Littleham Primary School pupils enjoy activities at the library
Posted on 4th December 2024
With funding from Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, Libraries Unlimited is providing the school with a variety of specially designed sessions inspired by the charity’s unique reading challenge: The Secret Book Quest.
Of the 81 neighbourhoods in East Devon, Littleham is the only one in the 20% of most deprived areas in England. Libraries Unlimited data shows that only 7.6% of children in Littleham currently visit Exmouth Library (the average across Devon is 20%).
This month, Exmouth Library welcomed the whole of Littleham Church of England Primary School as part of a project from Libraries Unlimited to increase literacy. For many of the children in the school, this was their first visit to the library.
The school visit to Exmouth Library is part of the Littleham Project, run by Libraries Unlimited. The charity, which runs the 54 libraries across Devon and Torbay, is on a mission to close the literacy gap by empowering parents and children and supporting teachers and practitioners with a special initiative, believed to be the first of its kind in England.
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Posted by Ulrike on 4th December 2024
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