Love Reading
The Love Reading Mentoring Project is a pilot project which leverages the successful work of MFL Mentoring in an effort to inspire primary school learners to see the value of and be inspired by the power of reading.
Overview
Love Reading Mentoring partners university students who have a passion for reading and working with young people with local primary schools, to inspire learners aged 9-11 to find their own love for reading! Love Reading mentors do this by running engaging face-to-face sessions about how reading is more than just words – it’s about communication, body language, creativity and much, much more.
The project is funded by the Welsh Government, led by Cardiff University and supported by Bangor University.
The project is currently funded until March 2024 and is focused on developing a love for reading in English. With evidence that the approach works, we hope to be able to expand this to Welsh-medium reading and to more schools. This will be funding dependent.
Mission and Vision
Research has shown that learners’ literacy levels have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Research also shows that if we can inspire an intrinsic motivation for reading, it will improve attainment across key literacy skills, including reading!
So, our mission and vision is to:
- Cultivate A Love For Reading Amongst Learners
- Explore A Variety Of Different Reading Materials As A Way To Develop Literacy And Reading Skills
- Discover How Reading Connects Us To The World Around Us
- Highlight How Reading And Literacy Support Careers And Wellbeing
- Make Love For Reading Accessible And Appealing To Every Learner In Every Context
- Explore The Relevance Of Reading To The Lives And Aspirations Of Our Learners
- Raise Understanding Of And Enthusiasm For Higher Education As One Of Many Routes To Take In The Future
Project Timeline
Applications for mentors and partner schools close
Learners complete surveys and mentors do DBS checks
Teachers choose learners who will be mentored and gather parental consent
Mentors are trained!
Each school receives 2 mentors who will come to their school to run the 6 sessions of mentoring
Feedback and participate in the evaluation
keep an eye out for future funding!!
Become a mentor
If you’d like to help young learners love reading, then get involved by completing an application form to become a mentor in September 2023. Just remember, you must be registered at one of our partner universities (Cardiff or Bangor) for the academic year 2023-24 to be involved.
If you’d like to find out more about becoming a mentor with MFL Mentoring just click the button below or send us a message to MFLMentoring@cardiff.ac.uk and one of our team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Become a partner school
If you’d like to have mentors come to your primary school to help inspire your learners, then get involved by completing an application form to become a partner school. This helps us understand your school context and makes sure we are supporting our schools in the way that works best for them. We will share this information back with you along with any interesting insights they provide.
We only have space for 10 schools, so it’s imperative that you get your application in fast!
Become a mentor
If you’d like to help young learners love reading, then get involved by completing an application form to become a mentor in September 2023. Just remember, you must be registered at one of our partner universities (Cardiff or Bangor) for the academic year 2023-24 to be involved.
Become a partner school
If you’d like to have mentors come to your primary school to help inspire your learners, then get involved by completing an application form to become a partner school. This helps us understand your school context and makes sure we are supporting our schools in the way that works best for them. We will share this information back with you along with any interesting insights they provide.
We only have space for 10 schools, so it’s imperative that you get your application in fast!