All Schools

Frank Cottrell Boyce Reading Aloud Talk: SPACES FOR CHILDREN AVAILABLE FOR AFTERNOON!

Wednesday 11th June, 1pm- LJMU Education Department

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, the current Waterstones Children’s Laureate and author of Millions, Cosmic, and The Wonder Brothers, will be giving a Reading Aloud talk on Wednesday 11th June at 1pm in the LJMU Education Department.

The event is part of a day focused on Reading for Pleasure, organised in partnership by Liverpool Learning Partnership and LJMU. While the morning session is fully booked, we have been able to more child tickets so that LLP member and LJMU partner schools can bring up to 5 children to the afternoon session which will feature Frank reading to the children and discussing the joy of reading. All children who attend will receive a copy of one of his books.

To book spaces or for further information, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com

Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

WSA Virtual Knowledge Exchange Event

Bookings are open for our Virtual WSA Network Knowledge Exchange event on the 19th June (15:00-17:00). This cross-phase event will replace our usual WSA network events and is open to all school pastoral staff.

Staff can find more information and book a space here.

Acts of Connection: Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton

Our friends at Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton are inviting schools to mark the week by taking part in a Little Acts of Connection Challenge to raise awareness of loneliness and in particular the impact of loneliness on older adults. Schools may choose to write letters to residents in a care home, make posters about loneliness, host a discussion on how to combat loneliness or fundraise to support the work of Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton.
Find out more here: Little Acts of Connection

Primary Schools

Transition Livestreams

Our 2025 Transition Live Events will take place on the 24th and 26th June. Year six pupils will be generating the content for these sessions along with some year seven pupils. This year they are developing the sessions in the style of a research project.

When you register for this session you will get the opportunity to give your input into the content that your pupils would like to see. You can register using the following links:

Tuesday 24th June, 10:00-11:00 – book here.

Thursday 26th June, 13:30-14:30 – book here.

Transition Coffee Event

Mental Health Support Teams and the YPAS Parenting Team are hosting a free online coffee event for parents/carers with children about to move up to secondary school. Please share this with families of children in year 6: FLYER

Athenaeum Debate Event

On Thursday November 20th we will be holding our next debate event in conjunction with the prestigious Athenaeum Club. We will be inviting 4 LLP member primary schools who will be able to bring 10 pupils in Years 5 or 6 to the Athenaeum to debate issues that matter to children. Over the Autumn term, a member of LLP staff will come into school to work with the pupils who will be attending the debate on debating skills and to gather information from the pupils on what issues they would want to debate. The schools will then prepare their arguments and be ready to present them in the Athenaeum Reading Room on the event day. The pupils will then get an opportunity in the afternoon to explore the ‘treasures’ from the Athenaeum archives.

You can see a round-up of the last primary school event here: Liverpool Learning Partnership on Vimeo

These places are available on a first come first served basis. To express an interest in this event, please email jenny@liverpoollearningpartnership.com

English Language for Families

Liverpool Learning Partnership has commissioned SIL’s Language Acquisition Team to deliver an English Language for Families Programme. We are now recruiting for schools to take part next academic year.

This is a fully funded 6 week programme for EAL parents to improve their English, establish friendships and learn a little more about the UK education system. Each class is 90 minutes in duration and will be delivered by an experienced EMTAS practitioner to groups of up to 12 parents.

As part of the wider project, there will also be opportunities for the schools to access face to face author events for their settings.

We will be offering the programme on a first come first served basis. To find out more about this project and to register interest please contact: Jenny@LiverpoolLearningPartnership.com

National Literacy Trust: Libraries for Primaries

National Literacy Trust have an exciting opportunity for primary schools without a school library to participate in our Libraries for Primaries programme.  Libraries for Primaries is a fully funded, free to participate programme that provides eligible schools with an exciting package of resources, training and support to develop a school library and/or reading spaces. The National Literacy Trust has allocated spaces for Liverpool schools to be part of the 25/26 programme.

Eligible schools will receive: • 500 high quality books for your library • An audio book player and story cards • A package of library furniture worth over £850 • National Literacy Trust membership worth £100 • Bespoke training on reading for pleasure for 2 staff members – Delivered by National Literacy Trust team

Please find out more and find the link to apply at Schools | Libraries4Primaries or for further information please contact Cathy at NLT: cathy.geary@literacytrust.org.uk

Please note, schools without existing library spaces will be prioritised but ALL are encouraged to apply as the National Literacy Trust hopes to be able to provide support and reach every school in the UK eventually.

Secondary Schools

Co-Design Opportunity for Work on Representation of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Vulnerable Migrants

Liverpool Learning Partnership was one of the recipients of an Our Liverpool grant, designed to support work that helps to make Liverpool migrant-friendly, ensuring people seeking sanctuary in Liverpool can thrive from the day they arrive. As part of this funded work, we are seeking LLP member secondary schools to work closely with us to design a project based on representation of refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in books and the media. We would be looking for small panels of pupils (possibly School Council or Diversity Champions) to meet with a member of LLP staff to look at ways we could work together on critical literacy and exploring ways vulnerable migrants are represented in books and media.

To find out more or discuss this further, please email jenny@liverpoollearningpartnership.com

In Case You Missed It

Bursaries for Y13 pupils going to university: LEGCT BURSARIES

Small Grants for Secondaries (deadline: 23rd May): LEGCT GRANTS

Y Kids Poetry Competition: COMPETITION