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Are you between 5 and 13 years of age?
Then you should enter the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show’s 500 Words competition!
All you have to do is write an original short story, using no more than (you guesse… read more
2 February 2016
Ho! Ho! Ho! Christmas is just around the corner and so is our Christmas Mini Challenge!
We'd like to challenge you to read THREE library books between the 12 December and 6 January! Choose any three great looking books from your local library … read more
30 November 2015
Hip hip hooray, we have a winner!
Nine year old Joe from Gloucestershire has been awarded top prize for writing our judges’ favourite rap of the 2016 Summer Reading Challenge writing competition. We had lots of brilliant entries this year so it … read more
6 November 2015
Here are our top tips for writing great poetry for young children.
First, take a look at some poetry books for young children – like A Great Big Cuddle by Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell, and Here’s a Little Poem by Jane Yolen, Andrew Fusek Peter… read more
24 September 2015
The BBC is creating a brand new CBBC show about dream jobs and they are currently looking for applicants aged 8-13yrs old to take part!
• Do you know what your dream job would be?
• Are you motivated, hardworking and confident?
• If you thi… read more
26 August 2015
