BBC News – Hannah Richardson
“Boys’ reluctance to write outside school could be hampering their chances of fulfilling their potential, a National Literacy Trust study says…It cites evidence that those who write for fun outside school are four times more likely to be writing above the expected level at the end of primary school than those who do not. At the other end, nine times as many children and young people who do not enjoy writing at all, write below the expected level compared with those who enjoy writing very much.”(more)