Reading

Intent:

At Camps Hill we aim to develop excited readers by providing opportunities for all to access a wide range and variety of high quality texts and to develop the key skills of reading to create confident, independent readers throughout their lives. 

Implementation:

• Discrete phonics sessions (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 
• Whole class Guided Reading through VIPERS Y1-6
• Weekly individual reading to Class Teacher
• Class stories read to promote enjoyment of reading
• Story of the week in EYFS to explore topics and new learning 
• Book corners and visits to School Library 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 weekly 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
• Miscue analysis used to assess our focus readers
• Target Tracker used half termly to monitor progress
• Independent assessments termly 

 National Tasks and Tests:

• Reception Baseline test 
• Year 1 phonics test 
• (For this year) Year 2 phonics test 
• Key Stage 1 Reading paper 
• Key Stage 2 Reading paper  

Skills Wheels

EYFS

KS1

KS2

Progression Document

Book Bank Progression

Documents 

Vipers Poster

Skills Wheels:

 Reading