Librarian John Iona has made a huge impact on reading at the Enfield school where he works. He leads book clubs and homework clubs at Oasis Academy Enfield, organises author visits, runs library lessons for year 7 and 8 pupils and even finds time to create award-winning resources.
He has pioneered an initiative called Reading Games, where youngsters earn points for writing book reviews and work their way towards prizes. He also ran a mystery summer reading challenge, where he sent teachers home with teenage novels wrapped up in brown paper, got them to write reviews and then asked them to pass the books on to their students.
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