Delight in Reading Evaluation Report Academic Year 2018-19 Delight in Reading Evaluation Report Academic Year 2018-19 7 DELIGHT IN READING SUPPORTERS 16 OUTCOME 2 Engaging children with learning 8 DELIGHT PARTNER SCHOOLS 17 OUTCOME 3 9 ABOUT US Broadening children’s horizons 10 WHAT IS DELIGHT IN READING? 18 OUTCOME 4 Developing a positive support 12 THE POWER OF BOOK OWNERSHIP network around each child 13 PROGRAMME 20 ENGAGING THE WIDER SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES COMMUNITY 14 OUTCOME 1 21 SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENT Supporting children’s social and emotional development 21 LOOKING AHEAD Published by Delight 9b Station Avenue, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6LB [email protected] delightcharity.org.uk Registered Charity Number : 1159567 First published 2019 © Delight 2019 This publication is copyright. For copying, prior permission must be obtained from the publisher. Photography by Alex Brenner Delight illustration by Hannah Maiya-Mills Design by Sharp Pencil Design Branding by Alex Swain © ByAlex 4 | Delight in Reading 2018-19 Delight in Reading 2018-19 | 5 Delight in Reading supporters …to the many supporters, volunteers, … to every child who donated their donors and funders who have made outgrown books, helping us to spread Delight in Reading so successful the excitement of book ownership and enabling other children to enjoy a lifelong enthusiasm for reading. Delight in Reading was funded by: Books were donated by: Cisco Systems Limited Caterham Preparatory School, Caterham Community Foundation for Surrey Caterham School, Caterham (Peter Harrison Foundation) Cisco Systems Limited Claremont Fan Court School, Esher Cranleigh Preparatory School Colgate Palmolive (UK) Ltd Tesco ‘Bags of Help’ Cranleigh Preparatory School, Cranleigh Unum Limited Dunottar School, Reigate Walton Charity Enterprise Holdings Epsom Primary and Nursery School, Epsom SC Johnson Greenfield School, Woking Storage was donated by: Hazelwood School, Oxted Sue and Rob Anderson Homefield Preparatory School, Sutton Lingfield College, Lingfield Volunteer support was provided by: Longacre School, Guildford Caterham School Manor House School, Leatherhead De Stafford School Oakhyrst Grange School, Caterham Prior’s Field School, Godalming Cisco Systems Limited Reed Business Information Colgate Palmolive (UK) Ltd Reed’s School, Cobham Prior’s Field School Reigate St. Mary’s, Reigate Reed Business Information Rydes Hill Preparatory School, Guildford Sage Ltd Sage Foundation St Bartholomew’s C of E Primary School, Haslemere Unum Limited St Hilary’s School, Godalming St Ives School, Haslemere St James Primary School, Elstead Sir William Perkins’s School, Chertsey Unum Limited …and a number of Surrey-based individuals, parents and children. 6 | Delight in Reading 2018-19 Delight in Reading 2018-19 | 7 Delight partner schools About Us Delight exists to help children engage with learning in all its forms. Our programmes allow children to explore and develop skills, build resilience and confidence whilst enjoying new experiences. Working in close partnership with selected The Delight Partnership Approach primary schools across Surrey and outstanding Whilst being carefully founded on targeted and arts organisations we deliver intensive arts evidenced outcomes our intensive arts-based programmes that increase the social, learning programmes excite, enthuse and engage. and artistic development of each child. But these outcomes can only be achieved by Building Strong Foundations working in close relationship with teachers and We recognise that some children – especially arts professionals working towards shared goals. those affected by poverty, disadvantage Delight programmes inspire and support not only and other challenges – face barriers to the children at their heart, but the adults who learning that negatively impact on their surround them: involving parents and carers in engagement with school, enjoyment in the learning journey is an integral part of our learning, educational attainment, wellbeing approach whilst enthusing and upskilling teachers and personal development. ensures a legacy of learning through the arts for The Delight programmes broaden children’s future pupils. horizons through new and exciting opportunities, increase wellbeing, positive mental health, Together we can confidence and resilience whilst also sparking an interest in learning both academic and artistic. create a brighter future for all children 8 | Delight in Reading 2018-19 Delight in Reading 2018-19 | 9 “ Books and reading are magic and this magic must be available to absolutely everyone” Cressida Cowell What is Delight in Reading? “Thank you for holding the event yesterday… The children are still talking about the fair and Our Delight in Reading project addresses the fact as I looked out of the window at that 1 in 8 children affected by deprivation don’t own playtime today, many were sharing any books (National Literacy Trust research, 2018). their books together. This was a joy for me to see – thank you so much.” This affects not only their reading ability and desire to HEADTEACHER read, but their belief in their own reading capabilities. Delight Book Fairs Child-Led Delight Book Fairs Community support In 2018-19, we ran Delight Book Fairs in 14 partner We also hold after-school Book Fairs so that In 2018-19, we piloted a new model of delivering All the books we distribute are collected and primary schools serving high need communities children can return with their siblings and parents/ our Book Fairs that put a team of Year 6 pupils donated by businesses, community groups and in Surrey to tackle this ‘book poverty’ and build a carers to purchase more books for just 30p each, (age 10-11) in charge of running the Fair, schools across Surrey. They are all checked and love of reading for pleasure. Our fun and informal helping to bring more books into homes where supported by our Delight Co-ordinator. They set sorted by our committed team of young (aged Book Fairs are run during school hours to ensure there may be few or none. These after-school up stalls, helped younger pupils select books, sold 14-18) volunteers and community volunteers in every single child can choose two free books to Book Fairs also provide an avenue to encourage books after school and collected money, helping regular weekly sessions to make sure that books keep and enjoy, from a choice of thousands of parents/carers to share in and support their them to develop young enterprise skills as well as are great quality and age appropriate – books high quality pre-loved books. child’s reading journey. acting as ‘reading for pleasure’ ambassadors. that children will be proud to own and keep. This proved to be a hugely rewarding and Business volunteers have also been instrumental empowering experience for all involved, with in running the Fairs, hosting Book Collection many volunteers exceeding their own and their days and providing support behind the scenes teachers’ expectations. throughout 2018-19. 10 | Delight in Reading 2018-19 Delight in Reading 2018-19 | 11 The power of book ownership Programme specific objectives There is extensive research evidencing the positive The outcomes of Delight in Reading are evidenced impact of book ownership on children. around four key development areas Book ownership, literacy engagement and A summary of the findings OUTCOME 1 Supporting children’s social mental wellbeing, National Literacy Trust, is as follows: December 2018, sets out the findings of research and emotional development undertaken with 44,097 children and young Book ownership and reading skill people aged 8-18 in the UK. Children and young people who have books of OUTCOME 2 Engaging children with learning their own at home are three times more likely to read above the level expected for their age compared with their peers who say that they OUTCOME 3 Broadening children’s horizons do not have any books of their own. Book ownership and literacy engagement OUTCOME 4 Developing a positive support 9% Those children and young people who do of children and young people not have a book of their own at home are network around each child reported that they do not own three times more likely to have low literacy a book of their own at home – engagement compared with those who have Delight collected outcomes evidence through data collection, questionnaire, that equates to 1 in 11 children a book of their own at home. case studies and teacher, child, parent and volunteer written and verbal feedback. and young people in the UK. Book ownership and mental wellbeing Those children and young people who have a book of their own at home have, on average, a higher mental wellbeing score than those who do not have their own book. Those children and young people who do not have a book of their own at home are twice as likely to have low mental wellbeing than they are to have high mental wellbeing. 1 in 8 children who receive free school meals reported that they do not have a book of their own at home. 12 | Delight in Reading 2018-19 Delight in Reading 2018-19 | 13 OUTCOME 1 “ Great way to Supporting children’s social encourage reading” and emotional development PARENT “Opportunities like this are so rare. The children are all so excited by their books! It’s lovely to see.” TEACHER For some children at our partner schools, a lack We know there are reluctant and less confident Impact on peer leaders of books at home and/or a lack of parental readers at our partner schools, but without The child-led Delight Book Fair pilot had a hugely Volunteering at the Fair enabled some engagement has led to a negative perception of exception children’s and parents’ feedback positive impact on the Year 6 pupils taking part. children to discover and demonstrate hidden books and of their own reading ability. Reading shows how much the children look forward to the They responded really well to the responsibility talents, boosting confidence and challenging is associated with learning, not enjoyment.