Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP, visits Beckfield
Our local MP (and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Rachel Reeves joined us this week to browse for books at our Pop-Up Bookshop event.
The Pop-Up Bookshop was hosted by the national literacy charity the Children’s Book Project. During the event, every child from Reception to Year 6 was given the opportunity to take home two free preloved books of their own, encouraging a love of reading.
The event was a lot of fun and showed our focus on creating engaged readers using hundreds of carefully chosen books donated by the charity plus posters, bunting, bookmarks and stickers to further capture the imaginations of our amazing pupils!
"At Beckfield, we make it our mission for all children to leave us being fluent, confident readers.
"Working with the Children’s Book Project gives us the chance to connect children with books they can choose for themselves and keep; books they can share and recommend with others; books they can love.
"To see the children’s faces light up when they see what’s on offer for them at the Pop-Up Bookshop is wonderful."
"It was fantastic to visit Co-op Academy Beckfield in Tyersal and attend the Pop-Up Bookshop by the Children’s Book Project. It was great to speak to so many enthusiastic young readers and see first-hand the brilliant work of the Children’s Book Project!”
Children’s Book Project Founder and CEO, Liberty Venn, said: “We are absolutely thrilled that Co-op Academy Beckfield was able to host such a celebratory Pop-Up Bookshop this week and that Rachel Reeves MP was able to visit and see first-hand the powerful impact of our charity’s core model, which makes use of surplus children’s books to change futures. We are looking forward to building partnerships across the region and rolling this project out across many more schools.”