Reading at Runcorn All Saints CE Primary
At Runcorn All Saints CE Primary School, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill for everyday life that opens up a world of knowledge and imagination. Our key aim is to foster a real passion and enjoyment for reading through the use of high quality and diverse fiction and non-fiction texts, poetry and rhymes. Our reading journey starts in the Early Years where children are exposed to a large range of high-quality stories, poems and rhymes fostering a language rich environment; this leads on to the teaching of decoding skills through the use of Floppy's Phonics to develop independent readers; finally, comprehension skills are developed using the use of reading skills. All children have access to a range of texts in year groups libraries and book corners. Teachers help to foster the passion for reading by setting aside time daily to read and share texts with the children. This facilitates a discussion on the text and exposes children to a wider vocabulary.
Guided Reading in Key Stage Two
Here at Runcorn All Saints we use Bug Club Guided Reading in our Key Stage classes. Bug Club Guided is a robust guided reading programme with over 250 engaging texts. It helps children master fluency and deepen comprehension and is broken into KS1/P1-3 and KS2/P4-7 packages, with each approached differently to better suit the stage of child development. It uses weekly teaching cycles that apply eight key learning strategies, including three key questions.
Our Library
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We have been developing our Library area to be a place where children can come to relax and lose themselves in a book. We place a high importance on developing pupils' love for reading and know that having the right space to go to can help this. |
The Literacy Company have had enormous fun collating their Reading Spine for parents. For each year group, they have compiled a list of ten books (or authors) that they feel every child at that stage should read - one per half term and a couple for holidays. These books should inspire discussion and encourage a culture of reading for pleasure at home. They are age-appropriate in terms of theircontent and complexity but that is not to say they shouldn't dip into books from previous year groups.The most important thing is that your child enjoys what they read or have read to them. Hopefully, this list will help you both to know where to turn once one good read has come to an end.
On the back of each list, you will find a series of questions linked to each of the comprehension skillsabove. We hope this makes it easier to know what to ask when your child reads with you. Your child brings home a 'reading for pleasure' book each week and some of the these titles will be included.
Click on the image below to access the Pathways to Reading document. Happy reading!
