Resources for early years, primary and secondary schools. | National Literacy Trust (2024)

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Hot topic - Sport

Get sporty and celebrate literacy with pupils aged 4 to 14.

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Supporting writing in the early years: Stanley's Stick

A dynamic early years resource inspired by the story Stanley's Stick. This resource will support you to enable young learners to delve into the world of storytelling,...

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Anchors and Sails: Year 6 to 7 transition activities

Reading-linked transition activities that help pupils to discover the magic of reading and its ability to support them through change.

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Euro 2024 Book Battle Reading Challenge

It's time! Celebrate Euro 2024 with your whole class and discover lots of popular texts to read along the way. There will be as much fun (and drama!) happening in the classroom...

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Hot Topic - Get Outdoors

Get outdoors and celebrate literacy with pupils aged 4 to 14.

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Refugee Week 2024

Resources for pupils aged 3-14 to support learning and empathy in connection to Refugee Week

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Early language and communication development support for families at home: Chat, play, read booklet

This booklet is filled with simple activities that can be completed at home, which will help families have fun, and encourage children to learn to speak and communicate too!

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Sats classroom revision guides for Year 6

This resource acts as a revision guide for Year 6 pupils for the Key Stage 2 Sats reading paper and the spelling, grammar and punctuation papers.

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Literacy teaching and school events calendar 2024-2025

Supporting schools and early years settings with literacy teaching resources to help enrich your lessons linking to literacy moments and awareness days throughout the academic year.

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Earth Day 2024

To celebrate Earth Day in 2024, taking place on Monday 22 April, we have created classroom resources for pupils aged 4 to 14 which aim to develop key literacy skills.

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Dream up a World: Storytelling project with Steven Camden

Celebrate the power of story with premium resources that place imagination, creativity, and fun at the heart of telling, and writing, stories.

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Become a storyteller: a project for primary schools

Deliver a storytelling project in your primary school to foster a love of storytelling and develop pupils’ oracy skills.

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Comic Relief Hot Topic

Celebrate Comic Relief with our fun and creative literacy ideas designed to foster skills and enjoyment of reading, writing and oracy.

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Game Changers participants' zone

Game Changers powerpoints and worksheets for schools and organisations joining the programme from March 2024.

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Game Changers - sample resources

Learn more about our reading programme for excluded secondary students with these sample resources.

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International Women’s Day 2024 resources and activities

Literacy teaching ideas and activitiesto celebrate International Women's Day 2024.

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Hot topic - Chinese New Year

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with our flexible and fun Chinese New Year literacy ideas designed to foster skills and enjoyment of reading, writing and oracy.

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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun: teaching activities

Explore films and activities to support comprehension, reading enjoyment, and empathy based on the mesmerising book Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun.

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Children's Mental Health Week 2024

Mark Children's Mental Health Week during 5 to 11 February with assemblies and lesson plans for pupils aged 5-11, inspired by Charlie Mackesy's The Boy, the Mole, the Fox...

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

Free resources to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2024.

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We Wonder: Journey into Space reading challenge

Enrich your students’ learning with this fantastic STEM reading challenge as our We Wonder series returns with a space-travel theme.

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