Delivered by Newbury College Learning Recourses Centre and the English for Non Native Learners tutors, the reading challenge required participants to read six books, at an appropriate level for their English reading skills. They then completed a journal to describe the reading material and what they had gained from the experience.
A celebration event was attended by all the learners who took part in the challenge and certificates and prizes were presented by Dr Anne Murdoch OBE, Principal of Newbury College and Fiona Lees, LRC Manager for Newbury College.
Fiona Lees, Newbury College LRC Manager organised the event with her team and said, 'The award ceremony was an opportunity to celebrate the success of the learners who took part in the reading challenge. It was wonderful to read all of the learners' dairies and see how the reading had helped to improve their reading and writing in English'.
The reading challenge was a huge success amongst the learners and staff and provided real benefits to the learners.