edinburgh reading champion project
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Presentation relating to the Paul Hamlyn Foundation-funded Reading Champions Project. Presentation discussed the impact that the initiative had on many children Delivered at the Innovation and Development Fund conference.TRANSCRIPT
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Edinburgh Reading Champion Project
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‘Kirsty reads to calm down. I didn’t realise how keen she was on reading until we got the books.
She gets frustrated and angry sometimes and reading helps her to relax.’
Julie Dundas RAFT
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‘It was really exciting and he was really funny and really kind. I thought meeting him was amazing and incredible - I would
definitely want him to come back!’
Susan from Howdenhall Secure Unit
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‘Kirsty reads to calm down. I didn’t realise how keen she was on reading until we got the books.
She gets frustrated and angry sometimes and reading helps her to relax.’
Julie Dundas RAFT
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‘Reading builds young people’s emotional literacy, helping them work through issues and understand
themselves better. It can change the quality of their life.’
Changing Children’s Lives
the Reading Agency, 2003
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‘When it was snowing, me and Duncan wanted to make an igloo but we didn’t know how, but we
found a book (Pingu) in the education room with some pictures in it. We used that.’
Mark from Ferniehill Young People’s Centre
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‘The books is good, I get them all the time. I like fairy and princess books.’
Sarah from Edinburgh Family Support Services