{"id":240,"date":"2020-08-25T19:37:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T19:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/literacytrialsite\/?p=240"},"modified":"2020-08-25T19:37:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T19:37:41","slug":"240","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/literacytrialsite\/2020\/08\/25\/240\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Leading on Reading for Pleasure in primary and secondary schools\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Professional Learning Event: \u2018<em>Leading on Reading for Pleasure in primary and secondary schools\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ES \u00a0Literacy and English team has organised the above webinar which will focus on equity in literacy. Details of the webinar and how to register\u00a0 are given below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0September at 16:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Audience:<\/strong>\u00a0This webinar is for school leaders and leadership teams working in primary and secondary school contexts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0Long-term school closures earlier this year have potentially widened inequalities in the language and literacy experiences and outcomes of children and young people.\u00a0 In this webinar we take a look at the importance of reading for pleasure to redress these inequalities.\u00a0 For example, reading for pleasure promotes independent language and literacy learning, in addition to being beneficial for children and young people\u2019s health and wellbeing.\u00a0 However, promoting reading for pleasure is not as simple as it sounds.\u00a0\u00a0In this webinar, we combine research insights\u00a0and practical guidance\u00a0to support\u00a0primary and secondary\u00a0school leaders to embed\u00a0reading for pleasure\u00a0in their school settings, in order to improve the experiences and outcomes of children and young people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dr Sarah McGeown, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p>Rachael Laburn, School Communities Manager, Scottish Book Trust will co-present the session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eventbrite Registration Link:<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/leading-on-reading-for-pleasure-in-primary-and-secondary-schools-tickets-117537516877\"><strong><em>https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/leading-on-reading-for-pleasure-in-primary-and-secondary-schools-tickets-117537516877<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/literacytrialsite\/2020\/08\/25\/240\/eventbrite\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-241\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-241\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/literacytrialsite\/files\/2020\/08\/eventbrite.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"908\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Learning Event: \u2018Leading on Reading for Pleasure in primary and secondary schools\u2019 The ES \u00a0Literacy and English team has organised the above webinar which will focus on equity in literacy. Details of the webinar and how to register\u00a0 are given below. 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