About Up for Reading
Up for Reading is a sponsored reading event that can be
easily completed alongside everyday literacy activities at nursery, school or home.
Up for Reading simply involves encouraging children to
read or listen to books for just a few minutes every day for one week and asking their family and friends
to sponsor their efforts. Children can read in a group or by themselves, at school
or at home.
Get involved
Schools, nurseries and individual children can easily take part in
Up for Reading at any time before the 31st March 2008.
Why Up for Reading?
The Up for Reading campaign promotes the benefits of reading
and literacy for all children, including children with Down syndrome.
Up for Reading is a fun and enjoyable and educational way
for children, schools and nurseries everywhere to engage in reading and to support
the additional needs of young people with Down syndrome.
Up for Reading prizes
Every child who takes part in Up for Reading will have
the opportunity to win a fabulous Maisy painting, their name in a Michael
Morpurgo novel or valuable book tokens.
In addition, nurseries or schools raising more than £50 for Up for
Reading will have the opportunity to win £500 worth of National Book
Tokens.
Find out more about the Up for Reading prizes
How Up for Reading will help children with Down syndrome
All of the donations received from the Up for Reading campaign
will help
The Down Syndrome Educational Trust further improve support for young people
with Down syndrome.
The Down Syndrome Educational Trust is a leading charity that works to understand
the particular difficulties faced by young people with Down syndrome and how we
can best help them to achieve more.