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“Young people’s awareness of how to help anxiety and mental health is significant at the moment, and they’re recognising that reading is a wellbeing activity and good for self-regulation.” - Jonathan Douglas CBE, Chief Executive, National Literacy Trust. In today’s The Times and Sunday Times, Education Editor Louise Eccles explores the recent uplift in teenager’s reading enjoyment and daily reading habits, as identified in our latest research. What’s behind it? As young people move into later adolescence, our research shows their motivations for reading increasingly relate to personal interest, learning and discovery, and wellbeing, alongside encouragement from parents and teachers. Initiatives including the National Year of Reading and The Sunday Times’s Get Britain Reading campaign are raising awareness of the importance of reading for enjoyment, including among young people, and helping to create the conditions for reading to thrive in homes, schools and communities throughout the UK. At our upcoming secondary education conference, we’ll be exploring the latest research and strategies to spark and sustain a love of reading so that more young people can enjoy the benefits for their academic success, wellbeing, creativity and life chances. Join us! 📅 Monday 6 July 📍 The Saffron Centre, Birmingham 🎟️ £160 Get your tickets today: https://lnkd.in/eFaghaX5 #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026

Of the 420 principals and school leaders who attended QASSP’s annual School Leadership Conference, around 100 were able to join our breakout sessions on Designing an Effective Early Years Writing Program, presented by Dr Alison Madelaine and Dr Anna Desjardins.   Our team enjoyed the many engaging conversations with you about writing instruction and the evidence that supports our chosen methodology. We can’t wait to expand these conversations as we continue this journey together.   To learn more about our upcoming writing program, register your interest today: https://hubs.la/Q04l92-K0 

A must read about literacy engagement, book access, and our declining reading for pleasure.

Assessments help tutors identify their students’ specific strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in their understanding to cater to their unique learning needs. At our Literacy Centres, our tutors assess your child in 6 key areas to understand their skills right from the beginning. Check out this guide to the assessment process and how it informs how we tailor tutoring sessions and learning plans at our centres: https://hubs.la/Q04kd5wd0

Dr Anna Taylor’s Acknowledgement of Country, delivered at our Advancing Effective Education Summit 2025, shares her personal reflections on why education matters to her as a proud descendant of Noongar Ballardong people. Read it here: https://hubs.la/Q04kdgzS0

In a recent interview with The Westsider, Tarneit Rise Primary School’s Principal, Nadia Bettio, shared how her school of 1600+ students are already seeing the positive impact of InitiaLit, less than two years since implementing the program. Here, she shares the positive feedback she has received from teachers about the program itself. Interested in the article? Read it here: https://hubs.la/Q04js6lv0

The MultiLit Research Unit team have contributed a chapter to the fifth edition of Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement from Oxford University Press. Co-author Dr Mark Carter shares a summary of what you can find in this updated textbook (available at https://lnkd.in/gis5CjVd)

Explicit instruction is in! Now teachers ask: “how do we implement it effectively?” Dr Mark Carter provides practical tips in this article. He also explains how and why teachers should make “teaching visible to the learner”. Find out more by reading 'Explicit instruction: what works, what doesn’t and why it matters' on EducationHQ: https://hubs.la/Q04k0Xb70

Last week, our Sydney Centre participated in Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea for the Cancer Council. We are thrilled to have exceeded our fundraising goal! Here are some pictures from the morning - here is our Managing Director Iain Rothwell at the grill! To donate to this worthy cause and support cancer research, programs and advocacy, visit the Cancer Council’s website. https://hubs.la/Q04jrjZZ0