Reading quality texts is central to all of our teaching and learning. 

We provide multiple opportunities for children to access high quality texts:

Guided Reading

• One guided reading lesson each day for every child in the school
• The guided reading book list is reviewed each year for every class
• The texts are chosen based on what the children would enjoy, rich vocabulary, suitably challenging enough and books that each children should read before they leave for secondary school
• The current books lists for each class can be found in the Long Term Curriculum Map
• The children are encouraged to read the texts aloud to the whole class, in small groups or quietly to themselves
• Every guided reading lesson the children are encouraged to discuss and debate the themes, context and characters through the lense of the National Curriculum Reading Content Domains 

English Lessons

• Pathways to Write is designed to stimulate writing based around an engaging text
• As such, the children will read and enjoy an engaging text for English and a different high quality text for Guided Reading
• The texts provided by Pathways to Write have been chosen based on age expectations, rich vocabulary and stunning imagery  

Home Reading

• Each child is assessed every term using Accelerated Reader
• Each child is then given a reading range to choose a book from to read at their own pleasure
• The classroom library is set-up by genres of books
• Each child is encouraged to explore each genre of books over the course of the term / year
• This way each child is able to experience and formulate their own opinions of various genres of books
• Each child is expected to read at home on 5 occasions over the duration of 7 day week
• Each child is awarded with Dojo points for completing the 5 day reading challenge and is also rewarded with a non-school uniform day
• Adults in school track the amount each child reads at home, discusses the book with the child and listens to them read