Reading

EYFS and KS1 -  Early Reading   

In line with the Little Wandle program, pupils in Reception and KS1 partake in Reading sessions three times a week. These sessions support the pupils to progress within three domains of their reading fluency: decoding, prosody and comprehension.  Within these sessions, pupils begin the week by becoming fluent with their reading book, exploring vocabulary and recapping the Grapheme Phoneme Correspondences (GPCs) they will encounter in the text. Once they are familiar with the vocabulary, pupils develop their prosody skills, learning to read with fluency and expression. As the week draws to a close and pupils are confident with the text, they then focus on their comprehension of what they have read, discussing texts by summarizing key content, sharing likes and dislikes and drawing comparisons with own experiences or other known texts.  

Pupils reading books are from the Little Wandle scheme and are aligned to each pupils reading ability. Pupils have continuity with their reading at home and school by utilising e-books, so that pupils can continue to become fluent and confident with their week’s reading book. As well as this, pupils take home additional reading books in line with their reading level. We encourage children to experience a range of genres and celebrate the pleasure to be found in reading, to support this, pupils also choose a book from the class book corner to share with their families, these are stocked with a wide range of books which reflect the diversity of our school community.  

KS2 - Big Reading 

From the Summer term of Year 2, and throughout KS2, we use an approach called Big Reading which teaches 4 key skills of reading through the exploration of high quality texts. Retrieve, Explore, Analyze and Deduce and Infer are the concepts taught across the phase. From Years 3 to 6, children are immersed in a range of stimulating texts such as Project Gadgetman, The Last Bear, Brightstorm and Clockwork to name a few.   The spine of texts has been carefully curated to inspire and challenge our pupils, correlate with our school Curriculum Drivers, reflect the diversity of our community and society and provide an enriching context for the teaching of essential reading skills. 

Children are actively encouraged to select books from both their book corners, which are stocked with a diverse selection of books, to enjoy in the classroom and at home. In lower KS2, many children are still progressing through the higher levels of reading bands to support the development of their fluency skills, and can enjoy a selection of engaging modern and classics books that have been matched to their reading levels.  

Documents

• PreSchool Recommended Reads download_for_offline
  download_for_offlinePreSchool Recommended Reads
• Reception Recommended Reads download_for_offline
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• Valley Primary School Grammar and Writing Long term plan Y1-6 download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineValley Primary School Grammar and Writing Long term plan Y1-6
• Valley Primary School Progression in English download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineValley Primary School Progression in English
• VPS Reading Spine download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineVPS Reading Spine
• Year 1 Recommended Reads download_for_offline
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• Year 2 Recommended Reads download_for_offline
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• Year 3 Recommended Reads download_for_offline
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• Year 4 Recommended Reads download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 4 Recommended Reads
• Year 5 Recommneded Reads download_for_offline
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• Year 6 Recommended Reads download_for_offline
  download_for_offlineYear 6 Recommended Reads