Yearly Archives: 2022

New reading initiative launched

A NEW REMOTE reading programme has been launched to support struggling young readers across the county.

East Sussex County Council is supporting the roll-out of an innovative reading scheme to help improve the reading skills of pupils in three primary schools in Hastings, Eastbourne and Newhaven.

Sixty 5- to 7-year-olds at Ore Village, Oakwood and Harbour primary schools are now receiving weekly online reading sessions as part of the UK-wide TutorMate programme, which is run by the charity Innovations for Learning UK.

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Spring events at East Sussex libraries

AN EXCITING programme of events will be running in libraries across the county over the coming months.

Free events include computer coding workshops, music and theatre performances and interactive family learning sessions.

To mark Women’s History Month this month, which aims to inspire and empower women by celebrating women’s lives and achievements, coding taster sessions for girls will take place at Hastings and Eastbourne libraries.

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