Reading has a high profile here, and we aim to inspire children to become eager and confident readers.

We introduce children to a wealth of quality children’s literature, every class has dedicated story time, and books are often used as a stimulus for work in all curriculum areas.

Children have access to broad and varied texts throughout their learning journey, they are encouraged to read for pleasure both in school and at home. It is important that children are given a literature rich environment to develop their vocabulary and language skills.

We believe that high quality teaching of phonics is the key to developing independent readers and this is given the highest priority. We follow a scheme called Little Wandle which ensures our pupils learn through a systematic and well structured lesson sequence, with carefully planned interventions to ensure the best outcomes for our pupils. The Phonics programme teaches children to read decode texts to develop fluency with good comprehension. Children learn to form each letter, spell correctly, and compose their ideas step by step.

In Reception and Year One, children take fully decodable reading books home which match their phonic knowledge. As well as the fully decodable book, children can also take home a shared reading book to read together with an adult.These books are changed once a week, after the children have read them 3 times for fluency, prosody and comprehension.

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From Year 2, children move onto ‘Accelerated Reader’, a programme which develops their independent reading skills, comprehension and motivation for reading. After each book they read, pupils take a short online Accelerated Reader quiz, which provides detailed information for their teacher. Children can use the ‘Accelerated Reader’ Bookfinder website at home to search for books – from school, the library or bookshops – which are precisely matched to their reading ability and interests (ZPD score.) This approach encourages our children to enjoy reading even more, to read more often, to think positively about reading and to see a clear link between reading and their successes. Research proves it: children perform better when parents are actively involved in the learning process. 

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