Whatever it Takes (WiT) is the Leicester City School’s initiative to get every child in Leicester reading. The initiative is a collaborative approach to tackling low literacy levels across the city and is dedicated to ensuring that, as a city, we are reading for pleasure.
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Support the training and development of staff in schools who lead, teach and support reading.
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Help schools provide effective, targeted work for some of their more vulnerable learners.
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Provide inspiration and contribute to helping build a positive reading culture.
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Provide better value through the economies of scale when schools work together.
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Bookings live for 2024/25!
Has your school booked to participate in the following? For booking information, please email hayley.carter@sdsa.net
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Welcome back!
We hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful summer. We are looking forward to working with schools during 2024-25 to
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The Reading Framework
Check out the updated Reading Framework below. Section 8 of the guidance focuses on developing a reading for pleasure culture.