job on: Louie Stowell, Children's author
It's Friday! Time for the weekly good news thread. What's YOUR good news from the week? What's made you smile? I'm going to shamelessly shout about some work good news - I'm speaking at this conference and I can't wait. @literacy-trust.bsky.social
We're so excited to have you there! 🙌 Can't wait
