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Inspired by communication champions and best practice

Last Friday, a team of 25 judges came together to decide the results of this year’s Shine a Light Awards. This year Pearson Clinical Assessment and The Communication Trust, were once again incredibly lucky to have an exceptional panel of … Continue reading

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No Pens Wednesday 2014 – A Big Success! – Guest Blog Post

No Pens Day Wednesday 2014 took place on Wednesday 15th October and was an overwhelming success! We had over 1,700 schools registered this year, our most popular year yet! This year we have also seen a huge boost in registrations from those working in Early Years settings and special schools, with dedicated resources available for these settings appearing for the first time in No Pens Day 2014. It’s been wonderful that so many new schools and settings have taken part this year and we have been lucky enough to hear about the innovative ways that some of you have used the Trust’s materials. Continue reading

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Celebrating the Winners of the Shine a Light Awards

On the 3rd April, Pearson Assessment in partnership with The Communication Trust announced the results of the Shine a Light Awards 2013/14. These awards, now in their third year aim to celebrate innovative work and excellent practice in supporting children … Continue reading

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Shine a Light 2014: Decision time

On the 21st February, 17 judges comprising of a mixture of industry experts and past Shine a Light Award winners, met to debate the outcomes of this year’s awards. Shut away in the depths of the Pearson building, each panel … Continue reading

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Championing the communication needs of young people – Shine a Light Awards return for 2013/14

New categories have been announced for the 2013/14 Shine a Light Awards launched today (11th November 2013) by The Communication Trust and Pearson Assessment. Designed to recognise teams, settings and individuals across England who support children and young people’s communication … Continue reading

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No Pen’s Day Wednesday – put down your pens and pick up language!

No Pens Day Wednesday, a national speaking and listening event organised by The Communication Trust, is back on Wednesday 9th October 2013! The Communication Trust, below, told us all about the free resources that are available this year, and details of … Continue reading

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Speech, language and communication needs are on the calendar

With snowdrops popping up all around us and daffodils appearing in the shops (if not quite blooming from the ground yet) we have started to look forward to the spring, summer and even autumn events for 2013. On March the … Continue reading

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Shine a Light 2012 – a night to celebrate

It’s hard to believe that just over a year ago we launched the first ever Shine a Light Awards as part of the Hello, national year of communication campaign. Now in their second year the Awards have proven to hold a … Continue reading

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‘It’s a tough job… but someone has to do it!’ – Shine a Light 2012

It’s been a busy month over at the Pearson Assessment and The Communication Trust offices as the applications for this year’s Shine a Light Awards have been coming in. Since the close of the deadline on the 10th October, our judges … Continue reading

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Shine a Light Awards – go for it!

Shine a Light Awards – go for it! Guest post from Janet Cooper, Early Language and Communication Programme Lead from Stoke Speaks Out and one of last year’s winners in the Shine a Light Awards.  In 2010-2011 our Local Authority in Stoke … Continue reading

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