Reading

Reading

We recognise that our children arrive at school with a range of language experiences. Through a rich and creative curriculum, we aim to provide our learners with the best opportunities to become fluent, confident and skilled communicators and readers.

Through our Reading curriculum we aim to:

• Develop a genuine love of reading, promoting positive attitudes
• Develop confidence, fluency and good understanding when reading in any subject
• Develop a habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information
• Equip our learners with a range of strategies which will support their development and ability to decode, recognise familiar words and spelling strategies and find contextual clues.
• Acquire a wide vocabulary, an understanding of grammar and a knowledge of linguistic   

conventions for reading and writing

• Appreciate our rich and varied literacy heritage
• Use discussion in order to learn; they should be able to elaborate and explain clearly their understanding and ideas drawing on evidence from texts they have read
• Provide equal opportunities for all pupils to achieve success in Reading

Approaches to Teaching and learning

Children will be exposed to the following reading opportunities throughout their year at school:

• Modelled reading, echo reading and choral reading
• Reading for pleasure
• Reading performances
• Annual Poetry Slam, Goddard's Got Talent, World Book Day and a range of live termly events and workshops including author events. 
• Annual book fair
• Teacher Treasure texts 
• Visits to the school library. 
• A range of poetry, songs, rhymes, fiction, non-fiction and playscripts. 

Phonics

‘Children should be taught to read easily and fluently. ‘ At Goddard Park we use a fast-paced, rigorous and structured phonics programme (Read Write Inc). RWInc helps get every child reading fast and gives teachers the confidence and skills to deliver high-quality teaching every day. We wish to develop children who have a love of reading and are able to access their curriculum easily and effectively through reading with fluency, expression, accuracy and enjoyment.  Our aim is for every child to ‘Be a reader’.

Our pupils learn to read  effectively and quickly using the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme. 

Read Write Inc. Phonics

The programme is for:

• Pupils in Year R to Year 2 who are learning to read and write
• Any pupils in Years 2, 3 and 4 who need to catch up rapidly

In Read Write Inc. Phonics pupils:

• Decode letter-sound correspondences quickly and effortlessly, using their phonic knowledge and skills
• Read common exception words on sight
• Understand what they read
• Read aloud with fluency and expression

In addition, we teach pupils to work effectively with a partner to explain and consolidate what they are learning. This provides the teacher with opportunities to assess learning and to pick up on difficulties, such as pupils’ poor articulation, or problems with blending or alphabetic code knowledge.