A school in Bradford is bucking the national trend of declining reading habits among children by embracing diverse voices and incorporating TikTok into the classroom. Belle Vue Girls Academy has seen an increase in engagement with reading thanks to a donation of 5,000 books from diverse authors and the use of BookTok, a TikTok subcommunity focused on books.
BBC/Kit TaylorThe number of children who read in their spare time has hit an "historic low", according to the National Literacy Trust, with fewer than one in three describing themselves as regular readers.
Miss Nelson said students and staff were already feeling the impact of the year-long cultural celebration. Student, Fasanya, 15, said: "I think celebrating authors from different backgrounds is fantastic. It encourages people to read more and write more. She said the charity's annual literacy survey, which gathers responses from more than 70,000 children and young people, had shown "the lowest levels we'd ever seen".
"We know that the cost-of-living crisis has really impacted parents' ability to buy books, and for schools' ability to keep their books up to date and fresh and enticing for children in those settings," she said. "Things like BookTok can really motivate and change patterns of behaviour, and it can be a really good and positive thing," said Ms Starbuck-Braidley.
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