In an article for The Guardian in 2010, Pie Corbett, wrote: “Children who are told stories are the ones who first form abstract concepts across the curriculum – in other words, being read to makes you brainy. The best writers in the class are always those who are avid readers and those who are read to. It may be parents have lost faith with this idea (reading to their children), but education is a way out of poverty.”
At Milton Primary School, Melissa Mifflin, a Specialist Leader of Education in the early years, has been leading work on a successful reading and parental engagement initiative called the Secret Storyteller.
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