Hollyfield Primary School is determined that every child will learn to read, regardless of background, needs or abilities. We want our children to be fluent, confident readers. We will share with our pupils a wealth of texts including stories, rhymes, poems and non-fiction to develop their vocabulary, language comprehension and develop a genuine love of reading and a keen interest in a range of texts. We work to inspire our children to become life-long readers who enjoy books and have a desire to read for pleasure.
We want every child to read widely, and to gain a rich knowledge across the curriculum. By offering a wide range of texts we aim to broaden their minds and experiences to allow them to empathise with the world in which they live and support the development of their cultural capital. Reading is such an important life skill that it is imperative that we enable them to become independent readers so they are able to engage in all learning and are well prepared for their next stage of their education and life.
Children in Reception are learning the first steps for reading and so begin the year by reading wordless books. As soon as children are able to confidently identify and recognise a selection of the Phase 2 grapheme phoneme correspondences, they begin to read books with words in. These books are decodable in line with the pupil’s stage of reading.
In school, all pupils have regular reading sessions in groups every week, delivered by a trained adult.
We encourage parents of all pupils, regardless of the year group they are in, to listen to their child/children read regularly at home. This will include any books that come home from school, but is not limited to these.
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