Bea Stafford-Smith

Talk to me about Reading for Pleasure and whole school reading cultures! All opinions my own.

Head of Schools at Bookmark Reading Charity.

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

We delivered our 100,000 reading session! 🎉 Thank you to each volunteer who helped us achieve 100,000 one-to-one reading sessions with children across the country.

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

🎉 @TheBigHelpOut24 is back! 🎉 Teachers are being asked to #LendAHand and help shape the next generation of volunteers. Educate using assembly resources with @votesforschools, plan your day and lend a hand with your students on the 7th of June.

https://t.co/a5VqAt6WLx

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

📚🌟Exciting opportunities alert! Join the Bookmark team and be a part of our mission to ensure every child has the same opportunity to discover the joy of reading.

Head over to our website to find out more about working with Bookmark: https://t.co/mw2T0WQlko

#CharityJob

[FE News @FENews]

Children’s Charity Bookmark Launch New Volunteering Role for 16-17 year olds: As we approach Student Volunteering Week, 12-18th February, a new volunteering role for 16 and 17 year olds created by Bookmark… https://t.co/aoKqf595lQ #Education #Employability Read more here:

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

Are you a sixth form or college teacher looking for #volunteeringopportunities for your students?

Our Reading Mentors programme matches 16-17 year-olds with primary school children to help them learn to read either online or face-to-face: https://t.co/KkYYz4yMFd

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

📢Volunteer opportunities for sixth form and college students 📢

📚 #StudentVolunteeringWeek is just around the corner and we're looking for 16-17 year-olds deliver one-to-one reading sessions to primary school children.

➡️ Get involved here: https://t.co/oRcTt0SBTk

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

Thank you to the @RomfordRecorder for shouting out our offer of £2,000 worth of free books for primary schools in #Barking & #Dagenham with our Your Story Corner packs.

Make sure to apply for your FREE book pack before 29 Feb! https://t.co/1SXvSrDlXk

https://t.co/TtAITqoZ8O

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

Does your class need literacy and reading interventions? 📚 We offer 1:1 reading support for children aged 5-10, free reading resource book packs, The Story Corner Magazine, grants to promote whole school reading cultures and MORE!

Learn more here ➡️ https://t.co/taDUeYD3vB

[Scouts @scouts]

Storytelling can have an amazing impact on young people, inspiring learning, creativity, and imagination. We’ve teamed up with the @BookmarkCharity to put together some top tips on how best to integrate storytelling into your Scouts programme. https://t.co/qaf31TGQkg

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

Through the Your Story Corner project, we delivered thousands of books to schools in areas of historical low literacy and deprivation.

Discover the project through the words of Bea Stafford-Smith, our Head of Schools, in her article with @brownsbfs: https://t.co/2wweJoooVk

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

📣Barking & Dagenham primary schools

📚Get over £2,000 worth of free books and resources with the Your Story Corner pack! We're giving these away to every primary school in Barking & Dagenham.

All you need to do is apply: https://t.co/SjZvNiCNTD

[Emily Jack @EmilyJ_Bookmark]

Did you see some of the @BookmarkCharity team today @StPancrasInt @Hatchards🎄? They were spreading the word about our need for volunteers. Please sign up here https://t.co/gBZ2tEA0aq Apply now so you are ready to help a child at the start of the new year💫Change a child’s story.

[Bea Stafford-Smith @BeaSS_Bookmark]

A huge project with huge heart! 😍📚So thrilled to be supporting #Sheffield schools with such an amazing gift of books, teaching inspiration, resources and ideas. #readingforpleasure in action!

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

We have donated £232,000 worth of new books to 116 state-funded primary schools across Sheffield and we're encouraging residents to become reading volunteers.

https://t.co/aoVnfpo42U

[Becky Patel @BeckyPatel86]

Are you a school located in Leicester? Do you have connections to a school in Leicester?

Please spread the word about a fantastic opportunity now open to children in the Leicester area 🏊🏽‍♀️ 🏊 🏊‍♂️

Please contact [email protected] to enquire.

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

Build a whole school reading culture with Bookmark 📚✨

⬆️ Words we hear from teachers about the Bookmark reading programme
📈 Our School Relationship team's NPS Score: 64 🙌

Teachers, join us to inspire the joy of reading in your pupils 📖🌱
https://t.co/jjHTEY9pyD

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

📣Exclusive webinar for Bookmark partner schools!
Discover the art and science of teaching primary reading with @suchmo83 on Thursday 7 December at 3.45pm.
Explore frameworks for understanding reading and more.
➡️Register now: https://t.co/qGXn3ONCVA

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

Sparking the joy of reading, one child at a time! 📚✨

Check out this fantastic progress from pupils at a partner school in Essex, showcasing the incredible impact of our reading programme.

[Bea Stafford-Smith @BeaSS_Bookmark]

Become a Bookmark partner school! With a focus on #readingforpleasure our literacy support brings 1:1 reading interventions together with free resources and exciting opportunities for the whole school! Click the link below to find out more 📚📚📚

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

Does your class need literacy and reading interventions? 📚 We offer 1:1 reading support for children aged 5-10, free reading resource book packs, The Story Corner Magazine, grants to promote whole school reading cultures and MORE!

Learn more here ➡️ https://t.co/taDUeYD3vB

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

Our new Head of Schools, Bea, shares 5 things Bookmark Reading Charity can do for your school!

Find out more here https://t.co/CGH71VkiGk #charity #reading #books

[Bea Stafford-Smith @BeaSS_Bookmark]

Huge congratulations to the whole team at @BookmarkCharity! This is a fantastic reflection of the hard work, passion and drive that characterises our work and to be nominated is such an achievement. Absolutely thrilled!

[Bookmark Reading Charity @BookmarkCharity]

We're thrilled to be nominated for the 2024 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award @AlmaAward! We exist to change children's life stories through the joy of reading. This is the world's largest children's literary award and we're honoured to be nominated for our work. 📚🧡