RaW newsletter - August 2008
Monday 8 September 2008
Read on to find out how RaW is changing, how to get your hands on the beautiful RaW storytelling comic book, where to find new quizzes and downloads and what happened at the RaW family storytelling festivals!
RaW on tour!
The BBC RaW Storytelling Festival recently completed its UK wide tour, engaging over 22,000 people at eight weekend-long events. National Year of Reading, Learndirect, Bookstart, Libraries and local colleges contributed to the events by hosting storytelling activities to help parents get more out of sharing stories with children and sign-posting them to local family learning opportunities and future activities.
Click here for more information about the festival.
Get downloading
The latest RaW quizzes and Quick Read tutorials are available to download from the RaW website.
Answer sheets for these and other quizzes can be found here.
Watch this space!
From January 2009 RaW will be expanding to include a wide range of adult basic skills including money skills, ICT, numeracy and workplace skills as well as literacy. This video-rich, highly interactive website will aim to encourage adults to take the next steps towards tackling their skills needs and will offer practical advice and inspiring activities to help build self-confidence.
The website will be suitable for users to experience alone or can be used by tutors in the formal and informal education sectors. It will be supported by a BBC Learning campaign and will re-launch in the New Year with a focus on money skills. ICT activities will also be available, perfect for people not familiar with basic computer skills.
If you are interested in finding out more, contact your local BBC RaW Learning Project Manager by clicking here
RaW storytelling comic
BBC RaW's Tips for Storytelling comic is a beautifully designed comic book full of inspiring ideas for adults to make storytelling with children easier and fun!
Order your free copy today!
All feedback and enquiries can be directed to the RaW inbox raw@bbc.co.uk.
When we relaunch in January '09 there will be a new newsletter which you can sign up for on the website. More details to follow.
That's all for this newsletter!
The RaW Team x