Reading

English Lead: Mrs Goldsworthy-Linnell

Phonics Lead: Ms Feuser

At St Marie's we deliver a high-quality English reading curriculum which develops and fosters a whole school love of reading. Through reading lessons, we make links between our chosen core texts and our Catholic Social Teaching themes and Fundamental British values.  We read a variety of texts with links to our topics and our wider curriculum subjects. 

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Intent:

Children in EYFS, 1 and 2 are taught reading through the Little Wandle Phonics and reading fluency programme. In EYFS this happens daily. In years 1 and 2 this happens at least three times a week. It focuses on decoding, prosody and comprehension.

In KS2, reading is taught through discreet reading sessions planned by class teachers to meet the Primary National Curriculum reading scheme of work objectives and skills for their Key Stage.

Our Reading curriculum is inclusive, we deliver a talk rich, targeted curriculum to all of our pupils irrespective of specific learning needs or disabilities.  We adapt teaching and learning where necessary to ensure all children can access the reading curriculum through scaffolded activities, in class support, flexible environments and a variety of learning activities.

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Implementation:

Each lesson focusses on a manageable step of new learning based on the National Curriculum Reading Scheme of work.

What a typical lesson looks like:

Flashback: an opportunity for pupils to retrieve and build upon previously acquired skills, through a ‘Last Lesson, Last Unit, Last Year, Challenge’ approach.

Teach it: Introduction to new learning with live modelling and explicit addressing of potential misconceptions.

Practise it: Children are given the opportunity to practise and use new skills. Learning can be independent and collaborative, all pupils participate through active learning strategies.

Prove it:  Using Scarborough’s reading rope model, children apply new knowledge and reading skills: Phonological awareness, decoding (alphabetic principle and letter-sound correspondences), sight recognition, background knowledge, vocabulary, language structures, verbal reasoning and literacy knowledge.

Dig deeper: To ensure all children are appropriately challenged, the primary national curriculum reading scheme of work is used to plan activities to enable all children to extend their learning, broaden their knowledge and make progress at their level.

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Impact:

At St Marie's we believe that reading is the key to unlocking all curriculum areas of learning.  We focus our time, resources and dedication into reading sessions across the school to ensure that all children are making good progress in their reading and become independent, lifelong readers.  We feel passionate about our pupils developing a love of reading and so we ensure that they are exposed to and immersed in a variety of text types, genres and authors inside and outside of their classroom. 

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Assessment:

All year groups complete PIRA reading assessments 3x a year (Year 2 and 6 SATs papers). Teachers complete PIRA QLA documents to identify gaps and areas of need for individual pupils as well as the class cohort.  Teachers use QLA data to inform future planning and teaching. Continued monitoring and assessment through questioning and observing in each lesson also informs planning.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Review

Teaching and learning of reading is captured through: Lesson drop ins, questioning, pupil voice, book looks, planning monitoring, NC objectives coverage monitoring, data drops (termly) and pupil progress follow up, internal and MAC moderation, Little Wandle assessment, Year 2 and Year 6 SATs results, Year 1 Phonics screening scores, PIRA Assessments 3x year (Reception 2x year).

Reading Curriculum Map

USEFUL lINKS TO SUPPORT WITH READING:

BBC BITESIZE

Phonics pronunciation - Reception Autumn 1 (Phase 2)Phonics pronunciation - Reception Autumn 2 (Phase 2)Phonics pronunciation - Reception Spring 1 (Phase 3)Phonics - How we teach blendingPhonics - Alien wordsPhonics - Tricky words