Reading
Reading at Stanbury
At Stanbury Village School we aim to make all of our pupils fluent and comprehensive readers by the time they leave us to embark on their secondary school journeys. We aim to ensure a balanced mix of approaches to reading so that our pupils achieve the skills required, a positive attitude, confidence as well as interest and a life-long love of literature.
We firmly believe in developing a culture that encourages a desire and love for reading. We encourage reading in all areas of the curriculum covering a mixture of genres. We carefully select books that are current and rich in vocabulary as well as embracing the classics that we believe all children should experience at least once in their lifetimes. We link texts to our creative curriculum but they could also tie in with our children’s likes and interests.
By the end of Year 2 we aim to have completed their phonic journey with any children identified as needing further support will continue to have this going forward, to secure their phonic knowledge as soon as possible.
Increasingly, as our children grow older we develop their skills to comprehend what they are reading, interpret texts and find information, developing an awareness of intent, genre purpose and literary devices used for effect.
Alongside these skills in reading fluency and comprehension, we aim most importantly to give children the desire and the passion to read, so as to motivate and extend their reading, acquiring excellent reading habits that will support them beyond their journey with us.
