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Driving Literacy Across the Curriculum |
An evidence based, knowledge rich resource to embed extended reading in Form Tutor Time & across the curriculum.

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The Literacy Engine @literacyengine.bsky.social · Mar 29
💥Hot News Alert💥
We are super excited to launch our 2025/26 Memberships NOW!
Check out the full package here as it is far too big for a post!
We've managed to beat inflation & even work in a cheeky discount!
Together, we can transform your whole school literacy!
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Pricing 2024/25 - The Literacy Engine
Buy Buy Gears of Thought are monthly extended reading packs to embed modelled, non-fiction reading into your Tutor Programme or across the curriculum. It is back again for the 2025/26 academic year bi...
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We took every topic across KS3 Geography, History, and Science and turned them into 10-15 minute academic reads. That's 140+ texts covering every aspect of those KS3 curricula.

It is time to ditch the video and put reading back to the top of the class.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Before we look at incentives and initiatives to get students "Reading for Pleasure" we need to take an honest look at reading in our lessons. How far have we driven reading from our classrooms?

If it can be reading, it should be reading.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Before we look at incentives and initiatives to get students "Reading for Pleasure" we need to take an honest look at reading in our lessons. How far have we driven reading from our classrooms?

If it can be reading, it should be reading.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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What are conspiracy theories and are they dangerous?

The death of Queen Mary I

Freddie Mercury

Have you ever wondered what would happen if the polar ice caps melted?

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November 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Our #BlackFriday sale is well under way. Join us before the end of November and receive 15% off your membership.

Together we can make 2026 the year of evidence based whole school reading. Check out our full membership package here:
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November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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#BlackFriday is back!

Join us before the end of November and receive 15% off!

Let's make 2026 your year of every adult in school reading to your students every day!

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November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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⚙️🚨NEW RESOURCES ALERT 🚨⚙️
December's resources are now live featuring:
⚙️ Should video games be considered a sport?
⚙️ The 1st female MP
⚙️ Ozzy Osbourne
⚙️ Have you ever wondered why boxes of chocolates are getting smaller?

Check them out now:
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November 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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⚙️🚨NEW RESOURCES ALERT 🚨⚙️
December's resources are now live featuring:
⚙️ Should video games be considered a sport?
⚙️ The 1st female MP
⚙️ Ozzy Osbourne
⚙️ Have you ever wondered why boxes of chocolates are getting smaller?

Check them out now:
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November 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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This #RemembranceDay, ditch the YouTube clips & send a powerful message that reading is the primary medium for learning.

Our FREE resources offer knowledge-rich, extended reading that honours history & builds understanding. Power up your Tutor Time here:
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October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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This #RemembranceDay, ditch the YouTube clips & send a powerful message that reading is the primary medium for learning.

Our FREE resources offer knowledge-rich, extended reading that honours history & builds understanding. Power up your Tutor Time here:
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October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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If you want to add some extended reading to your #RemembranceDay programme this year, check out our FREE packs.

They include 5 different texts, each in a Core and Simplified Language Version.

See how non-fiction reading can transform your Tutor Time.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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If you want to add some extended reading to your #RemembranceDay programme this year, check out our FREE packs.

They include 5 different texts, each in a Core and Simplified Language Version.

See how non-fiction reading can transform your Tutor Time.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Week 6 and our diverse topic choices are:
⚙️What is "Fair Trade"?
⚙️The 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott
⚙️Vladimir Putin
⚙️Have you ever wondered why different cultures celebrate the harvest?

How do your students start their day?
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Gears of Thought October 2025 - The Literacy Engine
Every month, members download a set of weekly extended reading packs for use in tutor time and across the curriculum. The texts in each pack explore a rich variety of topics significant to that time o...
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October 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Happy #WorldTeachersDay2025 from all of us at The Literacy Engine.

Celebrating the literacy engineers that drive literacy forward every day.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Week 6 and our diverse topic choices are:
⚙️What is "Fair Trade"?
⚙️The 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott
⚙️Vladimir Putin
⚙️Have you ever wondered why different cultures celebrate the harvest?

How do your students start their day?
literacyengine.co.uk/index.php/ge...
Gears of Thought October 2025 - The Literacy Engine
Every month, members download a set of weekly extended reading packs for use in tutor time and across the curriculum. The texts in each pack explore a rich variety of topics significant to that time o...
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October 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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With our FREE General Election sample packs you can see how our Core & Simplified Language Version packs map against PSHE, SMSC, British Values, & Citizenship objectives.

Download them now to see how we could transform your Tutor Time reading programme.

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October 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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With our FREE General Election sample packs you can see how our Core & Simplified Language Version packs map against PSHE, SMSC, British Values, & Citizenship objectives.

Download them now to see how we could transform your Tutor Time reading programme.

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October 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Considering the amount of time & effort that is devoted to home reading projects & sustained silent reading in schools, you'd think they'd have more impact. The just don't unfortunately.

If you are still using them, drop us a message & we'll help you better harness that time.
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Every school I’ve ever worked at uses some form of DEAR or monitored at home reading program. It’s insidious. And it just demonstrates the Matthew principle everywhere I’ve taught that relies on it.
October 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Considering the amount of time & effort that is devoted to home reading projects & sustained silent reading in schools, you'd think they'd have more impact. The just don't unfortunately.

If you are still using them, drop us a message & we'll help you better harness that time.
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Are still using "Drop Everything And Read"?
Has your novel based tutor time reading programme lost its momentum?

If the answer is yes, please drop us a message. We can help you better harness that time & create a culture of reading across your curriculum

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October 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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We featured Jane Goodall's work in April this year as one of our inspirational individuals. The world is a better place thanks to her work. #RIPJaneGoodall

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rollingstone.com Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Oct 1
"I had to work 10 times harder than the average man just to get the same level of recognition," Jane Goodall told us in 2020. "But once I had made a name for myself, I let the data speak for me."
Jane Goodall on Fighting Sexism and What Chimpanzees Taught Her
Jane Goodall discusses what keeps her motivated six decades into her career and how she combated sexism.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Are still using "Drop Everything And Read"?
Has your novel based tutor time reading programme lost its momentum?

If the answer is yes, please drop us a message. We can help you better harness that time & create a culture of reading across your curriculum

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October 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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🚨⚙️NEW RESOURCES ALERT⚙️🚨
November Gears of Thought is now live!
⚙️ European Convention on Human Rights
⚙️ Conspiracy Theories
⚙️ Freddie Mercury
⚙️ The ISS
How do your students start their day?
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September 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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We enter October this week and #BlackHistoryMonth

Our students will read about:
⚙️ The Race Relations Act
⚙️ The Bristol Bus Boycott 1963
⚙️ Mae Jemison
⚙️ The European Convention on Human Rights

How do your students start their day?
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September 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM