Discussions on government funding for reading and an interview with Karen McGuigan, founder of Maths For Life.

Join Heather Wright and Jane Consdine for a chat about real life maths with Karen McGuigan, followed by an in-depth discussion on the need for government funding for reading.

This week, Heather is grateful for listening to her daughter read on an early morning drive, while Jane is grateful for a bit of extra sunshine time to connect with colleagues.

Our guest this week is Karen McGuigan, founder of the Maths For Life programme, chatting to Jane & Heather about a love for maths, Count Dracula and the Hierarchy of Independence.

In Sentence of the Week, Jane and Heather have a righteous rant about government funding for reading, following the open letter from The BookTrust, Michael Morpurgo and children’s Laureates to Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

In this week’s Wonder of Words, Jane shares a powerful speech from Ursula Le Guin, while Heather shares a clip of Jess French reading from her new book Beastlands.

Big Love from Heather and Heartbursts from Jane xxx 💕💕💕

Find Jane at https://www.janeconsidine.com/

Find Heather at https://wherereadingrocks.com/

Find Karen at https://www.mathsforlife.com/

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Links from the show:

BookTrust open letter - https://www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-features/features/2024/january/reading-together-read-our-open-letter-calling-for-investment-in-early-years-reading/

“Does the government need to invest more in reading in primary schools?” POLL https://x.com/_reading_rocks_/status/1748106939244966013?s=46&t=-DJPB9i0hRpBkUnj88wBew

Speeches of Note - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781786331090 Beastlands - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/562/9781800784062