Build A Book-Based Approach In Your School – The CLPE School Membership

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There are many benefits to developing a book based curriculum in your school. CLPE’s research shows that schools using high quality children’s literature in their classrooms alongside proven creative teaching approaches, engages teachers and children in a meaningful curriculum, fostering a whole school love of reading and writing.

Schools see a considerable effect on children’s outcomes and attainment when they adopt a book based curriculum across the school. CLPE’s Power of Reading teaching sequences help teachers plan high quality lessons, which cover all the requirements of the National Curriculum. The sequences develop authentic cross-curricular links, supporting all children to read and write for purpose and pleasure.

Using high quality books in the classroom gives children the opportunity to be part of an immersive experience and provides contexts for purposeful writing. The Power of Reading sequences introduce children to a wide range of literature including fiction, picturebooks, poetry and non-fiction. They explore literature created by a range of different authors, illustrators and poets to ensure the widest reading experiences for children. The CLPE School Membership helps schools to increase engagement and motivation for reading and helps to develop a broader range of vocabulary and language skills.

The CLPE School Membership has a proven impact on children’s literacy learning:

• Children make an additional 6 months progress in reading and writing
• The programme has particular impact on pupils who had previously been reluctant to engage with literacy
• The achievement gap between boys and girls is significantly narrowed
• The achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils is significantly narrowed
• Find that their children choose to read more often, at greater length and are more confident in talking about books

*Leeds Trinity University Diminishing the gap for disadvantaged pupils in Key Stage 2 Reading, Exceed Teaching Schools, Exceed Academies Trust

In October 2021, the CLPE School Membership was recognised as the 5-star winner in the Teach Primary Awards English Category. Judged by the UKLA, this award highlights the expert quality of the CLPE School Membership.

“The judges were extremely impressed by the innovative, flexible and holistic nature of the CLPE’s school membership resource; it was the stand-out winner in this category. It is ideally suited for all age groups in the primary sector, from nursery to Y6. As well as well-written curriculum maps, unit plans based upon reading all genres and visual literacy, it also included inspirational videos by authors and illustrators explaining their processes. It is also extremely cost-effective.” – UKLA.

Why should your school invest in the CLPE School Membership?

Proven impact from thousands of schools:

The CLPE School Membership has enhanced thousands of school’s literacy curriculums. By embedding the Power of Reading learning throughout the Key Stages, schools see vast improvements and results from the CLPE book-based approach.

In April 2021, we asked our member schools to tell us what they thought about our School Membership…

“It has enabled staff to plan lessons creatively with vehement energy and this has reflected on pupils’ enjoyment of their literacy lessons.”

“It’s revolutionised English teaching and learning in our school and I would wholeheartedly recommend it to every school.”

“It is the best money you will spend on a subscription and the range of other resources and courses that you can access too is amazing.”

The feedback received was overwhelmingly positive. Schools made it clear that our Power of Reading teaching sequences included in the CLPE School Membership saved time and allowed teachers to have a better work-life balance. The book-based approach raised standards in reading and writing as well as pupil engagement, enhancing the literacy curriculum of thousands of schools.

Expertise from an established literacy charity:

CLPE have been working with primary schools for 50 years. Our charity’s vision is to raise the literacy achievement of children by putting quality children’s literature at the heart of all learning. Our goal is to help all schools to teach literacy in the most effective way, to ultimately improve the life chances of all children. We want primary schools to experience the immediate and extensive impact the CLPE School Membership has on teaching and learning, by using the book-based approach.

“This is my first year using CLPE planning and I have to say that I feel that my English teaching has greatly improved. I am more enthusiastic in my teaching, my pupils have become more engaged, and there is far more speaking, listening, vocabulary, drama, role-play, art and writing woven throughout my teaching.” Joanna Shobbrook, Year 5/6 Teacher, St Michael’s Primary School

The membership offers much more than the book-based approach teaching resources:

The CLPE School Membership includes access to over 230 Power of Reading teaching sequences, these sequences are based on tried and tested children’s books and help schools build their curriculum around quality texts.

The Membership also includes access to:

• Home learning teaching resources for Power of Reading books
• Curriculum maps to show how to plan a text based curriculum
• One free place on a CLPE CPD Webinar
• Priority access to book CLPE conferences and events with literacy experts
• Exclusive discount on books through Peter’s Books
• Termly Membership Magazine
• Plus access to all of CLPE’s examples of practice, booklists, teaching approaches and whole school teaching notes

Join the thousands of schools across the globe using our award-winning School Membership to enhance their curriculum and save teachers precious planning time.

Find out more about the CLPE School Membership!