Reading gives students such a wealth of benefits which is why encouraging our students to read is a priority at Heathfield Community College. All the research tells us the same thing about reading: it gives students both an academic advantage and a well-being boost.<\/p>\n
Each year, we conduct an annual reading survey that shows the majority of Heathfield students do spend some time, each week, reading outside of school hours. Over time, we have seen that, consistently, Heathfield students are more likely to read than typical teenagers (based on the annual surveys from the National Literacy Trust).<\/p>\n
Still, we want all our students to reap the benefits of reading so we promote reading with posters of staff and students across the school and offer everyone the opportunity to take part in Heathfield Reads. Here are the rewards on offer:<\/p>\n
We’d also love to hear about the books you read and whether you’d recommend them to others so please email us a book review to heathfieldreads@heathfieldcc.co.uk<\/a> . See the bottom of this web page for a guide on how to write a review.<\/p>\n Readers are winners!<\/p>\n This section is full of ideas for where to turn next for a book if you and your child aren\u2019t sure. We know that different students have different barriers when it comes to selecting a book. The videos below are targeted at different types of readers so that you can see how to support your child depending on the type of reader they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Reluctant Readers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n