Tag: reading

Struggling youngsters to be appointed Attainment Advisors

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - May 15, 2015

YOUNGSTERS who need help with reading and maths will be appointed Attainment Advisors under a new scheme. Education Scotland has started a recruitment campaign to...

World-record attempt to be held in Fife

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 27, 2015

CHILDREN and parents are being urged to sign up for a one-off record-breaking attempt in Fife. On May 19, families will read their way into...

Edinburgh’s libraries recieve a welcome boost

Local News

Guest - February 16, 2012

A new future for some of Edinburgh’s libraries is to be decided next week following a consultation with almost 10,000 people. The changes will see...

Inmates favourite books revealed

Deadline News Journalist - July 6, 2010

By Cara Sulieman PRISONERS at one of Scotland’s toughest prisons have been thumbing through the pages of a thrillers, football biographies and CRIME novels as...

Council goes up for library ‘Oscar’

Deadline News Journalist - July 14, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A SCOTTISH council is being applauded for their scheme to encourage troubled kids to start reading. Edinburgh City Council are one of the...