In the UK, 8.5 million adults struggle to read. A world without reading is a world without access to opportunities, joy and knowledge. Donate to help us create a world of opportunity where every adult can access the benefits of reading. Donate now CLPE School Membership gives your whole school access to detailed literacy planning for a wide range of high-quality children’s books, examples of curriculum maps to show how to plan a text based curriculum and accompanying home learning resources. These combined resources provide ideas, inspiration and structure for your literacy curriculum, raising literacy standards and developing a love of reading and writing. Each year our expert teaching team add new plans and regularly update current planning to match statutory requirements giving your whole school a growing resource at an affordable cost. Keeping yourself occupied with reading for about 20 to 30 minutes can be great for your brain. It can help you with better focus and concentration. You may have been doing it wrong for those who still find it difficult to develop focus or concentrate properly 8. Better Writing Skills All in all, when you read every day, you're more likely to retain your mental abilities and live longer! What Should I Read? 4 Top Book Lists While reading a novel, the disclosure is pretty slow, and your mind is forced to predict or make guesses. Upon disclosure, you get to connect the dots. It’s fun to make your brain smarter and enhance your analytical skills.

Mangen A, et al (2013). Reading linear texts on paper versus computer screen: Effects on reading comprehension. DOI: Support children’s independence and agency in book choices and reading material, rather than limiting children to books with an assigned band or score which can impact on the development of reader identity and engagement. Reading widely best supports children to articulate reading preferences. Ensure you have read and selected the books in your classroom book corner and that these allow all your children to see themselves in what they read as well as books which offer perspectives from beyond children’s own lives or contexts. There are several threads that run through all sections of the document and to which schools will want to give due consideration when reflecting on their English curriculum and reading provision. Schools that are part of CLPE’s community will, of course, be reassured that drawing on our evidence-based teaching approaches, training programmes, curriculum mapping guidance and resources, they already have much of this in place. Alongside each specific area of practice and provision explored, we have offered examples outlining how we can support you in implementing the recommendations. For example, experiencing the world through the eyes of Harry Potter or Jane Eyre can help us learn to see the world from the perspectives of our families, friends, and coworkers.Subconsciously the brain is trained to think more smartly and develop strong analytical skills. You can expect to gain from this in your personal and professional life. 7. Improves Focus and Concentration In December 2019, we had a visit from the Office for Standards in Education who commented that the school had ‘planned a broad and interesting curriculum which develops pupils’ knowledge and skills’. They also commented that reading was at the heart of the curriculum. In terms of CPD, they identified that ‘staff receive regular training’ and commented that they were experts in teaching English. Staff were praised for sequencing lessons effectively to improve and build upon pupils’ knowledge and skills. Press the green A button again until you see ‘Rate 01 Act Imp’ - this is usually your night or ‘off-peak’ reading

sets out the research underpinning the importance of talk, stories and systematic synthetic phonics ( SSP) in reception, the importance of fidelity in phonics, and the Department for Education’s evidence-informed position on the best way to teach readingThis report details the impact of our flagship training programme, The Power of Reading which is centred around the importance of using quality texts as the basis for English planning and quality teaching and to provide reflective professional development. Another study found that when we read stories that explore characters' inner lives and emotions, our ability to understand others' feelings and views improves. Why is reading important? As the 17th century English writer Joseph Addison once wrote , "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." Do you remember feeling so invested in the story or what you were learning that you would keep reading even when you needed to use the bathroom or were hungry?

We're determined to make sure that less confident readers can find ways to get fired up about reading and experience the life-changing benefits it brings. We know that adults with higher reading skills and confidence are more than twice as likely to be employed and earn 12% more.

The upshot? Reading every day can improve your memory –it can help you learn how to store new information and recall memories more effectively. 5. Enjoy Entertainment The best part? You can get all these benefits of reading books while enjoying some fantastic entertainment. When reading aloud, model skilled reading behaviours and the pace, prosody and expression of fluent reading. Reading for Pleasure is fundamental to a school’s culture and curriculum in ‘creating readers not just pupils who read.’

If you are still wondering what other benefits of reading regularly are, consider this! One of the most amazing benefits of reading every day is that it can improve your analytical skills. Reading mystery novels helps you develop skills that can assist you in problem-solving. The way you take a reading from a smart electricity meter depends on the type of meter you have. If your meter has a keypad Example Duff D, et al. (2015). The influence of reading on vocabulary growth:A case for a Matthew effect.DOI:

Inspections of member schools highlight how the programme has supported schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning, with improvements seen in the quality of pupils reading and writing, the stretch of challenging texts and the impact the approaches make on children’s inference and deduction skills and breadth of vocabulary. Impact is also seen in children’s writing – their imagination, writing stamina and confidence in writing at length. This is evident for pupils of all abilities, not just for those working at expected levels and greater depth.