Literacy Lab pupils celebrate the Platinum Jubilee!
Before the May half term break, Literacy Lab pupils enjoyed a variety of crafts and activities to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Activities included creating their own bookmarks and writing…
A special recognition award for our tutor, Andrea!
We would like to say a huge congratulations to our amazing tutor, Andrea who has been awarded a Girdlers’ Medallion, in recognition of her work for our charity! In May each…
New Reading Lab Programme
Reading Lab is our new one-to-three intervention for KS2 pupils to help address the learning gaps caused by Covid and absence from school. Designed as a 10-week catch up programme,…
University of London’s UK Charity of the Year
We are delighted to announce that we have been voted by the staff of the University of London to become their UK Charity of the Year, alongside their International Charity…
Haggie Partners visits Heathbrook Primary School
“What do I have on my head?” Corinne lifts her hands and makes them into horn shapes. In the Literacy Lab, 7-year-old Karina, who speaks English as an Additional Language…
Literacy Labs launch in West London Zone (WLZ)
The Children’s Literacy Charity is excited to announce a brand new partnership with West London Zone (WLZ). The WLZ initiative seeks to improve children’s lives in a deprived area of…
From Batman to The Bard… One ex-pupil shares his secrets of success
Michael Momoh, the first child to be supported by our charity, is visiting his old school, Oliver Goldsmith Primary School in Camberwell. Looking out across the rows of children sitting…
Sir Jim Rose visits our Literacy Lab at St Matthew’s Primary School, Westminster
“My reading experience started in the war years when we took refuge in the air raid shelter,” explains Sir Jim Rose. “My mother and aunt used to read stories to me by…
The Literacy Gap – notes from our education conference
Michael de Souza, creator of hugely popular crime-busting rodent Rastamouse, certainly knows how to reel in his crowd. Within seconds of taking to the floor at our first ever education…
Haggie Partners gets a taste of our Literacy Lab
Dr Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, cupcake phonics and an intriguing Tummy Ache game were all on the menu at our Literacy Lab at Oliver Goldsmith Primary School, Southwark. The…