Buster's Book Club hits the mark
20 October 2015
Schools involved in Buster's Book Club have been rewarded for their efforts in getting pupils excited about home reading.
Members of staff were presented with Literacy Mark awards in recognition of their work over the past 12 months in successfully implementing the reading scheme. The celebration event was staged at the KM Charity Team Forum held at Lower Grange Farm, Maidstone and was followed by a series of workshops for the education sector.
KM Charity Team Forum 2015 from KM Charity Team on Vimeo.
Schools have until December 17 to register for Buster's Book Club and have the proven literacy initiative in place for January 2016.
Buster's Book Club was created by the charity department at the KM Group with the support of Kent County Council. Following a successful pilot the scheme launched Kent-wide with 40 schools and 10,000 pupils taking part. By this summer, the children had collectively achieved more than two million reading minutes.
Literacy success 2015 from KM Charity Team on Vimeo.
The initiative sets pupils an individual home reading target and a series of reading challenges throughout the year culminating in an annual record attempt. Children are rewarded with incentives and prizes including readers of the week trophies, tickets to top attractions and storytelling visits.
Alison Floyd, Early Years Improvement Adviser at KCC, said:
"Many schools in the county have found Buster's Book Club highly instrumental in involving families in getting the reading habit. This initiative would be an excellent use of pupil premium funding."
Register for the scheme before the December 17 deadline by visiting www.bustersbookclub.co.uk or calling 0844 264 0291.