St StephensReading
At St Stephens, it is our intent that every child will be taught to read fluently for meaning and will leave primary school able to read and comprehend a wide range of age appropriate texts. Children will be encouraged to develop a love of reading, through regular exposure to high quality texts that will be shared daily by adults; as well as developing the reading habits of avid readers, choosing to read for pleasure.
Books to share and read aloud will be carefully selected by adults, to support thematic, book-led learning. These books can be found on our school reading spine, which is regularly reviewed and updated.
Reading skills will be taught strategically throughout the school, starting as soon as possible with the very youngest children. The children will be taught through daily phonics, whole class reading lessons, as well as individual and paired reading with an adult. They will have a dedicated daily reading session where they share a range of high quality literature, non-fiction and poetry and are read aloud to by adults. Children falling behind the expected standard will be quickly identified and given additional support to catch up.
