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What strategies do you use to develop comprehension?

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For World Book Day 2025, the GEC is excited to offer two free 'Book Wish Lists' for school libraries – one for Primary and one for Secondary – each valued at £1,000! These lists have been thoughtfully curated by the team at GEC after a request from one of our headteachers. We did this because it’s what we do – we help shape intentional inclusion.

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The GEC has curated the world’s biggest* collection of diversity and inclusion resources ever - for everyone! KnowHow to talk to children about belonging. KnowHow to avoid stereotypes in popular culture. KnowHow to do the work to better your own knowledge and understanding of the challenges faced by others. KnowHow to be proactively anti-racist. GEC KnowHow is our way of helping parents, teachers, carers and our wider community to find material to support our Inclusion Revolution. Browse, read, watch and learn! *We’re pretty sure it is World Book Day Wish Lists: GEC Curated Reads for Inclusive School Libraries For World Book Day 2025, the GEC is excited to offer two free ‘Book Wish Lists’ for school libraries – one for Primary and one for Secondary – each valued at £1,000! These lists have been thoughtfully curated by the team at GEC after a request from one of our headteachers. We did this because it’s what we do – we help shape intentional inclusion. Here is a link to our Primary School Book Wish ListHere is a link to our Secondary School Book Wish List We’re using our current GEC KnowHow directory as the basis for these lists and will be updating this throughout the year. Please review and share widely with your network! We are keen to help you bring diversity into your 2025-6 bookshelves. If you’d like more information about this or our GEC Platform, please get in touch! thegec.education and email: office@thegec.education

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Sue Jagger is a classroom teacher who has taught for 28 years across both primary and secondary phases, from Foundation to Year 13.  She is currently Head of English and Head of Literacy in a large secondary school with a significant cohort of students with a variety of needs.  Sue is passionate about students learning to read and has recently been involved in the organisation and development of ‘MK Reading for Life’. Sue is a joint editor with Dr. Anita Devi of the book titled ‘Understanding Neuroplasticity and Neurodiversity in the Classroom’.

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2026 will be a new year and a new start – an opportunity to renew and reinvent.

Many readers set themselves a target for the new year, maybe several books that they would like to read before 2027, a particular author who they would like to explore, or even the top 100 reads to investigate.  2026 sees another new, that of the National Year of Reading, which aims  ‘to address the steep decline in reading amongst children, young people and adults’  (National Literacy Trust ).   This is a very exciting aim and personally I have set myself a challenge within this framework.  I am going to write a letter (each month) to classroom educators unpacking different dimesons of reading and teaching reading to children and young people.

My aim is to share ideas, considerations and practical suggestions as to how we can engage our students both primary and secondary in reading.  I am looking forward to meeting you all through my letters.

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About | National Year of Reading 2026 | Go All In

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What the National Year of Reading is, why it matters, and how we’re bringing partners and communities together in 2026 to get the nation reading

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This question takes you on a journey in discovering why reading is important and a review of what we read. Take a moment to read Sue's thoughts on this and how to encourage more reading as part of your lifestyle as an educator, and for our students.

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Our broader suite of monthly blogs for educators and leaders.

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Our broader suite of monthly blogs for educators and leaders.

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Our overall readership reach globally is around 11K. each blog is simply 800 words in length, providing those with minimal time, salient thought-provoking depth.

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6 strategies to support reading for students with SEND

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Shared reading is vital for every student to succeed in education. Reading in the classroom helps build knowledge, develop ideas, boost vocabulary, fuel creativity, and so much more. But we know that some students with additional special educational needs can struggle to develop their reading comprehension and engage in shared

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Explore our guides to activities for disabled people. All these activities are designed to be done at home, whenever it suits you, to get you moving, creating and exploring!

You might also be interested in our group activities where you can join others in sport, exercise, dance and music, online or in person.

We also offer information for professionals like art teachers and sport coaches to make your sessions more inclusive and accessible for people with disabilities.

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Activities for disabled people to do at home to get you moving, creating and exploring.

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This month Sue, unpacks how to use 'reading out loud' as a teaching strategy within the classroom to enhance learning.

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February 2026 Reading_out_loud TeamADL NYR2026

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How do we make reading a pleasurable experience everyday - this is the challenge we as educators face together. Grateful for all that Educators do to encourage children to read.

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A short summary of the evidence given 03.03.2026 to the House of Commons Committees 'Reading for Pleasure' Education Select Committee.

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How can we use Picture Books to stimulate reading behaviours, imagination and writing skills?

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As a subject specialist how can you assess and promote effective reading skills?

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What can you do to facilitate reading fro pleasure and adventure over the summer holidays?

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July_2026 Reading for pleaseure and adventure TeamADL NYR2026