Posted on April 5, 2008 by Chris Beedham
Celebrate the links between reading and health. Run activities in partnership with health and wellbeing agencies. Emphasise the importance of bonding through parent and child reading together. Emphasise the link between mind and body.
Many library authorities run ‘Books on prescription’ or ‘Bibliotherapy’, and many surgeries have a BBC RaW Swaps bookshelf
Encourage/train staff in local sports [...]
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Posted on April 5, 2008 by Chris Beedham
Read anything and everything, anywhere and everywhere. Run activities that celebrate reading and highlight a sense of challenge. Use newspapers or journalism as a tie-in.
Encourage boys and men to write newspaper-style reviews of sport games, e.g. a football match.
Conduct a competition within school to find the best, and offer rewards
Conduct a reading survey throughout school [...]
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