Evaluation Report

Gareth Morgan | Hoodwinked Education Coordinator

November 2018

[DOCUMENT TITLE] [Document subtitle] Robin’s Tales Education Programme Evaluation Executive Summary

Over the course of the summer term (May-July 2018) over 13000 children aged 5-11 in 53 City Primary Schools participated in a city-wide arts and literacy programme both in and out of school.

This has seen the creation of 56 amazing BookBenches which the schools designed, decorated and incorporated into their curriculum throughout the first half of the term. These BookBenches were then displayed across Nottingham and its neighbourhoods for the second half of the summer term and over the summer holiday break. As part of the programme, the project’s partners also supported and engaged schools, their pupils and staff in a renewed push to create a culture of “reading for pleasure” in their everyday learning. This has been hugely and generously supported by Boots UK, Browne Jacobson, Library Service and Education Department, Wild in Art, Hospice and others.

Key Markers • Over 13000 children Nottingham taking part in designing, decorating and engaging with their school’s BookBench. Almost a quarter of all children in the city. • 1.33% increase in children completing their Summer Reading Challenge city-wide against a national downward trend in participation, and 3487 more children’s books issued in the summer holidays. • 26 schools trained in new literacy approaches by National Literacy Trust; 5 schools trained and taken through their Arts Award by ChalleNGe/The Mighty Creatives. • 5304 individual app “check-ins” at BookBench locations plus thousands more using paper maps or encountering the art-work by chance. • 86% of schools involved said they would use local library services more because of Hoodwinked.

Storyteller Sarah West tells Robin Hood stories to children from Our Lady St Edwards and Sycamore Primaries at the launch of the St Ann’s Valley Library BookBenches. (Photo: Gareth Morgan).

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Robin’s Tales Education Programme Evaluation Full Report

What was Hoodwinked: Robin’s Tales Education Programme? Hoodwinked: Robin’s Tales was a bespoke programme for Nottingham City primary schools created by Wild in Art and Nottingham City Council with Nottinghamshire Hospice, supported by Boots UK, Browne Jacobson and Nottingham City councillors. The programme was targeted at developing arts, literacy, local history and PSHE curriculum and knowledge. This culminated in the schools designing, decorating and displaying a “BookBench” as part of the wider Hoodwinked trail in both city centre and community locations.

Fifty-six beautiful BookBenches were created during the first part of the summer term of 2018 and displayed across Nottingham from 9th July – 30th September 2018. Schools were also given, as part of the project, an education guide looking at the programme topics, training and support opportunities for school staff. Schools were able to visit and see their BookBench in its community, which included further opportunity for workshops, storytelling and receiving information about summer programmes in the city like the Summer Reading Challenge. The BookBenches have now all returned to school as a lasting legacy for a great summer for arts and literacy in Nottingham.

Pupils painting their BookBench at Highbank Primary, Clifton. (Image: Shawn Ryan)

Rationale for the Project and its Focus on Literacy & Arts Nottingham has issues with low attainment in literacy in Key Stage 2 with only 61% of children in the city achieving expected standards in reading in 2016. This drops further to 58% for children with English as a second language, to 53% for children identified as disadvantaged and to 50% for children eligible for free school meals. In a 2017 report from the National Literacy Trust every single electoral ward and parliamentary constituency in were given a literacy vulnerability score.

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Nottingham North was ranked the constituency with the 8th greatest literacy need, with Nottingham East 14th and Nottingham South is 116th out of 533 constituencies.

Nottingham is also one of 4 UNESCO Cities of Literature in the UK, along with Edinburgh, Norwich and now Manchester. The literacy focus was designed to celebrate this designation which the city was awarded in 2015, and show every child in Nottingham that literature, reading and being creative is part of their city’s DNA.

Schools are a vital cog in children’s learning journey in cultural education. In Nottingham, participation in and access to culture is lower than in other cities. Only 3% of schools in Nottingham have the Artsmark kite-mark (given to schools with high-quality consistent cultural provision) and only 1% of young people in the city have achieved Arts Award. Support for schools in both literacy and arts will deliver a clear benefit for children, staff and the city. Research shows that self- expression relieves stress and anxiety and reading for pleasure builds empathy and improves our wellbeing. At a time when we are seeing unprecedented demand for children and young people’s mental health services, supporting children to enjoy reading, express themselves creatively and develop emotional skills can only be a good thing.

Number of Schools and which Pupils Participated 53 primary phase learning settings (schools, SEND schools, pupil referral units and hospital schools) were involved in Hoodwinked and the creating of their individual BookBenches. A further 3 were designed to go on display as a result of associated partnerships including one created by a professional artist on behalf of the city council to support the literacy charity, The Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

A school in every City ward took part ( East and ward contains no school settings).

Children from Ambleside and Rosslyn Park Primary Schools, Aspley, at their launch at Aspley Library. (Image Gareth Morgan)

Based on the evaluation data, scaled to cover all schools involved, we believe approximately 13113 children in Nottingham City were involved directly through their school with the design and decoration of a BookBench. This equates to roughly 58% of children of primary school age and 22%

3 of all children and young people (under 16) living in Nottingham City. This data is scaled as not all schools employed a whole school approach and, instead, worked with a specific year group, class or extra-curricular club like an after-school art club.

Number of Staff Receiving Training around Literacy and Arts Award All schools were invited to two project briefing sessions to talk through the programme, what it entailed and how to make the most of their participation in it.

26 Hoodwinked schools took up the opportunity to receive 2 days of reading support CPD for one member of staff from the National Literacy Trust. These schools were: Blessed Robert Widmerpool, Blue Bell Hill, St Mary's, Cantrell, Crabtree Farm, Denewood, Djanogly Northgate, Dovecote, Edna G. Olds, Fernwood, Glade Hill, Glenbrook, Melbury, Old Basford, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Radford, Rosslyn Park, Rufford, Scotholme, CofE, South , Southwark, Southwold and Whitemoor primaries.

5 schools took up the opportunity to receive a half-day Arts Award training from the Mighty Creatives and ChalleNGe. These schools were: Blue Bell Hill, Cantrell, Glapton, Snapewood and Southwark primaries. One class at each of these schools (150 children) also completed their Arts Award Discover or Explore around their school’s Hoodwinked project. 6 students from Nottingham Children’s Hospital School also achieved their Arts Award Discover – the first ever from the Hospital School.

School Approach to the Design of the Sculpture The design process differed school to school, but overwhelmingly teachers chose to run competitions within their participant group and then had pupils vote on their favourites, this usually undertaken by the school’s pupil council. This would then either be adopted as the whole design or favourite elements combined to create a composite.

Sneinton Primary’s school council meet to decide their winning design. (Photo: Julie Doyle)

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The BookBenches were decorated in a huge range of different designs – from favourite books, authors and illustrators to celebrating our city. Several schools tied this to International Children’s Book Day, World Book Night and National Share-a-Story month. Schools commented that the schools pack and the guide video on the Hoodwinked website from Wild in Art were helpful in this. Schools often chose themes before the design process such as each class picking a specific author or the idea of “today a reader, tomorrow a leader”. Milford Academy in Clifton documented their design process with the school art club on their blog.

Some schools used the project to engage with the diverse communities their pupils come from and in their school’s neighbourhood. Mellers Primary in Radford, in which 89% of the children come from ethnic minority families and where 37 languages other than English are spoken, decorated their bench with favourite characters from traditional stories of families' home countries. They commented that all at school are now “more aware of stories which are told at home to our children”. Other schools chose to have an international focus: Edna G Olds Academy in Lenton’s bench looks at the global issue of pollution in our oceans, whilst the bench of Blessed Robert Widmerpool Primary in Clifton looked at their twinning friendship with a school in Bunkpurugu, Ghana.

All BookBenches were painted by the school’s pupils, with varying support from school staff or invited artists. Some schools ensured every child was involved in this process by having a “painting line”, where each child completed a certain section, or every child created a book cover mosaic tile, Nottingham scene or African mask design to be pasted to the finished bench.

Whitemoor Academy in Basford commented:

The Hoodwinked BookBench project was an incredible experience for my pupils and their families. Brilliantly organised and allowed for each school to respond in their own unique way. Our school, Whitemoor Academy, chose to include as many children as we could, setting a competition and choosing a selection of children from across each key stage to incorporate their amazing designs and paint the BookBench. The older children took the lead and supervised/guided the younger children in the application of the paint. This worked extremely well and allowed these children to gain in confidence and added to the aesthetic appeal of the finished bench… Our bench now has proud of place in our own school library and is used on a daily basis.

Some schools were supported by our project community artist, Mrs Maker, who commented:

As a visiting artist I supported a number of schools in their Hoodwinked BookBench journey. I felt honoured to have been trusted with this position and loved the opportunity to work with incredible children and staff. Each school responded differently and went their own unique way, showcasing their strengths, interests and values. It was a real pleasure to give extra advice and guidance to those schools who wanted and hopefully aided building their confidence in creativity.

A huge thank you for giving the children of Nottingham city schools the opportunity to show their amazing artwork and reconnect with libraries and communities.

Changes to School Approaches to Literacy as a Result of Hoodwinked The programme, particularly for those schools who participated in the National Literacy Trust reading CPD, has hugely developed literacy approaches in schools. Only one school from those

5 surveyed reported that the project had not influenced approaches to school literacy. The training course was exceptionally well received, and has been seen, along with the BookBenches themselves, as a real highlight of the programme

Selected testimony on the training: “Truly inspirational” – Southwark Primary, Basford

“Brilliant training!” – South Wilford Primary, Wilford

“Ruth (the trainer) was fantastic!” – Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary, Bulwell

“I have been teaching for over 40 years and have rarely found a course so inspirational as I did the one on reading for pleasure. (having said that it cost me a fortune in new books and I already felt that I had an extensive library of children's books!!)” – Melbury Primary,

“The CPD by the Literacy Trust was extremely useful. I was introduced to several new book titles and ideas which myself and colleagues have since put into practice.” – Rosslyn Park Primary, Aspley

Children at Fernwood Primary, Wollaton, get stuck in painting their BookBench design based on their favourite book: Duck in a Truck. (Image: Gareth Morgan)

The programme itself also proved to a useful catalyst for arts and literacy activity in schools over the Summer term – both in the decorating of the BookBench and exploring a wider literacy curriculum as supported in the resource pack. The benches’ return to schools has also been highlighted as having

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Selected testimony on the project’s literacy outcomes: “Hoodwinked has helped develop a reading for pleasure ethos in school. The resource pack curriculum links section gave us loads of ideas.” – Dovecote Primary, Clifton

“Our pupils have been challenged to link their designs to famous books and authors - and so the BookBench has become a valuable tool in hooking them into a wealth of literature.” – Whitemoor Primary, Basford

“We wanted to link it into our commitment to get more children and families reading for pleasure and believe it was a success.” – Cantrell Primary, Bulwell

“The bench gave us an insight into the children's interests which allowed us to adapt our literacy planning. Children love reading on our BookBench and it is a proud monument in our school.” – Primary, Sneinton

“It has fit in to a changing ‘book-based’ curriculum and reading for pleasure ethos which we are at the beginning stage of developing.” – Primary, Forest Fields

“We have a new library underway and a new approach to guided reading” – Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Bulwell

John Dexter, Nottingham City’s Director of Education and a former teacher in the city himself, commented:

Many of us involved in education and in schools in Nottingham love the opportunities given to our pupils by such creative ideas as hoodwinked. Our pupils were excited by the project -the benches were great but just the start. It drew them into reading, drew them into our libraries and brought them to books again and again. But it also drew them into discussions with each other, with teachers and librarians and with their family members about reading, about literature and to a world of learning. A city-wide shared initiative which took children into the wonderful world of books and learning is priceless.

Promotion of the School within the Wider Community through the School Trail Exhibits Every school was invited to a launch event for their BookBench when in its community location, with many schools visiting the benches outside of these times either of regular visits to those sites (swimming lessons and library visits) or specifically to see the bench. There were school visits from all three of Nottingham City’s MPs and visits to community venues from City Councillors and sponsors to see benches in situ.

The BookBenches themselves had 5304 individual app check-ins, with many, many more using the paper maps with over 60,000 distributed. The most popular app location was intu Victoria Centre. In terms of online reach, 4 of the top 20 most engaged with tweets on Hoodwinked directly referenced the BookBenches and the literacy program, including 2 in the top 5. There was positive press coverage specifically for the BookBenches including ITV News, BBC Radio Nottingham and Nottingham Post. It was also covered in a blog for Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature.

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All schools were invited to attended “launches” for their BookBench in their display locations which allowed for further promotion and amplification of reach for the project via the school’s and project’s social media channels. It was at these launches that several media outlets met and interviewed sponsors, councillors, school staff and pupils, all of whom spoke of the positive message and outcomes of the project.

One school felt that the BookBenches were overshadowed by the Robins in the City and that it would have been better to do them at different times to maximise the impact both had. Schools however did engage with both the Robin and BookBench trails: Blue Bell Hill Primary in St Ann’s took their holiday club out over the summer and visited all the Robins and benches in the city centre. William Booth also ran a summer challenge to find their bench and have their photo taken during the holidays. Schools, including Old Basford and Rosehill, also did the Robin trail in September. One school, Edale Rise in Sneinton, have been so inspired by the Hoodwinked project that they have named their year 4 class Robins, are designing their own trail in school with their teacher and making a giant papier-mâché Robin!

Children from Radford and Edna G Olds Academies, Radford and Lenton, at their launch at Radford-Lenton Library with Cllrs Dave Trimble and Sarah Piper and Nottingham City Director of Education John Dexter. (Image: Gareth Morgan).

In support of the Hoodwinked BookBenches, ChalleNGe, Nottingham’s Cultural Education Partnership, also launched a sister programme – Flock. Flock saw schools, libraries and other child settings create their own DIY robins that were displayed over the summer, from paper bunting to wood to recycled bottle birds. Libraries used this as both a craft workshop during the launch events and as a holiday club activity. Libraries and both intu shopping centres also had robin colouring sheets for children to complete plus the National Literacy Trust ran a robin and BookBenches scavenger hunt, the winners receiving a bundle of new books.

Nottingham has a history of large-scale city-wide arts projects, like 2016’s Big Tent. Schools commented that they enjoyed having another city arts project to be involved with, sharing their

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Scotholme Primary in commented:

The beauty of this project has been that it allows our schools to produce a piece of art which will take centre-stage in the local community. There is rarely a greater sight than seeing the pride on a child's face when their work is displayed in front of, and is valued by, a real-life audience.

Whitemoor Academy in Basford also commented:

The highlight of the project was seeing the children and their families celebrating their art work at the local library. Seeing their proud faces at the launch was a golden moment. We have since linked up with the local library and have planned to produce a display of art work about their favourite books. Making links with the community has been a real added bonus.

Library Visits and Perception 36 of the 56 BookBenches were displayed in libraries across the city. All schools were invited to launches at their community venue where the children had sessions with a storyteller and craft activities. 86% of schools involved in Hoodwinked said that they would use local library services more, because of Hoodwinked and their visits to see their benches in library spaces, including one third of schools who had not visited their local library that academic year. As seen in Whitemoor’s comment above, they are now working with Aspley library to create a new display about their favourite books.

This year there has been a 1.33% increase in children completing their Summer Reading Challenge, or 63 more children reading 6 books over the summer holiday than in 2017. This is against a national trend of a decline in participation in the scheme. During this year’s Summer Reading Challenge 3487 more children’s books were issued than the same period in 2017.

Selected testimony on the project’s work with libraries: “The children got real joy out of seeing their bench at the library.” – Southwark Primary, Basford

“The children loved their visit to the library and were proud to share with others that their art work was somewhere public. It makes a lovely statement in our school about how invested in reading we are.” – Nottingham Academy Primary, Sneinton

“Our highlight was seeing the children’s pride when the bench was finished. Visiting the library had a big impact and we are now organising further regular class visits.” – Rosslyn Park Primary, Aspley

“The children enjoyed the whole process but particularly enjoyed seeing their bench in Lenton Library.” – Radford Academy, Radford

Schools also commented that Nicky, the storyteller, was a highlight: “The storytelling workshop at Mary Potter Library with our bench was lovely.” – Forest Fields Primary, Forest Fields

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“Our highlight was seeing the bench in the community and Nicky the storyteller!” – Sneinton CofE Primary, Sneinton

“We loved visiting the library to see our bench and listen to the fantastic storyteller.” – Melbury Primary, Bilborough

As part of the education learning pack, there was a competition to design a poster to be displayed in all city libraries. Inspired by the Boot’s Book Lovers’ Libraries founded by Florence Boot, the winning posters, from over 200 entries, were picked for their beautiful design and encouraging message that libraries and reading are fun! These will remain on display for the next year. The judges – Cllr Cat Arnold, The Sheriff of Nottingham, Elizabeth Fagan, Non-Executive Chairman of Boots, and Emily Landsborough, Read On Nottingham Hub Manager for the National Literacy Trust, all commented how difficult the decision was due to how brilliant the posters were.

Our three Fantastic Florence Poster Competition winners! (Image: Tracey Whitefoot)

Sandra Edis, Reading and Literacy Lead for Nottingham City Library Service, commented:

The library service was pleased to be involved in the Hoodwinked education programme, looking after the school BookBenches has been a highlight during the summer months. Families and children were visiting the library and spotting their benches which created a buzz in the library. We had families that hadn’t been to the library re-joining and borrowing books. It also gave us the opportunity to promote our culture and literacy offer to schools and encouraging them to continue or restart visiting their local library –which has made a big difference on our school visits in this academic year already.

14 of the BookBenches were at city leisure centres and 6 in the intu shopping centres in the city centre. School still enjoyed visiting these venues and sharing their artwork with people at these centres whilst also giving a great opportunity to showcase the event to a different and wider audience than just library visitors. Robert Shaw Primary in Radford commented that seeing their bench at Harvey Hadden was “a great experience and rewarding for the children involved”.

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Sponsor & Supporter Engagement Comments from sponsors and other financial supporters of the programme were very positive, highlighting the programme’s progressive outlook on community building, and engagement with children, schools and families around literacy, arts and exploring their city. Hoodwinked is indebted to its financial supporters: Boots UK – our Education Partner, Browne Jacobson – our Teaching Support Partner, and Capital One, Airport, Robin Hood Card and GF Tomlinson, all of whom sponsored individual schools’ participation.

Elizabeth Fagan, Non-Executive Chairman of Boots, commented:

By joining the Hoodwinked programme as Education Partner, we wanted to continue the important work we have been doing in the community in Nottingham and use our unique heritage in literacy to improve access to reading for all. It’s been a pleasure to see all of the schools and teachers get behind the education programme, using it as a learning opportunity for the children, and as a chance to get involved in creating arts and culture from within Nottingham. We loved seeing the creative designs that the children have come up with for the BookBenches, and we hope that they support skills and literacy in Nottingham living as a quiet spot to enjoy reading for many years to come.

Janet Orgill from Browne Jacobson, commented:

In addition to the general warm glow from supporting teachers to support their pupils more effectively, it has really helped us to crystallise our CS direction. In a knowledge- based industry like ours, the ability to communicate is critical to success and literacy therefore really resonates with us. Because of our support of the programme, we have created strong links with the National Literacy Trust and are working closely with them on additional programmes. From a CS perspective, it has been really valuable to us.

Nottingham City Councillors also contributed financially to the project, through a community grant, and participated in many of the launch events.

Councillor Wendy Smith, representing Biliborough ward and a governor at Glenbrook Primary, commented:

I was delighted to be involved with the launch of the BookBenches at Bilborough library. Local pupils took great pride in having their benches exhibited and enjoyed seeing those from other schools. A special moment for me was when the benches were displayed in the main part of the library; a child came in with her parents and exclaimed with delight at unexpectedly seeing ‘her’ bench. Altogether an extremely worthwhile project and a fitting way to encourage children to love reading.

Councillor Dave Trimble, Nottingham City Council’s Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Localities, also said: “children in primary schools right across the city can be very proud of the part they played in creating a brilliant art trail for Nottingham this summer.”

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Children from Glenbrook Primary, Bilborough, with Cllr Wendy Smith at their launch at Bilborough Library. (Image Gareth Morgan)

Nick Lee, Nottingham City Council’s Director of Education Services, further adds:

Hoodwinked: Robins Tales is a wonderful demonstration of Nottingham at its very best – brim full of creativity; alive to the strength that our rich cultural diversity can bring to better understanding between communities; showcasing our vibrant and vital schools and libraries as sites of learning and curiosity; and above all else celebrating the transformative power of reading for pleasure. Its physical legacy is found in the array of beautiful BookBenches that will be enjoyed by thousands of children. Its educational legacy will be in reminding us all of the power of books and reading to open our eyes and minds to the wonder and beauty of the world and its people.

Legacy of the Programme & Future Use of Resource BookBenches have returned to schools and had the Boots sponsorship plaque added. Most schools have placed their bench in either their school library (including developing new libraries), reception area or, after re-varnishing, playground. Scotholme Primary in Hyson Green have used the bench to create a “quiet area at lunchtimes where children can go and do activities such as reading or Lego”.

The BookBenches are still inspiring school literacy projects. Most schools spoke about the benches’ ability to inspire and support an ethos for reading for pleasure in school. The education pack and other new city-wide good practice research has also supported new approaches to shared and guided reading and helped schools adapt their literacy planning, such as ‘book-based’ curriculum. Highbank Primary in Clifton decorated their BookBench with “sound making” vocabulary and teachers have noticed children using the words in their work. Teachers also noticed children discussing books and authors more openly with each other during the project. Other work going on

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Education Pack Feedback All schools found the Schools Pack to be a helpful guide to the programme (81% helpful, 19% partly helpful). Dovecote Primary in Clifton commented that “the resource pack curriculum links section gave us loads of ideas”. The Boots specific content was well received by schools with over 200 entries into the Fantastic Florence reading posters competition entered by five schools.

Children at Whitemoor Primary, Basford, unveil their BookBench in school with The Sheriff of Nottingham, Cllr Cat Arnold, and Mrs Maker. (Image: Tracey Whitefoot).

End of Life Perceptions & Feelings 43% of schools found Hoodwinked's work with Nottinghamshire Hospice and their sections in the pack has influenced school's perceptions and feelings, towards the difficult and challenging topic of “end of life” and family bereavement.

Project Highlights and Conclusions The project’s highlight, aside from the sheer number of schools and children involved, would be that over 1000 children were able to visit their local library with their class, take part in fun workshops and hear amazing stories from Nicky. They also got to see their BookBench alongside others in public – often with other schools at shared sessions. one of the greatest benefits that has been seen is in the children interacting with the public about the bench when it is displayed in the community. These interactions develop the self-worth and esteem of the children involved hugely.

It has also increased school and library cooperation. 86% of schools involved in Hoodwinked said that they would use local library services more because of Hoodwinked. This promise of increased library usage by schools and a commitment to support this with the children’s parents will undoubtedly help in Nottingham’s fight to tackle the city’s low literacy levels.

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To see specific impact, the best example is from Old Basford Primary where two of their pupils created their own amazing Hoodwinked scrapbook. Their teacher’s feedback articulates what all school have shared in terms of the impact and enjoyment of been involved in the project.

It was fab! Children and staff really enjoyed it and it encouraged us to discuss different books and authors. I loved seeing the Robins throughout the summer. They definitely cheered up the city centre. Well done to all involved.

Children from Whitegate, Milford and Highbank Primaries, Clifton, join us on a Saturday morning to launch their BookBenches at the library with Lilian Greenwood MP, Cllrs Chris Gibson and Josh Cook, Mrs Maker and storyteller Nicky Rafferty. (Image: Gareth Morgan).

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All 54 school-led BookBenches

Fantastic Florence Competition Winning Posters

Elijah (year 2) from Our Lady of Isaac (year 4) from Our Lady of Mateusz (year 5) at St Teresa’s Perpetual Succour, Bulwell Perpetual Succour, Bulwell Primary, Aspley

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Schools and Community Locations Map

Key Schools Libraries Leisure Centres Shopping Centres

Schools Info Name of your School Name Ward BookBench Inspired by… The Books We Our BookBench is inspired by the Denewood Learning Centre Arboretum Love! books we have read together. Escape to Our BookBench is inspired by our Ambleside Primary School Aspley Fantasy Worlds love of reading and the planet! Fantastic Fiction Our BookBench is inspired by Rosslyn Park Primary School Aspley Thief Fantastic Mr Fox and fantastic fiction. Our BookBench is inspired by our PROUD of favourite books, authors, characters Old Basford Primary School Basford Reading at OBS and our love of reading. Our BookBench is inspired by the All you need is a inspirational children's illustrators of Southwark Primary Academy Basford book! our favourite books. Our BookBench is inspired by the school's Dare to be Different and Whitemoor Academy Basford Read in Bed Take Care ethos. Our BookBench is inspired by our Reading with love of reading and some of our Djanogly Northgate Academy Berridge Friends favourite characters. Our BookBench is inspired by our You Can’t Buy favourite Roald Dahl and Dr Seuss Forest Fields Primary School Berridge Happiness, but books.

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You Can Buy Books Our BookBench is inspired by the books we have enjoyed this year in Scotholme Primary School Berridge The Scot-Seat! each class. Our BookBench is inspired by our Glade Hill Primary School Bestwood A Magical Night favourite class novel, Harry Potter! Our BookBench is inspired by the The Robin Hood sensational stories that the children Robin Hood Primary School Bestwood Reading Bench at Robin Hood love! Our BookBench is inspired by our Southglade’s school's love of learning through Southglade Primary School Bestwood Special Stories books. Our BookBench is inspired by the Brocklewood's illustrations in stories and the Brocklewood Primary School Bilborough BookBench! children’s love for them. Our BookBench is inspired by our Epic Glenbrook Primary School Bilborough EPIC Books! Curriculum and love of reading. Our BookBench is inspired by the Passport to understanding that reading brings Melbury Primary School Bilborough Freedom power and freedom. Our BookBench is inspired by our school's ethos and to celebrate a Oak Field School & Sports College Bilborough Robin Hood local legend. Relaxing with Our BookBench is inspired by our Portland Spencer Primary Academy Bilborough Roald school’s love of reading The Greenfields' Our BookBench is inspired by the Greenfields Community School Bridge Story ethos and values of our school Our BookBench is inspired by the Sit Down with a children at Bulwell St Mary's and Bulwell St Mary's Primary School Bulwell Character their all-time favourite books. Our BookBench is inspired by the enjoyment of hiding away with a Crabtree Farm Primary School Bulwell Secret Stories good book. Our BookBench is inspired by our Once upon a love of reading and our favourite Rufford Primary School Bulwell time ... books. Snape Wood Our BookBench is inspired by our through the wish for an Alice in Wonderland Snape Wood Primary School Bulwell Looking Glass themed reading garden. Our BookBench is inspired our love of Springfield Primary Academy Bulwell A Springfield Tale traditional tales Our BookBench is inspired by Bulwell Cantrell Loves fantastic contemporary children's Cantrell Primary School Forest Reading! fiction. Our BookBench is inspired by our Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Bulwell Wild about children's love and enjoyment of Primary Academy Forest Words books. Bulwell The Rise Park Our BookBench is inspired by all the Rise Park Primary School Forest Reading Bench things we love about reading. Westglade's Bulwell Wonder Word Our book is inspired by Westglade’s Westglade Primary Forest Bench love of the written word. Our BookBench is inspired by a Clifton Down the Rabbit beloved story for many children and Dovecote Primary School North Hole adults around the world.

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Is there a Gruffalo on the broom for a Our BookBench is inspired by the South Wilford Endowed CofE VA Clifton Stickman like imagination and poetry of Julia Primary Academy North me? Donaldson. Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Voluntary Primary Clifton Building Hope at Our BookBench is inspired by our Academy South BRW fundraising for a school in Africa. Clifton Dive Deep into a Our BookBench is inspired by love of Glapton Academy South Book reading and the planet Luxurious Clifton Language Our BookBench is inspired by our Highbank Primary Academy South Lounger love of learning and exciting words. Our BookBench is inspired by the Clifton The Milford wonderful places we visit on our Milford Academy South Reading Journey reading journey! Our BookBench is inspired by our Clifton The Library of amazing library where the children Whitegate Primary South Dreams can access brilliant books Edale loves to Our BookBench is inspired by reading Edale Rise Primary Academy Dales read! for pleasure and fun Nottingham Nottingham Academy Primary Academy’s Our BookBench is inspired by the love Phase Dales Reading Bench of reading at Nottingham Academy Our BookBench is inspired by the people of Nottingham - both past and William Booth Primary Dales Where's William? present. Our BookBench is inspired by our Dunkirk & An Ocean Filled hope and dreams- exploring life as Edna G Olds Academy Lenton with Plastic curious, resilient lifelong learners. Our BookBench is inspired by our Hospital and Home Education Dunkirk & Reading is the school’s belief in the restorative Learning Centre - QMC Lenton Best Medicine power of books and storytelling. Today a reader, Our BookBench is inspired by the tomorrow a characters in books we love who Robert Shaw Primary School Leen Valley leader make us strong. For the Love of Our BookBench is inspired by our Southwold Primary School Leen Valley Reading! love and enthusiasm for reading! St Teresa's Catholic Primary Do the Little Our BookBench is inspired by our Voluntary Academy Leen Valley Things Well ethos and our school's love of books Our BookBench is inspired by how Hogarth will lead, empower and "Come Sit and enable you to achieve and drive you Hogarth Academy Read!" on a journey! Celebrating our Radford & roots through Our BookBench is inspired by the rich Mellers Primary School Park stories and diverse heritage of our school Our BookBench is inspired by the love Radford & Radford's of reading, anywhere and Radford Academy Park Reading Bench! everywhere Through the keyhole…let a good book Our BookBench is inspired by the unlock your weird and wonderful setting of Lewis Haydn Primary School Sherwood imagination Carroll’s classic tale.

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Our BookBench is inspired by the many famous characters from some The Wonderful of our favourite books and our love Seely Primary School Sherwood World of Books for reading. Our BookBench is inspired by the spectacular characters in the books Sycamore Academy St Ann’s Character Tree' we read Our BookBench is inspired by all the Our Favourite children and staffs favourite story Blue Bell Hill Primary School St Ann's Stories books. Our Lady & St. Edward Catholic Together is Our BookBench is inspired by a Primary Voluntary Academy St Ann's Better. celebration of diversity in our school. Our BookBench is inspired by our Rosehill School St Ann's Storybook Forest favourite woodland stories Reading Is Our BookBench is inspired by our Sneinton St Stephen's CofE Primary Dreaming with school's love and enthusiasm for Academy St Ann's Your Eyes Open reading. Wollaton Our BookBench is inspired by our Fernwood Primary School West Duck in the Truck favourite books (so far!)

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