Reading
Intent:
At Camps Hill, our intent is to cultivate a community of excited, motivated readers who develop a lifelong love of reading. We strive to ensure that every child has access to a rich and diverse range of high‑quality texts that reflect the wider world and broaden their imagination. Through carefully planned teaching, we develop the key skills of decoding, fluency, comprehension, and critical thinking so that pupils become confident, independent readers. By nurturing curiosity and providing meaningful reading experiences, we empower children with the skills and passion needed to thrive as successful readers throughout their lives.
Implementation:
- Discrete phonics sessions, up to twice a day in EYFS and Year 1, (see phonics tab under curriculum)
- Phonics first as an approach to read and decode
- School personalised 'reading diaries' sent home to support parents with quality reading at home
- High expectations of reading practice at home
- Whole class Guided Reading through VIPERS Y2-6
- Individual reading to Class Teacher every two weeks
- Class stories read to promote enjoyment of reading
- Story of the week in EYFS to explore topics and new learning
- Book corners to celebrate reading
- A wide variety and range of high quality texts used across the areas of the curriculum
How we measure impact:
- Teachers read fortnightly with each child and formative assessment used to assess suitability of reading book
- Targeted children read more often with additional adults which is reviewed at termly Pupil Progress Meetings
- Reading book bands assessed half termly
- Sonar used half termly to monitor progress
- Independent assessments termly
National Tasks and Tests:
- Reception Baseline test
- Year 1 phonics screening check
- Key Stage 2 Reading paper