This year, Manor Junior School will be participating in the National Year of Reading. In 2026, a national spotlight is being put on reading and on the simplest way to help children enjoy it: connecting it to what they already love.

For families, the National Year of Reading also means more support, more ideas and more opportunities to weave reading into busy routines, whatever age your child is.

Monthly Challenge

The theme for the National Year of Reading is GO ALL IN.

Each month, we will be setting a simple, fun challenge for all children to join in with. Participation will be celebrated at school, on our website and in our newsletters. Children who really GO ALL IN will be in with the chance of winning some prizes at the end of this school year.

Entries can be given or emailed to Mrs James: h.james@manor-junior.hants.sch.uk with the subject line NYR entry. Please make sure that you include your child’s full name and class with their entry.

Thank you for getting involved

We really appreciate any way in which you can help us to GO ALL IN with reading this year.

As well as hoping that children enjoy the immediate benefits of reading, reading for pleasure early in childhood is also linked to better cognitive performance and mental wellbeing in adolescence (https://readingagency.org.uk/our-work/our-research/reading-facts/).

Together, we hope to inspire a lifelong love of reading in all of our children.

There is more information on how you can get involved at home here: https://goallin.org.uk/get-involved/families/

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