At St Paul’s CE Primary School, Theo Clarke MP for Stafford recently launched her campaign to boost reading amongst local Primary aged children in Stafford. During the visit, Ms Clarke led an assembly with pupils and read to the children. Ms Clarke also distributed 100 free books to the school. Ms Clarke thanked HarperCollins publishers for kindly supplying the books and the Publishers Association for supporting her campaign.
Theo Clarke MP for Stafford:
“I was delighted to visit St Paul’s CE Primary School in Stafford to launch my Literacy Campaign. It was fantastic to see how enthusiastic the students were about reading and I would like to thank HarperCollins for donating 100 books to the school. I have seen first-hand the positive impact that reading has on children’s mental health and education and I will continue to encourage children across Staffordshire to get involved in reading.”
Rachael Trubshaw Deputy Head of St Paul’s CE Primary School:
'St Paul's thoroughly appreciated the visit from Theo Clarke, MP for Stafford for the recognition the school did for World Book Day. The whole school enjoyed Theo reading them an extract from Michael Morpurgo's There once is a Queen. The children were delighted to receive a 100 books from HarperCollins publishers. The children said they liked having the opportunity to speak to someone with such an important role and were feeling inspired to read the new books given to school'