BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Liverpool Learning Partnership - ECPv6.15.15//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Liverpool Learning Partnership X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Liverpool Learning Partnership REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260619T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260619T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20260122T150048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T133847Z UID:24950-1781861400-1781865000@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Erika Meza- KS1 DESCRIPTION:Liverpool Learning Partnership invites KS1/Y3 classes to join us for a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading online session with Erika Meza. This session is funded as part of the Our Liverpool programme and focuses on Erika’s book To The Other Side\, exploring themes of sanctuary and refuge. The session will include a reading from Erika and a draw-along activity. \nAbout Erika: Erika was born in Mexico and developed a taste for eclairs in Paris before moving to the UK to teach drawing. She won a scholarship to study in L’École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs\, where she learned to combine bold colour and mark-making with poetry. Based now in London\, she is the author of To The Other Side and the illustrator for My Two Border Towns and Iggy Breathes Fire. She’s based in Brixton\, where she lives with her partner and her little one. \nAbout To The Other Side: A young boy and his older sister have left home to play a game. To win\, she tells him\, they must travel across endless lands together and make it to the finish line. \nChildren they meet along the way imagine what might be waiting for them across the border: A spotted dog? Ice cream! Or maybe a new school. But the journey is difficult\, and the monsters are more real than they imagined. \nAbout accessing the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. You will be sent the link ahead of the event \nBooking the session: You only need to choose one ticket per booking. Nearer to the time\, we will send a link that you can then share with colleagues in your school in other classes so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nThis session is available FREE to LLP member schools. If you are a non-member school\, you can access this event a for £30+VAT. You can find out more about pay as you go access to our events by emailing admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \nIf you’re not sure if your school is a member or not\, please get in touch with us at admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-erika-meza-ks1/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T143000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20260122T151659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260608T144204Z UID:24955-1781703000-1781706600@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Sonia Leong- UKS2/KS3 DESCRIPTION:Liverpool Learning Partnership invites UKS2/3 classes to join us for a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading online session with Sonia Leong\, a comics and manga artist. \nAbout Sonia: Sonia Leong is a comic book/Manga artist and author of popular drawing guides including Draw Manga: Complete Skills (Search Press) and Beginning Manga (Franklin Watts). Her award-winning debut graphic novel was Manga Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Self Made Hero). She’s worked on Doctor Who (BBC Books)\, Assassin’s Creed (Titan)\, Domo-kun (TokyoPop) and Bravest Warriors (VIZ)\, amongst many other projects in comics. She also illustrates for children’s books\, fashion\, advertising\, film and television\, recently appearing on CBBC’s Britain’s Best Young Artist. She is the Director of Sweatdrop Studios\, a UK-based independent comic publisher and is currently working on the Chronicles Of Ciel\, a series of illustrated fantasy light novels. \nAbout accessing the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. You will be sent the link ahead of the event. It will be kept up for 3 days after the session if you cannot watch at the time. \nBooking the session: You only need to choose one ticket per booking. Nearer to the time\, we will send a link that you can then share with colleagues in your school in other classes so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nThis session is available FREE to LLP member schools. If you are a non-member school\, you can access this event and all festival related resources (including book-themed assemblies\, family engagement resources) for £30+VAT. You can find out more about pay as you go access to our events by emailing admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \nIf you’re not sure if your school is a member or not\, please get in touch with us at admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-sonia-leong-ks2-ks3/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20260123T105038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T133203Z UID:24999-1781083800-1781087400@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Jack Meggitt-Phillips- KS2 DESCRIPTION:Liverpool Learning Partnership invites UKS2/3 classes to join us for a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading online session with Jack Meggitt-Phillips\, the author of the brilliant The Beast and The Bethany series. \nAbout Jack:Jack Meggitt-Phillips is an author\, scriptwriter and presenter whose work has been performed at The Roundhouse and featured on Radio 4. His bestselling debut children’s series The Beast and the Bethany is translated into over 30 languages\, and has had a major film deal announced. The series has also won the West Sussex Children’s Book Award\, the Alexandra Palace Children’s Book Award\, the Stockport Children’s Book Award\, the Fantastic Book Award\, the Awesome Book Award\, and the Channel Island Children’s Book Award. \nAbout accessing the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. You will be sent the link ahead of the event. It will be kept up for 3 days after the session if you cannot watch at the time. \nBooking the session: You only need to choose one ticket per booking. Nearer to the time\, we will send a link that you can then share with colleagues in your school in other classes so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources will be available from February on our festival webpage \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit our festival webpage \nThis session is available FREE to LLP member schools. If you are a non-member school\, you can access this event and all festival related resources (including book-themed assemblies\, family engagement resources) for £50+VAT. You can find out more about pay as you go access to our events by emailing admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \nIf you’re not sure if your school is a member or not\, please get in touch with us at admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-jack-meggitt-phillips-ks2/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260522T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260522T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20260122T155032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T132941Z UID:24961-1779442200-1779445800@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Oliver Sykes MBE BCAa- KS2 DESCRIPTION:Liverpool Learning Partnership invites UKS2+ classes to join us for a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading online session with Oliver Sykes MBE BCAa whose work focuses on themes of family\, empathy and are informed by his own childhood experiences. \nAbout Oliver: OLIVER SYKES MBE BCAa is a popular\, multi-award-winning children’s author\, poet\, facilitator\, and producer whose work inspires and empowers young readers across the UK and beyond. In March 2025 he was awarded an MBE for Services to Access to the Arts for Underprivileged Young People. \nHis two most recent publications include Saving Anwen (Collins Big Cat Read On) and Diesel and Me (Collins Little Wandle Fluency Series). His first verse novel\, We Are Family: Six Kids and a Super-Dad (Otter-Barry Books) won the Special Recognition Award at the 2025 Children’s Literature Festivals Book Awards\, and has been shortlisted for the 2025 CLiPPA Book Award\, The Week Junior Book Awards 2025 ‘Children’s Poetry Book of the Year’ and the 2025 Stockport Children’s Book Award. Praised by BookTrust as ‘excellent’ and by Schools Reading List as ‘fantastic\,’ it has also been endorsed by top-authors including Roger McGough\, Phil Earle\, Rashmi Sirdeshpande\, Ben Davis\, and Dom Conlan. \nAbout accessing the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. You will be sent the link ahead of the event. \nBooking the session: You only need to choose one ticket per booking. Nearer to the time\, we will send a link that you can then share with colleagues in your school in other classes so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nThis session is available FREE to LLP member schools. If you are a non-member school\, you can access this event  for £30+VAT. You can find out more about pay as you go access to our events by emailing admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \nIf you’re not sure if your school is a member or not\, please get in touch with us at admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-oliver-sykes-mbe-bcaa-ks2/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260507T143000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20260123T104222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T140119Z UID:24971-1778160600-1778164200@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Ben Rothery- UKS2/3+ DESCRIPTION:Liverpool Learning Partnership invites UKS2/3 classes to join us for a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading online session with Ben Rothery\, an award-winning illustrator known for his wildlife illustration. \nAbout Ben: Ben is a detail-obsessed illustrator and writer from Norwich\, via Cape Town who likes pencils and heavy objects. He combines multiple processes to create intricate and delicate illustrations and repeating patterns full of fine detail and vibrant colour for a diverse array of clients. \nMuch of Ben’s work is inspired or informed by his love of nature\, having grown up wanting variously to be a shark\, dinosaur or David Attenborough crossed with Indiana Jones\, only relatively recently settling upon Illustration as a compromise allowing him to bring those fantasies to life on paper. \nAbout accessing the session: This session will be delivered via Teams. You will be sent the link ahead of the event. \nBooking the session: You only need to choose one ticket per booking. Nearer to the time\, we will send a link that you can then share with colleagues in your school in other classes so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nThis session is available FREE to LLP member schools. If you are a non-member school\, you can access this event for £30+VAT. You can find out more about pay as you go access to our events by emailing admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \nIf you’re not sure if your school is a member or not\, please get in touch with us at admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-ben-rothery-ks2-3/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260223T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260223T141500 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20260121T171836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T145621Z UID:24937-1771853400-1771856100@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Joseph Roberts: UKS2/Y7 DESCRIPTION:Liverpool Learning Partnership invites UKS2/3 classes to join us for a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading online session with Joseph Roberts\, an amazing local poet who is passionate about poetry\, sport and the city of Liverpool. \nAbout Joseph:Joseph Roberts is an award-winning 22 year old Poet from Liverpool\, starting his poetry journey when he first performed in school. He has built a world-wide audience through his poetry videos\, featuring on the likes of TNT Sports\, Amazon Prime and the Premier League. Joseph is a true poet for the people with community cohesion at heart.  \nFind out more at Official Joseph Roberts \nAbout accessing the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. You will be sent the link ahead of the event. It will be kept up for 3 days after the session if you cannot watch at the time. \nBooking the session: You only need to choose one ticket per booking. Nearer to the time\, we will send a link that you can then share with colleagues in your school in other classes so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources will be available from February on our festival webpage \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit our festival webpage \nThis session is available FREE to LLP member schools. If you are a non-member school\, you can access this event and all festival related resources (including book-themed assemblies\, family engagement resources) for £50+VAT. You can find out more about pay as you go access to our events by emailing admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \nIf you’re not sure if your school is a member or not\, please get in touch with us at admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-joseph-roberts-uks2-y7/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260223T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260223T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20260121T165724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T145505Z UID:24923-1771840800-1771842600@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Chris Naylor-Ballesteros: KS1 DESCRIPTION:Liverpool Learning Partnership invites KS1 classes to join us for a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading online session with Chris Naylor-Ballesteros. This session is funded as part of the Our Liverpool programme and focuses on Chris’s book The Suitcase\, exploring themes of sanctuary\, refuge and empathy. The session will include a reading from Chris and a draw-along activity. \n  \nAbout Chris: Chris is a children’s book author and illustrator. His titles include the Kate Greenaway shortlisted The Suitcase and the popular Frank & Bert series amongst others. His work has been translated into over twenty languages. He grew up and lived in Bradford in the north of England\, studying at Bradford Art College before moving to France many years ago. \nAbout The Suitcase: When a strange-looking animal arrives pulling a big suitcase\, the other animals are curious. What on earth could be inside that suitcase? A teacup? Maybe. A table and chair? Perhaps. A whole home and hillside with trees? This stranger must be fibbing! But when the animals break into the suitcase and discover a very special photograph\, they begin to understand what the strange creature has been through\, and together they create a very special welcome present . . . \nAbout accessing the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. You will be sent the link ahead of the event \nBooking the session: You only need to choose one ticket per booking. Nearer to the time\, we will send a link that you can then share with colleagues in your school in other classes so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources will be available from February on our festival webpage \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit our festival webpage \nThis session is available FREE to LLP member schools. If you are a non-member school\, you can access this event and all festival related resources (including book-themed assemblies\, family engagement resources) for £50+VAT. You can find out more about pay as you go access to our events by emailing admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \nIf you’re not sure if your school is a member or not\, please get in touch with us at admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/chris/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250213T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250213T120000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20241205T113706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T113706Z UID:23054-1739444400-1739448000@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Coral Rumble KS2 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING\nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Coral Rumble for KS2. \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \nAbout Coral Rumble:\nCoral Rumble is a popular\, award winning poet; in 2018 she won The Caterpillar Poetry Prize. She has worked as a poet and performer for many years\, and now specializes in writing and performing for children. She was featured in ‘Favourite Poets’ published by Hodder Children’s Books. Michael Rosen has commented\, “Rumble has a dash and delight about her work”. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (eg a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-coral-rumble-ks2/ CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/lcfr-2025-images-5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T143000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20250106T133022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:23192-1739367000-1739370600@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Levi Tafari KS2+ DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Levi Tafari for classes in KS2+. \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \n About Levi Tafari: Levi Tafari is a crucial\, rhythmic\, poetic\, consciousness raiser and urban griot. Levi works with schools\, colleges\, universities\, theatre\, radio and TV. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \n  \n  URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-levi-tafari-ks2/ CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lcfr-2025-images.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T113000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20241205T113251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:23049-1739358000-1739359800@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Gill Smith KS1 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Gill Smith for KS1 classes based on the book Saving The Butterfly by Helen Cooper and Gill Smith. \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \n About Gill Smith: Gill Smith is an illustrator living in Liverpool\, working mostly in Children’s books.She graduated with distinction with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from Cambridge school of Art in 2019. Previously Gill worked as a primary teacher\, community artist and as a designer and maker. \n  \nAbout Saving The Butterfly: A poetic\, powerful story about a little brother and a big sister finding a new home and new hope after being rescued from a boat lost in the dark sea. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-gill-smith-ks1/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/lcfr-2025-images-Gill-Smith.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250212T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20241205T114548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T114548Z UID:23066-1739352600-1739356200@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Gill Smith LKS2 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING.\nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Gill Smith for LKS2 classes based on the book Saving The Butterfly by Helen Cooper and Gill Smith. \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \nAbout Gill Smith: Gill Smith is an illustrator living in Liverpool\, working mostly in Children’s books.She graduated with distinction with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration from Cambridge school of Art in 2019. Previously Gill worked as a primary teacher\, community artist and as a designer and maker. \nAbout Saving The Butterfly: A poetic\, powerful story about a little brother and a big sister finding a new home and new hope after being rescued from a boat lost in the dark sea. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (eg a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/\n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-gill-smith-lks2/ CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/lcfr-2025-images-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T133000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20250204T144655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:24068-1739278800-1739280600@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Nadine Kaadan- Reception/Year 1 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Nadine Kaadan for for Reception and Year 1 at 1pm focusing on the story The Jasmine Sneeze. It will last for around 20 minutes. \nThere is also a session for KS1 classes based on the book Tomorrow at 11am. \nPlease choose which event is more suitable for your cohort. We will send the link for both events to anyone who signs up for one of Nadine’s sessions. \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \n About Nadine Kaadan: Nadine Kaadan is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator from Syria now living in London. She is published in several countries and languages and her mission is to champion empowered and inclusive representation in children’s books so that every child can see themselves in a story. \nNadine’s work with young refugees in mitigating post-conflict trauma has captured the attention of CNN and the BBC\, both of which have broadcast special features on her books ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘The Jasmine Sneeze’. She has been nominated for a Kate Greenaway Medal\, and is the 2019 winner of the Arab British Centre Award for Culture. Nadine was selected as one of The BBC 100 Women 2020’s ‘most influential and inspiring women’\, and was featured on their BBC 100 Women masterclass. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-nadine-kaadan-reception-year-1/ CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lcfr-2025-images-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T114500 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20250106T143803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:23215-1739271600-1739274300@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Nadine Kaadan- KS1 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Nadine Kaadan for KS1 classes based on the book Tomorrow. Please note that this book includes content relating to conflict and war. \nThere is a shorter approx 1/2 hour session for Reception and Year 1 at 1pm focusing on the story The Jasmine Sneeze. Please choose which event is more suitable for your cohort. We will send the link for both events. \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \n About Nadine Kaadan: Nadine Kaadan is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator from Syria now living in London. She is published in several countries and languages and her mission is to champion empowered and inclusive representation in children’s books so that every child can see themselves in a story. \nNadine’s work with young refugees in mitigating post-conflict trauma has captured the attention of CNN and the BBC\, both of which have broadcast special features on her books ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘The Jasmine Sneeze’. She has been nominated for a Kate Greenaway Medal\, and is the 2019 winner of the Arab British Centre Award for Culture. Nadine was selected as one of The BBC 100 Women 2020’s ‘most influential and inspiring women’\, and was featured on their BBC 100 Women masterclass. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-nadine-kaadan-reception-ks1/ CATEGORIES:Reading Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250211T102000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20241205T113917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:23063-1739266200-1739269200@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Rob Bradley KS2 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Rob Bradley for KS2 classes. \n  \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \n  \nAbout Rob Bradley: Rob Bradley is a world championship-winning freestyle rapper\, a published poet and a multiple time TEDx talker. He has performed around the world\, from underground clubs in New York to festivals throughout Europe\, and collaborated with international artists along the way. He’s built a solid reputation as an astute lyricist\, captivating storyteller and unrivalled improviser. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-rob-bradley-ks2/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/lcfr-2025-images-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T114500 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20241205T114701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:23069-1739185200-1739187900@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Kurly Upper KS2/3 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Kurly for UKS2/3 classes. \n  \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \n  \nAbout Kurly: Kurly is a poet and Hip Hop artist. He visits schools and youth/community settings throughout the UK as a freelance literacy engagement specialist – each year helping thousands of children to read\, write and perform with confidence. Previously he taught English and Citizenship in a Pupil Referral Unit and is an active member of Love Music Hate Racism (endorsed by Ed Sheeran\, Cold Play\, Stormzy and many others). \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (eg a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-kurly-upper-ks2-3/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/lcfr-2025-images-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T101500 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20241205T112313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:23044-1739179800-1739182500@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Kathryn White KS1 DESCRIPTION:Description: \nPLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Kathryn White for KS1 classes. \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \n About Kathryn: Kathryn White lives in Somerset with her husband. Her first picture book was selected as a Notable Book for Social Studies by the USA Libraries Association. She has since written over thirty books for children of all ages\, and has been shortlisted for numerous awards\, both in the UK and USA. She has held events at the Edinburgh and Cheltenham book festivals and presented on writing for children in the US. She has held school events across Europe\, China and the US and has been a campaigner for Save Our Libraries. \n About Home For Grace: Grace and Luna her cat live in a shop doorway. They have only a few possessions but each one tells a story about their past and is very precious. \nStopping to talk on their way to and from school\, Jess and her mother make friends with Grace and Luna. They swap gifts and stories and Jess learns of the home that Grace had to leave and the long struggle to find a safe country in which to build a new home. \nWhen the snow comes and the days get cold Jess worries about what will happen to Grace and Luna. Luckily Grace finds a safer shelter for them where she can begin to build a new life. Jess’s brief friendship with Grace can open all children’s eyes to the importance of reaching out to those in need. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-kathryn-white-ks1/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/lcfr-2025-images-Kathryn-White.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T090000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20250106T134534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:23198-1739176200-1739178000@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Levi Tafari- KS3+ Video DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a pre-recorded short video session (approx 20 mins) with Levi Tafari for secondary school-aged classes for the Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading. It will be released at 8.30 on 10th February but can be watched anytime in that week! \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \n About Levi Tafari: Levi Tafari is a crucial\, rhythmic\, poetic\, consciousness raiser and urban griot. Levi works with schools\, colleges\, universities\, theatre\, radio and TV. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (e.g a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/23198/ CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lcfr-2025-images-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T083000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20250109T110237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T110410Z UID:23302-1739174400-1739176200@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: LLP Rhyme Time Video DESCRIPTION:Come and join Liverpool Learning Partnership in a short (approximately 5 minute) nursery rhyme session based on the theme of kindness and sharing suitable for nursery and pre-nursery classes. This session will be pre-recorded and available to schools to watch from 10th February onwards. Please sign up below to make sure you are sent the link which you will receive by 8.30am on Mon 10th Feb. \nWe will send printable and digital resources for this session out ahead of the session! \nPlease note: this session is for LLP member schools. URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-llp-rhyme-time-video/ CATEGORIES:Early Reading,Early Years,Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nursery-rhyme-time.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250210T083000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20241205T113026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T171545Z UID:23050-1739174400-1739176200@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Rob Bradley KS3 VIDEO DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING:\nThis is a pre-recorded video session with Rob Bradley for KS3 classes for the Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading. It will be released at 8.30 on 10th February but can be watched anytime in that week! \nThis is a FREE session for Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools*. \nAbout Rob Bradley: Rob Bradley is a world championship-winning freestyle rapper\, a published poet and a multiple time TEDx talker. He has performed around the world\, from underground clubs in New York to festivals throughout Europe\, and collaborated with international artists along the way. He’s built a solid reputation as an astute lyricist\, captivating storyteller and unrivalled improviser.\nAbout the session: This session is a pre-recorded video and will be made available to watch through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website on the week beginning 10th February. The event will also be available to watch during this week and you can use it in form times\, English lessons\, clubs etc. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs (eg a subtitled feed)\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded.\nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-rob-bradley-ks3-video/ CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/lcfr-2025-images-7.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240202T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240202T135000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231201T130456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:20579-1706880600-1706881800@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR- Ray Lowthian- EYFS (Live Version) DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Ray Lowthian for EYFS classes\, based on the book Archie’s Grand Plan.  \nPLEASE NOTE: This listing is for a 20 minute live session with Ray Lowthian on Friday 2nd February at 1.30pm. There is also a video version to sign up for that you will be able to access at your convenience over the festival period (22 Jan- 2 Feb). \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \nAbout The Author: Ray is a young illustrator and writer based in Liverpool who has a strong knowledge of everything about anteaters! \nAbout The Book: Through catchy rhymes and rhythms\, join us on a colourful\, illustrated journey with Archie the Anteater who wants to explore a new cuisine! \nAbout Marginal: The book is published by Marginal\, the first youth-led publisher of its kind in the UK. The Marginal Leadership Programme was set up by Comics Youth CIC and is a mentorship initiative providing underrepresented young people the opportunity to express themselves through the medium of comics\, artwork and writing\, with the aim of providing a career pathway within the publishing industry. For more information about Marginal please visit https://www.marginalpublishing.co.uk/ \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-ray-lowthian-eyfs-live-version/ CATEGORIES:Reading Festival,RL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ray.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240202T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240202T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231016T142832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162929Z UID:20071-1706866200-1706869800@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Jeffrey Boakye - UKS2 / KS3 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Jeffrey Boakye for UKS2/KS3 classes\, based on his novel ‘Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer.’ \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \nAbout Jeffrey Boakye: Jeffrey Boakye was born in Brixton in South London. He has taught English to 11- to 18-year-olds since 2007\, first in London and now in Yorkshire. Jeffrey has a particular interest in issues surrounding race\, education and popular culture. \n\nAbout ‘Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer’: Kofi is used to stuff going wrong\, he’s usually in detention or about to be. But when he finds out his best friend Kelvin has a photographic memory\, he comes up with a genius money-making scheme. The whole school is obsessed with music\, no one can ever make out the words\, so the boys hit the jackpot selling a new fanzine full of song lyrics: PAPER JAM. It’s not long before one of the teacher’s tells Kofi: ‘You could be a real leader at this school\, you know that?’ and . . . suddenly it’s turning out to be the best summer ever! \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-jeffrey-boakye-uks2-ks3/ LOCATION:LLP Website – LCFR CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240201T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240201T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231016T143657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T135240Z UID:20083-1706781600-1706783400@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Lucy Farfort- KS1 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Lucy Farfort for KS1 classes\, based on her picture book ‘In Our Hands.’ \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \nAbout Lucy Farfort: Lucy Farfort is a freelance illustrator based in Newcastle\, UK\, who specialises in children’s books. She is of mixed Carribean and English heritage and is passionate about the need for more diversity in children’s publishing. \nAbout In Our Hands: When the world is plagued by isolation and cursed to live without colour‚ it is up to a group of determined children to grow a seed of hope that will inspire everyone to come together and build a better future. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Book one ticket per school and then you can share the link with your staff. For our records\, when booking you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-lucy-farfort-ks1/ LOCATION:LLP Website – LCFR CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240131T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240131T110000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231024T122009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:20154-1706695200-1706698800@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR - Jarvis - KS1 DESCRIPTION:TO VIEW THIS SESSION: https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/lcfr-jarvis-ks1/ and use the password you received by email\nIf you have difficulties please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com\n  \n  \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Jarvis for KS1 classes\, based on his book ‘The Boy With Flowers in his Hair.’ \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \nAbout Jarvis: Jarvis previously worked as a Bingo caller\, a bouncy castle painter\, record sleeve designer\, and an animation director before becoming a children’s book maker. His books with include Mrs Mole\, I’m Home! and Alan’s Big\, Scary Teeth\, which won the 2017 V&A Best Illustrated Book. \nAbout his picture book inspiration\, Jarvis says\, “The way I work is always visual. I will have an image or character in mind and I pull a story out of it. I doodle and doodle and doodle until I get it right.” Jarvis lives in Manchester UK with his wife and Milo the dog. \nAbout The Boy With Flowers in his Hair: David is the boy with flowers in his hair. He’s sweet and gentle\, just like his petals. But when David’s flowers begin to fall – a single petal at first\, then every last blossom – his best friend never leaves his side. And through kindness and creativity\, he even finds a way to give David his colour back … Beautifully illustrated\, this story is about being there for someone when they’re at their most vulnerable. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-jarvis-ks1/ LOCATION:LLP Website – LCFR CATEGORIES:Reading Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240130T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240130T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231018T135357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T160754Z UID:20104-1706607000-1706610600@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Natalie Denny - LKS2 DESCRIPTION:To view this event go to https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/lcfr-natalie-denny-lks2/ and use the password given by email when you signed up.\nIf you have any issues please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \n  \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Natalie Denny for LKS2 classes\, based on her book ‘Keisha Jones Takes On The World.’ \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \n About Natalie Denny: Natalie Denny is the award-winning force behind Skywriters\, a creative education social enterprise. Her roles include author\, activist\, tutor and EDI consultant for the Anthony Walker Foundation. Natalie was awarded the Merseyside Women of the Year Social Impact accolade in July 2022. \n About Keisha Jones Takes On The World: Brimming with ideas and passion\, Keisha’s determined to stamp down injustices and stand up for what she believes… When Grandpa Joe tells Keisha about Great Aunt Bee\, who was a lawyer and an activist\, Keisha is determined to follow in her footsteps. Forming the Bee Squad\, she enlists her friends KD and Paisley to help put an end to inequality. Soon they have their first cause. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/natdenny/ LOCATION:LLP Website – LCFR CATEGORIES:Reading Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240129T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240129T143000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231113T112835Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T160756Z UID:20333-1706535000-1706538600@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Mo O’Hara- KS2 DESCRIPTION:TO WATCH THIS EVENT VISIT: https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/lcfr-mo-ohara-ks2/ AND USE THE PASSWORD GIVEN BY EMAIL.\nIf you have difficulties please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com \n  \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Mo O’Hara\, author of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish and Agent Moose. \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \n About The Author: Mo O’Hara is the author of the My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish series. She grew up in Pennsylvania and now lives in London\, where she works as a writer\, actor\, and storyteller\, visiting theatres and schools all across the UK and Ireland. Mo and her brother once brought their own pet goldfish back from the brink of death (true fact). \nAbout Agent Moose: Agent Moose\, the best (worst) secret agent in the Big Forest\, and his slightly-more-intelligent sidekick Owlfred are on the case in this new full colour graphic novel series.\nSomething fishy is going on at the South Shore. Folks just disappear and are never seen again. But when Agent Moose learns that a key witness has gone missing\, he and Owlfred ride to the rescue. Will they find the missing turtle before time runs out? \nAbout My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: Finding Nemo meets Shaun of the Dead – laugh-out-loud stories about an evil big brother\, a best friend to the rescue and one big fat zombie goldfish! \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-mo/ LOCATION:LLP Website – LCFR CATEGORIES:Reading Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240129T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240129T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231108T094606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:20256-1706520600-1706524200@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Joseph Elliott- Y6 and KS3 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Joseph Elliott for Y6 and KS3 classes based on his books The Good Hawk (and the other books in the Shadow Skye series). \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \n About The Author: Originally from Bristol\, Joseph studied English Literature and Drama at the University of Manchester\, before doing an MA in performance at Central School of Speech and Drama. For the last fourteen years\, he has worked as an actor\, predominantly in comedy and children’s television. He is best known for playing pirate ‘Cook’ in the BAFTA-winning CBeebies series\, Swashbuckle\, for which he also wrote many of the scripts. \nHis award-winning debut novel\, The Good Hawk\, was released in 2020\, followed by the sequels\, The Broken Raven\, and The Burning Swift. \nChildren with special educational needs have always been a part of Joseph’s life. His mother is a primary school teacher specialising in SEN and\, as a young child\, his parents provided respite foster care for children with additional needs. One of Joseph’s first jobs was working in a holiday playscheme for children with learning difficulties and disabilities\, and he then went on to work as a teaching assistant at Westminster Special Schools for over four years. Agatha\, the heroine in The Good Hawk\, was inspired by some of the incredible children he worked with during that time\, particularly those with Down syndrome. \nAbout The Good Hawk: \nAgatha patrols the sea wall with pride\, despite those in her clan who question her right to be there\, because of the condition she was born with. \nJaime is a reluctant Angler\, full of self-doubt and afraid of the sea. \n​When disaster strikes\, the pair must embark on a terrifying journey to a land where forgotten magic and dark secrets lurk in every shadow… \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-joseph-elliott-y6-and-ks3/ LOCATION:LLP Website – LCFR CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Copy-of-lcfr-2023-images-1-joseph-Elliott.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240124T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240124T141500 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231108T093757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:20252-1706103000-1706105700@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Hannah Maclennan- KS1 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING:   \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Hannah Maclennan for KS1 classes\, based on the book Mara of the Loch.  \n Liverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events.   \n About The Author: Hannah Maclennan is an illustrator who loves creating books and drawing all sorts of characters. She has a passion for comics\, picture books\, art books\, cartoons and storytelling. She loves drawing cute\, energetic characters and incorporating bright colour palettes into her story telling.   \nAbout The Book: An illustrated novel exploring the magic of friendship between two unexpected characters. Every summer\, Isla and her mum go to the Highlands to visit her grandparents. Isla usually knows what to expect from her holiday\, but this time\, she meets someone different… \n About Marginal: The book is published by Marginal\, the first youth-led publisher of its kind in the UK. The Marginal Leadership Programme was set up by Comics Youth CIC and is a mentorship initiative providing underrepresented young people the opportunity to express themselves through the medium of comics\, artwork and writing\, with the aim of providing a career pathway within the publishing industry. For more information about Marginal please visit https://www.marginalpublishing.co.uk/  \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so.   \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment.  \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this.   \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries.  \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/  \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries re URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-hannah-maclennan-ks1/ LOCATION:LLP Website – LCFR CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Copy-of-lcfr-2023-images.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240123T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240123T103000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231121T155056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:20435-1706002200-1706005800@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Alex Wharton KS2 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading poetry session with Alex Wharton. \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \n About Alex Wharton: Alex Wharton is an award-winning writer and performer of poetry for adults and children. His First Book of poetry for children\, Daydreams and Jellybeans\, was shortlisted for the Wales Book of The Year Award 2022\, The North Somerset Teacher’s Book Awards\, The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards and was named as a National Poetry Day Recommended Read. \nAlex won the inaugural Rising Stars Wales Award in 2020 and is the Children’s Laureate Wales 2023-2025. He has collaborated with key national organisations such as Cadw\, National Dance Company Wales\, Welsh Government\, British Council of Literature and Welsh Libraries\, and has also appeared in festivals such as Hay Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival. \n  \nFrom Children’s Laureate Wales Alex Wharton comes an innovative poetry ‘how to’ collection aimed at school pupils. Doughnuts\, Thieves and Chimpanzees is packed full of fun poems\, limericks\, haiku\, song and rap from Alex Wharton\, all illustrated by Rhiannon Smith. \nThere are brief introductions to different types of poets and lyric-writing with sections on how to create your own poems and songs and links from songs in the book to performances on Alex’s website. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-alex-wharton-ks2/ LOCATION:LLP Website – LCFR CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/lcfr-2023-images-1-Alex-Wharton.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240122T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240122T101500 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231121T152720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:20431-1705915800-1705918500@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Annemarie Anang- Reception/Y1 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Anne-Marie Anang for Reception/Y1 classes\, based on her book ‘I Am Nerfertiti’. \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \n About Anne-Marie Anang:  Annemarie began writing for children after struggling to find books for her daughter that featured main characters who reflected the diversity of children in our world. A former primary school teacher\, Annemarie’s love for storytelling led her to study acting at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and recently featured in multi award-winning Ted Lasso on Apple TV. Annemarie performed with Bukky Leo & Black Egypt as a backing vocalist for many years and continues to sing in projects from Opera på Skäret to Tal till Nationen with Grammis Award-Winner Sara Parkman & Konstgruppen Ful. Annemarie also campaigns for better mental health\, support and well-being in early years. A Londoner\, born to Ghanaian parents\, Annemarie now lives in the Swedish forest with her young daughter\, husband and their two adopted cats. \nAbout I Am Nerfertiti: When Nefertiti plays the drums\, the band plays as one. “I am Nefertiti” she says\, and she feels ten feet tall. But when the new music teacher shortens her name to ‘Nef’\, bit by bit\, she starts to shrink. Without Nefertiti to keep the beat\, the band is in disarray . . . \n“I am Nefertiti!” she whispers to herself. Drawing on her inner strength and with the support of the other children\, they help Miss Potts recognise the importance of honouring Nefertiti’s name. \nNow\, when Nefertiti keeps the beat\, the music sounds so sweet!\nA heartwarming\, joyous\, empowering story of identity and belonging. \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-annemarie-anang-y1/ LOCATION:LLP Website – LCFR CATEGORIES:Reading Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/lcfr-2023-images-annemarie.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240122T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240122T090000 DTSTAMP:20260819T135144 CREATED:20231201T120222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T162930Z UID:20572-1705914000-1705914000@www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com SUMMARY:LCFR: Ray Lowthian- EYFS (VIDEO) DESCRIPTION:PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BOOKING: \nThis is a Liverpool Children’s Festival of Reading session with Ray Lowthian for EYFS classes\, based on the book Archie’s Grand Plan.  \nPLEASE NOTE: This listing is for a 20 minute pre-recorded video that schools will have access to from January 22nd onwards (and for the duration of the festival period). You can watch this at your convenience with your class. However\, you may also wish to attend the live session with Ray on February 2nd at 1.30pm. We will send the video link out on the morning of 22nd January. \nLiverpool Learning Partnership member schools* can access this session for free. For non- LLP members\, please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com for information about the cost of accessing LCFR events. \nAbout The Author: Ray is a young illustrator and writer based in Liverpool who has a strong knowledge of everything about anteaters! \nAbout The Book: Through catchy rhymes and rhythms\, join us on a colourful\, illustrated journey with Archie the Anteater who wants to explore a new cuisine! \nAbout Marginal: The book is published by Marginal\, the first youth-led publisher of its kind in the UK. The Marginal Leadership Programme was set up by Comics Youth CIC and is a mentorship initiative providing underrepresented young people the opportunity to express themselves through the medium of comics\, artwork and writing\, with the aim of providing a career pathway within the publishing industry. For more information about Marginal please visit https://www.marginalpublishing.co.uk/ \nAbout the session: This session will be live-streamed through the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. The event will also be available to watch for 3 working days after the event on the Liverpool Learning Partnership website. Please purchase a ticket even if you intend to watch afterwards as this will ensure you get the links to do so. \nBooking the session: Please book one ticket per school. We’ll send a link that you can then share with the colleagues so they can connect to the session. For our records you will be asked how many children will be accessing the session. We understand that numbers may change before the day so please estimate or calculate using the information you have at the moment. \nAccess needs: If you have any accessibility needs\, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate these: admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com. There will be a subtitled feed made available- please email us for access to this. \nResources: Resources to accompany this session will be added to the festival padlet and the Liverpool Learning Partnership website where they can be downloaded. Schools who sign up early for LCFR events will receive some copies of texts for their reading areas/libraries. \nFurther information: For more information about the festival please visit https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/what-we-do/reading-for-pleasure/liverpool-childrens-festival-of-reading/ \n*You can find our members list on our website or for any queries regarding membership please email admin@liverpoollearningpartnership.com URL:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/event/lcfr-ray-lowthian-eyfs-video/ CATEGORIES:Reading Festival,RL ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.liverpoollearningpartnership.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ray-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR