Reading
Master Readers
Master Readers is a reading approach which follows on from the children completing the Flying Start with Letters and Sounds phonics programme. Children in Years 2-6 have a dedicated half hour of Shared Reading at the start of each day. Books have been chosen to complement the topics children are studying and may also link to the genre they are learning about in English lessons. Please see the links below for further information about the progression of Master Readers.
Accelerated Reader - from Yr3 - Y6
The children enjoy the sense of success they get from reading regularly and scoring points for their quiz questions. We recognise their achievements each week by issuing certificates for the highest number of points per class, the highest word count, and those who have achieved 250,000 words, 500,000 words and 1 million words.
The impact of introducing the scheme has been increased engagement with reading for all pupil groups, including those who had previously struggled. The competitive element certainly helps with this!
Reading for Pleasure
Our aim is to encourage and develop a lifelong love of books and reading in our learners. Reading is an enjoyable and enriching activity which we want our children to embrace. We wish to work in partnership with parents to ensure all of our children have the best possible start to reading and continue to develop their love of reading.
The teaching of reading and reading comprehension within the classroom is only part of a child's learning, and the value that is given to reading at home is equally important. Reading widely at both home and school helps to develop a child’s vocabulary, which in turn will make them become more confident, fluent readers. A child’s journey to become a reader starts with them listening and sharing books. This is an invaluable way of showing that books are there to be enjoyed, as well as developing the children’s vocabulary. Through sharing books, parents are modelling the reading process and showing children enjoyment and learning that can be found from reading. Children enjoy being read to at any age, so please don't think that you should top reading with them and to them once they start in KS2! After all - we enjoy this as adults - many of us have audio books saved on our devices!
As a school, we have a wide range of decodable books included within our reading schemes. These books fully align with the phonics programme in Reception and KS1, enabling the children to apply what they have been taught with increased confidence and success. Once the children have completed the Phonics programme, we have a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry books on offer to further develop the children’s fluency in reading.
From Reception up to Year 6, pupils have a weekly school library visit and continue to take home books for sharing with their parents alongside their own reading book.