TRAINING OUTLINE
Getting the Whole School
Reading for Pleasure
Dorset School Library Service
Tuesday October 20th 2015
Dorchester Library and Learning Centre
South Walks House
Charles Street
Dorchester DT1 1EE
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Getting the Whole School
Reading for Pleasure
Reading for Pleasure can play a key role in raising attainment and successfully
supporting a wide range of pupils’ academic, personal, social and emotional learning
outcomes. In particular, it can become the key driver in supporting the literacy
agenda.
This very practical session focuses on tried-and tested fun reading activities and
approaches and how to create a whole-school reading culture based upon reading
for pleasure.
The course has a Primary School focus and is intended for Teachers, Literacy
Coordinators, School Librarians, Teaching and Learning Coordinators and other
interested staff.
Intended training outcomes. Participants will:
 understand the importance of fun whole-school activities in promoting reading
for pleasure
 understand the importance of reading for pleasure in relation to Literacy,
Attainment, Transition, Pupil Voice, Speech and Language, Social and
Emotional Aspects of Learning and other key educational agendas
 understand current trends in children’s reading for pleasure and how we can
harness these to promote literacy
 be equipped with a tried-and-tested approach to planning, delivering and
evaluating reading activities, in order to link with school priorities, including
literacy
 be equipped with many tried-and-tested fun reading activities
 be more confident in using these activities and in creating new activities
 be supported in starting to plan how all of this can be applied to their own
schools’ situations
 not be put on the spot
 have fun!
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SESSION OUTLINE
THERE WILL BE MANY TRIED-AND-TESTED
READING FOR PLEASURE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY…
MORNING
9.00
Arrival, tea, coffee, biscuits
9.30
Introductions and a tried-and tested reading activity
The library at the heart of whole-school reading for pleasure
Literacy, reading for pleasure… success and attainment. Centre-stage in
current education policy development!
The right mix. What children are really reading for pleasure.
Celebrating, validating reading in all its forms
Why promote reading for pleasure?
Partnership working… Stronger together!
The library, reading for pleasure and Pupil Voice
The educational context. SCHOOL PRIORITIES!
Making reading visible!
A tried-and tested reading activity
10.45
Break
11.00
A tried-and tested reading activity
Planning our approach
Matching reading for pleasure activities to school priorities, and
creating evidence of success
The role of storytelling throughout the school
12.45
Lunch
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AFTERNOON
1.30
A tried-and tested reading activity
‘The right stuff’… leading and being led
Making links through reading: The power of peer-to-peer
recommendation, reading groups, pupil stock selection, working with
creative artists – authors, poets, illustrators, cartoonists, storytellers,
musicians…
Reading and ‘new’ media
2.45
Break
3.00
More examples of activities designed to produce evidence of reading
success
Reading and ‘the image thing’
Group and personal action planning
Summary, questions, course evaluation
4.15
Close
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www.jerryhurst.co.uk
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Jerry Hurst is an experienced independent contractor, trainer and consultant. He works across the UK, Ireland
and beyond, with Schools, School Library Services, Public Libraries, Museums, Galleries, Archives, Heritage
Services, Leisure & Sports Services and Youth Services.
Jerry’s areas of expertise include:
Advocacy in action
Behaviour & conflict management
Creating inspirational libraries
Customer service, customer care & floor walking
Dealing positively with change
Managing, leading & supporting volunteers
Partnership working
Planning, leading, managing, including change management
Presentation skills & public speaking
Reader development, including reading groups
School class visits
School library self-evaluation
Service planning, delivery & evaluation
Service promotion
Storytelling
Training-the-trainer
Whole-school reading for pleasure
Working with young people
Jerry contributes to work with children, their parents and carers, teenagers and adults, and to programmes
covering the full range of service provision. He has worked independently since 2001, with more than 250
clients, including national organisations such as The Reading Agency, Creating Capacity, FPM Training and
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
Prior to this, he was Head of Young People's Library Services in the London Borough of Southwark, Jerry has also
been Head of Young People's Library Services in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Jerry has worked as a
Youth Librarian and as a Branch Librarian in Hackney and in Enfield, as a storyteller and as an occasional
reviewer of children's books for publications including The Guardian. He has also appeared on BBC TV and radio
and has been a judge for the Branford Boase Award.
“Jerry has always provided engaging and involving training sessions that have left delegates inspired and raring
to apply what they have learnt. Excellent feedback from delegates received too.” Patricia Adams, Director at
School Library Association.
“We invited Jerry back to Suffolk as he has become a respected trainer amongst our High School community.
Feedback is always positive and, for us, we are always delighted to see our librarians putting training into
practice.” Jacky Offord, Advisory Librarian, Suffolk Schools Library Service.
“Jerry's storytelling training package is excellently tailored, with strategies and confidence-building ideas for all
levels of expertise. Our staff were clearly enthused by his own knowledge and understanding, and the practical
advice he gave, and have come away with an enhanced appreciation of the preparation and use of stories and
rhymes in libraries.” Jonathan Woolf, Community Librarian, London Borough of Redbridge.
"We invited Jerry Hurst to run a twilight training session for staff followed by an evening session for parents of
pupils in our pre-school through to Year 7. Jerry gave practical tips on how to promote reading for pleasure in our
schools and at home which have further strengthened the relationship between the parents and school in
supporting the pupils in their learning. I can highly recommend Jerry to any school; he will entertain you, inspire
you but, most of all, he will give you great ideas on how to improve and extend reading opportunities for pupils
both at school and at home." Shirley Drummond, Teacher at Cadogan House, Royal Masonic School.
“We are very pleased with the training and your professional, yet informal delivery. You put trainees at ease but
give them plenty of food for thought and offer practical suggestions for them to take back to their workplaces.
We have used your services in the past and will certainly use them again in the future.”
Angela Sharp, South West and Mid Wales Regional Library Partnership.
“We were absolutely delighted with the training. We have had really positive feedback. One delegate emailed me
today to say it was wonderful and she enjoyed a trainer who didn't "waffle"! Another states on her evaluation it is
the best course she has ever been on. We all really enjoyed the practical ideas that you shared and we will use
your suggestions for our future promotions.” Ann Doody, Service Development Librarian, Berkshire Education
Library Service.
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jerry@jerryhurst.co.uk