Curdridge Primary School
Love to read - learn to read @ CPS
Intent, Implementation and Impact
Love to read - learn to read
Intent (Reading)
- For children to develop a love of reading as a hobby for pleasure and as a means of learning about the world.
- For children to be able to make choices about books to read, able to navigate a library and select books that are appropriate and engaging.
- For children to be exposed to a range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts through an organised system of class readers, individual reading books and curriculum text drivers during their time at school.
- For children to be able to read to an audience and internally with fluency, accuracy and expression.
- For children to be able to decode unfamiliar words using phonics skills, phonetic awareness and contextual clues where appropriate.
- For children to be able to retrieve information, summarise findings and use inference skills to deduce meaning from what they have read.
- For children to be able to offer ideas and justify opinions about their reading.
- For children to use books and other resources (including online) to find information about a range of different topics and themes.
Implementation (Reading)
- There is an emphasis on reading for pleasure as well as learning the mechanics of reading
- Children are encouraged to talk about and share their reading with others
- Guided reading is taught across the school and children are encouraged to express opinions and thoughts about the authors' intentions.
- In EYFS and KS1, phonics is taught through daily phonics sessions. Discussion of high-quality texts are embedded within writing journeys. Children read individually or within a small group to an adult at least once a week to develop fluency.
- In KS2 guided reading is taught through a whole-class reading approach. Links are made across the curriculum with regards to texts being used to support and enhance the learning in foundation subjects.
Impact (Reading)
- Through regular pupil conferencing, children’s enjoyment of reading is evident.
- Through pupil conferencing, there is a clear progression in reading skills, with children exposed to more complex texts and more challenging questions and tasks.
- Children’s love of high-quality texts increases, with children more likely to seek out the focus author/type of text during weekly library sessions.
- Children are increasingly able to find and select information they need across the curriculum to aid them in their learning as a result of the skills they have learnt in reading sessions.
- Children become analytical, reflective readers who can engage with a wide range of texts across genres and subjects.
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Systematic Synthetic Phonics
At Curdridge Primary School our chosen Systematic Synthetics Phonics (SSP) program is Twinkl.
Due to our rising number of disadvantaged children, we will make 'slight adjustments' to the scheme during the taught sessions in order to clarify concepts within the story and explain some of the language used where needed in order that the scheme is accessible to all.
We use Rhino Readers as our linked reading books.
A Support Guide to Alphabet Names and Sounds
Learn how to sound out the letters of the alphabet using pure sounds to make blending words together for
reading and segmenting words for writing easier.
Early Reading expectations in YR
Literacy development: involves encouraging children to read and write, both through listening to others reading, and being encouraged to begin to read and write themselves. Children are given access to a wide range of reading materials e.g. books, stories, classroom signs, name plates, names of numbers, names of sounds to support phonics and other materials to ignite their interest.
Reading: we want children to read and understand simple sentences. We encourage them to use their phonics knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. We want them to read some common irregular words to demonstrate an understanding when talking with others about what they have read.
Helping children develop a love of reading
We want to develop children's love of reading and reading for enjoyment. Using stories and talking about books is crucial to helping build pupils' imagination, vocabulary and love of reading.
Ideas to help your child become a reader include:
- Reading to them
- Keeping books in the house
- Setting aside time daily for children to read and talk about what they have read
- Parents modelling good reading habits
- Finding books/authors that engage your child (both fiction and non-fiction)
- Looking for different reading opportunities e.g. comics, recipes, shopping lists, newspapers, signs around the local community, recipes, instructions for games etc.
Reading with your child and helping him/her with writing and spelling can help boost their achievement. Reading is fundamental to your child’s progress and is the most important way that parents can help their child. This is true right up to the end of Year 6 and beyond. We ask that you make sure your child has regular reading practice and check that s/he understands what s/he reads.
- Visit the local library – it’s free to join. As well as story books, libraries lend a range of up-to-date non-fiction books and books on tape.
- Don’t just read books. Encourage your child to read newspapers, TV guides, comics and magazines. Ask your child to find out information from the Yellow Pages, cookery books etc.
You can also access library books from our ePlatform. Every child in school has their own login and password. On the platform there are 4,967 free books to choose from ranging from 0 years to teens.
Our Mobile Apps (IOS, Android, Windows)
Apps link: -
- https://curdridge-hantssls.eplatform.co/help/apps/eplatform-app or
Direct link to App Library: -
- IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eplatform-by-wheelers/id912668852?mt=8
- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eplatform.android.googleplay&hl=en
- Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/eplatform/9nblggh3z38k