Each year Reading Connects rewards the primary and secondary school which has most effectively developed its whole-school reading culture during the academic year. The winners for 2007/08 are:
Mile Oak Primary School, Brighton
Read Mile Oak Primary's case study (pdf)
Education Minister Jim Knight visits Mile Oak to congratulate them on their win
Ellis Guilford School and Sports College, Nottingham
Read Ellis Guilford's case study (pdf)
Second place winners:
Chilton Community Primary School, Suffolk
City of London Academy, Southwark
Previous school of the year competition winners
The 2007/08 winning schools have won:
- £500 worth of reading materials, to be chosen by the pupils
- a year's subscription to Learnnewsdesk from the Guardian
- a presentation ceremony at the schools
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Learnnewsdesk (www.learnnewsdesk.co.uk), the Guardian’s news service for schools, offers daily opportunities to bring the news in to the classroom and to engage learners.
Ideal for use with an interactive whiteboard, for whole-class activities and discussion – and perfect for small group and individual research opportunities – learnnewsdesk presents opportunities to explore the daily news and topical issues through speaking and listening, presentation, discussion, role play, drama and writing for purpose.
An anytime - anywhere resource, pupils and teachers can access learnnewsdesk at school and at home. Literacy support is provided to pupils of all abilities in a number of ways – most impressively, all news articles are fully podcasted, allowing for pupils to listen to, as well as read texts.
For full engagement (and AfL opportunities), interactive elements are central to the learnnewsdesk environment. A daily vote – on a current news item or topical issue – encourages speaking and listening in the classroom. The moderated forum allows pupils to add comment and opinion, whether they are at home or at school. The weekly news quiz sums up the news interactively. And the Be a Reporter facility allows pupils to send in their own researched news stories, both as text and as a podcast.
Previous competition winners
Winners in 2006/2007
Winners in 2005/2006
The winners of the Reading Connects school of the year competition 2006/2007 were:
Primary school: West Thornton Primary School (Croydon)
Read West Thornton School's case study (pdf)
Secondary school: Werneth School (Stockport)
Read Werneth School's case study (pdf)
*Congratulations to Nikki Heath from Werneth School, who was awarded School Librarian of the Year 2007/2008 from the School Library Association.
Joint second place for both categories went to:
Primary schools:
Uphall Primary School (Redbridge). Read Uphall Primary School's case study (pdf)
Charles Dickens Primary School (Southwark). Read Charles Dickens Primary School case study (pdf)
Secondary schools: (case studies to come)
Capital City Academy (Brent). Read Capital City Academy's case study (pdf)
Loxford School of Science and Technology (Redbridge). Read Loxford School's case study (pdf)
Schools which are highly commended:
Waycroft Primary School (Bristol), Holne Chase Primary School (Milton Keynes), Bungay Middle School (Suffolk), Woodfield Middle School (Worcestershire), City of London Academy (Southwark), St Gregory's Catholic High School (Warrington), James Brindley Science College (Stoke-on-Trent), Bishop Vesey's Grammar School (Birmingham).
The winners were chosen because of the way in which they have embedded the promotion of reading for pleasure across the whole-school community in an innovative and creative way.
The winners of the Reading Connects school of the year competition for 2005/2006 were:
Avenue First School (Norwich)
Loxford School of Science and Technology (Redbridge, London)
Videos of the Reading Connects school of the year for 2005 / 2006 can be downloaded below.
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