Booktrust
We are happy to welcome Booktrust to Wychwood for the first time on our 10th Anniversary year.
About Booktrust
For too many children, life seems mapped out with no hope of educational, social or economic improvement. We want to change the story. Booktrust’s Children’s Reading Fund is all about improving the life chances for disadvantaged children in the UK. Giving a child a love of reading at an early age is one of the most important factors in their educational success.
The Children’s Reading Fund focuses on catching the imagination of disadvantaged children aged 4 to 11, empowering them to develop, grow and to change their own story. Booktrust is a national charity that changes lives through reading. Our vision is a society where nobody misses out on the life changing benefits that reading can bring.
Booktrust activities on site
Booktrust Rhymetime and Story sessions
Booktrust Rhymetime and Story sessions use songs, rhymes, rhythm and movement to help children develop a love of books and of hearing stories, giving them a flying start when it comes to learning to read by themselves.
Cerrie Burnell
Cerrie Burnell is a well-loved and popular CBeebies presenter and one of the few visibly disabled presenters on television. She was named in the Observer’s top ten children’s presenters and also featured in the Guardian’s 2011 list of 100 most inspirational women where she received praise for tackling disability head on.
As well as her work for CBeebies, Cerrie makes frequent television and radio appearances, including recent features on The Wright stuff and upcoming work with BBC Radio’s Woman's Hour.
Cerrie’s one-woman show The Magical Playroom toured last year, receiving much critical acclaim for her performance at the Edinburgh Festival. She published her debut children's picture book, Snowflakes, in 2013 and has more releases planned for the coming years.
“All children deserve to have their lives inspired through the beauty and power of story. Children's literature has the freedom to celebrate diversity in a magical and unique way, and go on to empower those children who have the opportunity to read all the wonderful books out there. That is why I'm supporting Booktrust’s Children's Reading Fund.”