insideKENT Magazine Issue 34 - January 2015 | Page 124
EDUCATION
reading resolutions
for 2015
In recent years, depressing statistics have emerged on the state of literacy skills and reading
in the UK. In her mission to give children the best start when it comes to learning to read
and loving books from birth, early reading expert, Emily Guille-Marrett (Reading Fairy),
suggests five reading resolutions that could make a real difference to your child or children
in your local community this year.
1. Become a Reading Volunteer
“1 in 8 children leave UK primary
schools unable to read to the
required standards.”
Beanstalk
In Kent and Medway, the number
of children leaving primary schools
unable to read to the required level
was reported as one in six in 2013.
Born to Read is an initiative created
in collaboration with Save th