{"id":710,"date":"2025-09-04T14:31:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/?page_id=710"},"modified":"2025-11-06T14:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:44:24","slug":"read-write-count","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/read-write-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Read Write Count"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read Write Count with the First Minister aims to build parents&#8217; confidence, and encourage families to engage in\u00a0 fun reading, writing and counting activities in their everyday lives.<\/p>\n<p>Through Read Write Count with the First Minister, every child in Primary 2\u20133 receives a free bag with books, educational games and writing materials that change on a yearly basis. These are delivered to schools in September. For more information about the content of the bags and tips for gifting them to your learners please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/reading-and-stories\/about-read-write-count\">Information Pack<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/read-write-count\/rwc-p2-and-p3-bags-2025\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-766\">Read Write Count Professional Learning Session Slides 2025<\/a>\u00a0 for further ideas and support,<\/p>\n<p>Our thanks to the following schools who have kindly agreed to host overstock of Read Write Count bags for their local area this year:<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Fife: Carnegie Primary School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Central Fife (West): Capshard Primary School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Central Fife (East): Warout Primary School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>East Fife: Castlehill Primary School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please contact these schools directly to make arrangements for collecting any additional resources you require. For further support, please contact:<\/p>\n<p>Greg McCafferty, Education Support Officer \u2013 Literacy\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 greg.mccafferty-ik@fife.gov.uk<\/p>\n<p><b><u data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Read Write Count Celebrates 10 Years!<br \/>\n<\/u><\/b>Celebrate 10 years of Read Write Count by<u>\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=hazKuPTea0KVRuzyi3m-FkL2vNvrlkxPldzcLwbhxgFUOThKVUFTRU1FNEROSDFZS1lZODRNM0JIUSQlQCN0PWcu&amp;route=shorturl\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=hazKuPTea0KVRuzyi3m-FkL2vNvrlkxPldzcLwbhxgFUOThKVUFTRU1FNEROSDFZS1lZODRNM0JIUSQlQCN0PWcu&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"7\">registering for a bag gifting party pack<\/a><\/u> filled with posters, bookmarks, stickers and more. Read Write Count with the First Minister\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/reading-and-stories\/read-write-count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishbooktrust.com\/reading-and-stories\/read-write-count\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"8\">resources are now available on<\/a>\u00a0the webpage. \u00a0You\u2019ll find teacher resource packs with mind maps and worksheets as well as read along videos and lots of fun activities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read Write Count with the First Minister aims to build parents&#8217; confidence, and encourage families to engage in\u00a0 fun reading, writing and counting activities in their everyday lives. Through Read Write Count with the First Minister, every child in Primary 2\u20133 receives a free bag with books, educational games and writing materials that change on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/read-write-count\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read Write Count<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23870,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-710","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710\/revisions\/767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fi\/fifeliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}