Connect and collaborate with teachers and pupils in a different country to foster a love of reading, celebrate diverse literature and engage young readers. Grow your reading community by sharing your favourite books and stories with your partner school and develop a shared passion and enthusiasm for reading.
On this six-month project, focusing on ‘reading for pleasure’, we will introduce you to a partner school and provide you with a range of suggested curriculum-related activities which you and your pupils can develop along with pupils in your partner school.
This programme is aimed at primary level, ages 7 to 11.
Reading for pleasure - live!
We are hosting a live celebration event on 21 November 2024, when schools from all over the world will join us to hear about what we’ve learned and to celebrate with us the joy of reading. Part of International Education Week, the event includes an interactive workshop with poet and children’s laureate for Wales, Alex Wharton. Everyone is welcome to join.
Register for Reading for pleasure - Live!
Register your interest for future rounds.
We will run further rounds of this guided partnership project in 2025. Register your interest so we can contact you with dates and details. Priority will be given to schools who have not had an international partnership before.
For primary schools in the UK, follow the link:
Register your interest in a guided partnership
Schools outside the UK can register on our Partner Finder database.
“Reading is an exercise in empathy, an exercise in walking is someone else’s shoes for a while.”
Malorie Blackman, British writer and children's laureate from 2013-2015