Stroud District Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils Independent Group for KS2 (Year 5 & 6)

 

Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils (RTRP) ignites a love of reading in teachers and children. RTRP is a national network of teachers reading groups designed to inspire children to read for pleasure because research shows that children who read for pleasure experience high levels of well-being, engage in learning and are successful in life. 

 

David Rawlings, CYP Development Officer at Stroud District Council (SDC) is working in partnership with the Learning and Participation Manager at Cheltenham Literature Festival to deliver this Independent RTRP group for local teachers:

Stroud District Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils Independent Group for KS2 (Year 5 & 6)

What's involved?

Five booktalk sessions per academic year with a launch meeting on Tuesday 8th October.

Teachers receive five books free of charge.

The sessions run from 4.30pm and finish by 6pm

Venue: Three Storeys Cafe, Nailsworth – refreshments provided

The expectation is that teachers read the books, turn up to group meetings*, contribute to the discussion and share the books with children in their classes.

* with awareness and appreciation that teaching is a busy profession and that attendance may need to be variable, especially as this is an afterschool meeting.

  • Tuesday 8th October – launch meeting and the first book revealed
  • Tuesday 12th November
  • Tuesday 14th January
  • Tuesday 4th March
  • Tuesday 6th May
  • Tuesday 10th June 

1. PRIVACY NOTICES

 

SDC processes personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 and the Data Protection Act 2018. For information about how we process personal data, please refer to the Council’s Privacy Notices which can be found at: stroud.gov.uk/privacynotice

 

You can withdraw your consent by contacting: david.rawlings@stroud.gov.uk

 

Do you understand how to access information about our privacy notices?

 

2. CONTACT INFORMATION

 

What is your name?

 

3. What is your job role?

 

4. Which year groups do you teach?

 

5. School Name

 

6. School address

 

7. School phone number

 

8. What is your work email address?

 

9. The group leader (David Rawlings, CYP Development Officer) will need to contact you with information about the reading group. We would like to use your email address and/or school phone number in order to get messages to you.

 

10. JOINING THE BOOK GROUP

Have you participated in RTRP before?

 

11. If yes, please state which group you participated in

 

12. There are five group meetings and a launch meeting in October.

 

Please tick to indicate if you are willing to make the commitment to try and attend each meeting. The dates below are provisional and will be confirmed with teachers at the start of 24/25 academic year.

 
The expectation is that teachers read the books, turn up to group meetings, contribute to the discussion and share the books with children in their classes.

 

13. INFORMED CONSENT

The Children & Young People’s work stream (which includes this Independent RTRP group) is a partnership project between Stroud District Council, Gloucestershire County Council, NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board, Stroud & Berkeley Vale Primary Care Networks and Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

 

The workstream is intended to develop and deliver projects that promote a healthy lifestyle based on the five ways to wellbeing.

 

The Children & Young People’s work stream will process your details for the following purposes:

 

14. By ticking each box I consent to my sensitive personal details being processed for each purpose listed. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Further information about your rights and how Stroud District Council processes your Information can be found on our Privacy Notices at: stroud.gov.uk/privacynotice