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At Serial Mash, we believe that reading is not just a fundamental skill, but a gateway to boundless creativity, learning and imagination. We want as many pupils as possible to benefit from access to high quality books over the Summer Holidays and join in with our #SerialMashSummer reading challenge.

Sign up and let your pupils embark on a literary journey like no other. Over the Summer Holidays, pupils will be motivated to read more, explore new genres and discover the joy of storytelling. This is an excellent opportunity to keep pupils reading and engaged over the holidays.

By signing up, your pupils will gain access to over 200 eBooks across seven different libraries, as well as reading comprehension quizzes and activities.

Whether your school is a current Serial Mash subscriber or not, you can take part! All schools who take part will have the chance to win a licence for Serial Mash for a year (based on average minutes read across the school), and there are other exciting prizes for children and classes with the most minutes read.

Home users - parents, childminders and tutors - are not eligible to take part in the challenge, but can get a 30-day free trial of Serial Mash here to help their children continue reading during the holidays.

Serial Mash Summer Details

  1. Sign up at the link above to register interest in the Serial Mash Summer reading challenge
  2. The first 50 schools to sign up will receive access to a selection of Purple Mash resources to help promote reading
  3. All schools to sign up will get a free trial of Serial Mash from 3rd June - 27th September 2024.
  4. Children and teachers can familiarise themselves with Serial Mash and look through the books before reading minutes start being counted from 8th July.
  5. Reading minutes stop being counted at the end of 13th September 2024, giving children 10 whole weeks to build up their minutes!
  6. Teachers will be emailed with details on how to submit the minutes. The submission stage will be open for two weeks, from 16th-27th September 2024.
  7. Winners will be notified the week after minute submissions have closed.