By the time children leave Co-op Academy Grove, they will have read, listened to and been inspired by a wide range selection of children’s literature.

Regardless of ability, gender or background, all children will know, understand and have the confidence to discuss a broad range of high-quality texts and vocabulary to cultivate a love of literature.

We have high expectations for all children and expect our children to leave primary school as avid readers. We want them to read for pleasure, having had access to a wide range of text types, genres and authors in order for them to make informed opinions about their favourites.

We aspire for our children to read fluently and widely and be able to express preferences and opinions about the texts that they read. We aim to expose our children to a wide range of vocabulary so that they are able to decipher new words and then use them when speaking both informally and formally.

We teach reading using the Grammarsaurus Comprehension Crusher scheme of work. A 3 day, two weekly cycle unit of work has been created to ensure the essential components of reading are embedded.

Each reading unit focuses on two or three of the content domains and the units have been arranged to ensure complete curriculum coverage.

Each unit also includes three different question formats, one for each focus area. The format of the questions presented within each domain varies across the units.

This ensures a variety of question types are practised throughout the year.

Co-op Academy Reading Long Term Plan 25-26

 

We teach phonics to children with gaps in their learning through the ‘Read, Write, Inc’ Ruth Miskin phonics programme. It is a systematic, fast-paced approach to teaching phonics. This intervention is used to diminish differences in learning quickly.  RWI groups are organised into different abilities following half termly assessments. Sessions are focussed on learning missing sounds, applying these in word reading and reading decodable books that match their phonics knowledge to build confidence with fluency and accuracy. Phonics interventions are delivered to children who did not pass the KS1 phonics screen, or who are new to English.

RWI Phonics Progression PDF

Parent guide to Read Write Inc. Phonics - Oxford Owl 

Top tip for reading with your child.

1.Make reading to your child feel like a treat.

Introduce each new book with excitement.

2 Make it a special quiet time and cuddle up so both of you can

see the book.

3 Show curiosity in what you’re going to read:

Oh no! I think Arthur is going to get even angrier now.

4 Read the whole story the first time through without stopping

too much. If you think your child might not understand

something, model an explanation:

Oh I think what’s happening here is that…

5 Chat about the story:

I wonder why he did that?

Oh no, I hope she’s not going to…

I wouldn’t have done that, would you?

6 Avoid asking questions to test what your child remembers.

7 Link stories to your own experiences (e.g. This reminds me of…)

8 Read favourite stories over and over again.

Get your child to join in with the bits they know.

9 Read with enthusiasm. Don’t be embarrassed to try out

different voices. Your child will love it.

10 Read with enjoyment.

If you’re not enjoying it, your child won’t.

We encourage our children to read often and widely and to support this our teachers read to our children every day, modelling fluency, intonation and expression.

During this time children are able to listen to both pre-selected class novels and literature of their classes choice.

Whole class reading for pleasure is timetabled for 10 minutes every day.

 

Parent guide to great reading

Parent guide for Boomrea

We use Accelerated Reader to motivate, monitor, and manage students’ independent reading practice at home and support their stamina and skill growth through wider reading opportunities. Accelerated Reader motivates students to read through engaging quizzes, goal setting, and personalised recommendations. As students increase their reading volume, they develop greater reading stamina, word recognition, and language comprehension skills.

Children who access RWI phonics, take home a phonetically decodable RWI book so they can practise their fluency. 

A Reading Race is displayed outside every classroom where children’s word count from Accelerated Reader is tracked. Children are awarded certificates linked to their word count and these are celebrated in class (for 5,000; 10,000; 25,000; 100,000 and 500,000) and in weekly celebration assemblies (50,000; 250,000; 1,000,000)

Well done to…

• Braydon  3PB
• Emanuele 4CC
• Miriam 5JBC
• Darcie 5AB
• Amalia 6CPe

…for winning a £5 book token to spend on a brand new book.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Reading - KS2 Language and Literacy - BBC Bitesize

Free KS2 English reading for pleasure teaching resources | Oak National Academy (thenational.academy)