Having trouble reading this email? View it as a webpage

Reading Is Fundamental, UK News March 2009   Motivation and aspiration at the RIF conference - Book ordering deadline approaches - Young reviewers wanted - Spotlight on events - Score goals for non-readers
Motivation and aspiration at the RIF conference
The RIF annual conference took place at the British Library on 27 February 2009. Focusing on a theme of motivation and aspiration, speakers included author Louis Ferrante, publisher Verna Wilkins, and representatives from Barrington Stoke and Ransom publishing. We were delighted that over 100 project coordinators were able to attend, taking part in a range of workshops that included motivating boys, generating school-wide excitement about reading and involving families. If you were unable to attend, or would like a reminder of what you heard, you can download speaker and workshop presentations from the conference page of the RIF website.
Book ordering deadline approaches
Summer term is fast approaching, and most RIF book budgets must be spent by the end of July 2009. Please contact your RIF project manager if you would like an update on how much you have left in your account, need assistance with book ordering or have yet to place an order. An improved version of the BBfS website has been launched with a range of exciting and useful new features - highlights include easier book searching and a 'look inside' feature. Visit the project zone of the RIF website to download a guide to the the new BBfS website, or for resources including new booklists for dual language titles and less keen and less confident readers.
Young reviewers wanted
RIF would like to give children the chance to recommend a book to other children taking part in a RIF project. If the children you work with have a favourite book, we'd love to hear about it. Successful reviewers will not only see their review on the RIF recommends booklist, but could also win themselves an extra book prize! Reviews should be short (one line, under 25 words) and include the title of the book, and the first name and age of the reviewer. Email RIF to submit a review. Email RIF to submit a review.
Spotlight on events
Congratulations to Emma Charters, project coordinator at St Matthias CE Primary in Hackney, who has won our recent Event Spotlight competition. All project coordinators were invited to submit a short description of an inspirational RIF event they had held. Emma described a fancy dress day at which an autistic child she works with had enjoyed both dressing up as a lion, and being able to choose a book with a lion on the cover. Emma has won a special pop-up edition of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar for her school.
Score goals for non-readers
If you know a group of football loving children who might need a bit of encouragement to read more, why not take the Premier League Reading Stars Challenge? This innovative project, run in partnership by the Premier League, the Football Foundation and the National Literacy Trust, uses footballers as positive reading role models. Every season, 20 Premier League footballers become Reading Stars for their club and encourage the nation to have a read of their favourite titles. This year, they are challenging any group of youngsters in the country to read 100 books as a team. Every participating group receives a free PLRS wall chart and 100 stickers, and every group that completes the challenge is entered into a quarterly grand prize draw to win top Premier League prizes. To register and claim your free PLRS Challenge pack, visit www.premierleaguereadingstars.org.uk. Reading Is Fundamental, UK National Literacy Trust www.rif.org.uk rif@literacytrust.org.uk
Reading Is Fundamental, UK (RIF) is an initiative of the National Literacy Trust, an independent charity that changes lives through literacy. Visit www.literacytrust.org.uk. You can help us to change lives through literacy. Support the work of the NLT  The National Literacy Trust is a registered charity, no. 1116260 and a company limited by guarantee, no. 5836486. Registered in England and Wales. Registered address: 68 South Lambeth Road, London SW8 1RL. You have been sent this email because you are a named contact for a RIF project. Please be sure to add our email address (enews@literacytrust.org.uk) into your address book or safe senders list to help guarantee delivery of our email. If you would like to unsubscribe from the RIF email newsletter, please email rif@literacytrust.org.uk with 'unsubscribe' in the subject line.