Patricia Forde
speaker
460 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 4d ago
Patricia Forde’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Absolutely.
I have great faith in young parents.
I think they know what's going on, they see what's happening and they will correct it.
We just all need to work hard at it and we as adults can do loads.
You know, you can be on the Lewis or wherever you are, read a book.
Let kids see us reading.
That's all they want.
They want to be like us.
Good morning, Ciara.
It's a very interesting topic.
Certainly, the good news is we are currently ranked second in the world when it comes to the literacy of
10 and 11 year olds.
And that's fabulous.
And it's testament, I think, to our great teachers.
We have brilliant teachers in primary school, starting children on the road to reading.
So that's all great and absolutely essential.
What we don't talk as much about though, is that the huge benefits are to be found when children read for pleasure.
And that is slipping.
we are finding it more difficult to get children to read books just to enjoy them.
And I'm not sure what's behind that.
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