We have added a new section to the Ning for those of you who have been attending our free Professional Development conferences that we have nicknamed ROAR. More ROAR events are planned during the year and dates and venues are listed on the left hand column of the Ning under the Events section.

Congratulations to Ali Sparkes for winning this prestigous award. You can meet her in a few weeks time at the Renaissance National Conference. More details can be found by clicking the link on the right hand side of this page.

Well we are coming to the final set of videos to be launched at 2pm and the compliments have been flooding in. We have managed to reach well over 1 million kids so Renlearn HQ is a very happy place at this moment in time. If you have not had a look then go to www.readtoamillionkids.co.uk .

The Content Department is happy to announce that more graphic works have been approved and are ready for quizzing!

The series TreeTops Graphic Novels is published by Oxford University Press. These historical fiction books focus on important events that have occured around the world: from the building of the Taj Mahal to building the Great Wall of China, from Viking invasions to World War II, from the slave trade to the fight for women's rights. In… Continue

Over 300,000 kids so far. Looks like we might make the million.

With the introduction of APP we are getting a number of queries as to how Accelerated Reader and Accelerated Maths align. Well I am glad to say they do and we have produced these handy alignment guides that we hope will be of assistance to you.

AR APP 2.pdf… Continue

Sometimes you come across something that is too good to be true but this is a great offer. Most of the books are classics but if you are interested have a look now because I am sure the offer will not be around for long. http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/free

Over 12,700 quizzes were taken yesterday on Accelerated Reader and over 100,000 kids now registered for Read to a Million Kids. AR HQ is a very proud and happy place today.

I am soooo excited I just had to share it! My childrens' average percentage across the KS2 classes has just topped 85.3% for the very first time since we started Accelerated reader back at Easter 2009!

On the subject of books for reluctant readers, you may or may not be aware that we have a complete set of quizzes on the ‘Go For It’ series, published by Cambridge University Press.

Read more about the series here: http://www.cambridge.org/uk/education/secondary_projectpage.asp?id=2502600

To find a list of the quizzes, simply type 'go for it cambridge' into the quick search box on AR Bookfinder (… Continue