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Reading
At Albert Pye and Ravensmere as readers we:
- Have a love of reading
- Know the skills needed to be a competent reader
- Are exposed to a range of texts in order to not only reflect the pupils' lives but to also open windows to a range of diverse literary experiences
- Understand fluency, including expression, volume, smoothness and pace
- Read aloud and listen to texts being read aloud daily
- Look for reading opportunities everywhere, not just in books
- Are explicit about the reason for reading
- Talk about and ask questions about their reading
- Learn and discuss new vocabulary
- Listen to recommendations and recommend books to our peers
Our five shields of Reading embody the integral elements of our reading principles at Albert Pye and Ravensmere Schools. The strand along the top is our DERIC strand: Decode, Explain, Retrieve, Interpret and Choice. Our Reading curriculum is built around these key elements which are developed and explored in our Reading lessons.
How do we teach Reading at Albert Pye and Ravensmere?
We use all of the following to teach reading:
- Phonics Teaching (Sounds Write)
- Exploring etymology and morphology of words
- Daily group reading sessions in KS1
- Daily whole class reading sessions to model and focus on decoding, fluency and comprehension (small groups may be used during this time) in KS2
- Individual Reading
- Story Time (all classes every day)
- Developing fluency through paired reading, choral reading, repeated reading
All of the teaching is underpinned by strong Assessment for Learning and ongoing daily, weekly, monthly half termly tracking and Gaps analysis.
The DERIC concepts are taught, developed and explored during daily Reading lessons across all year groups.
Reading Environments
We promote a love a reading in our children by ensuring that children see reading as valued and interwoven in all parts of the school day from Nursery all the way to Year 6. We share stories during the school day, open reading sheds at lunch and break, hold reading events such as bedtime stories and book fairs. We reward our regular readers at home and support those who do not have the opportunity to read regularly at home. Our Mystery Readers show our children that everyone loves to read and help us to reach our aim of guiding children to become life long lovers of reading.
At Albert Pye and Ravensmere we encourage all children to read at home every day to ensure they continue to develop fluency along with a love of reading. To celebrate reading in our school, each child takes part in the Rainbow Reader Challenge. Each time the children read at home they work towards achieving a Rainbow Reader certificate for 30, 60, 90 reads etc. These certificates are awarded in our ASPIRE assemblies and we celebrate their reading achievement with the whole school.
Reading for Pleasure