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 250 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 children can win goody bags.
Home users and tutors are also welcome to take part in the challenge, and could win a special goody bag. Home users and tutors should visit their respective webpages to get a 2 week trial to explore Serial Mash before subscribing to take part.
Serial Mash Summer Details
- Sign up at the link above to register interest in the Serial Mash Summer reading challenge
- Non-subscribers will get a free trial of Serial Mash from 16th June - 3rd October 2025, as well as a resource pack to help promote the challenge and encourage participants.
- Children and teachers can familiarise themselves with Serial Mash and look through the books before reading minutes start being counted from 7th July.
- Reading minutes stop being counted at 11:59pm 19th September 2025, giving children 11 whole weeks to build up their minutes!
- Teachers will be emailed with details on how to submit the minutes. The submission stage will be open for two weeks, from 20th September-3rd October 2025.
- Winners will be notified the week after minute submissions have closed.