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Reading

Reading Vision

 

 At Millfields Primary School and Nursery, we want to develop our children’s imagination by opening up a treasure house of wonder and joy for curious young mind through the power of books. We believe that central to learning is creating a life-long love of reading and books, and it is our belief that every child should become a confident, fluent and independent reader. 

 

Across the school, children are taught to read texts fluently while developing their understanding and compression skills. This is achieved through a range of approaches and strategies which meet their needs and challenges them appropriately. At the heart of all these, the children are expected to strive for greatness, to constantly challenge themselves and persevere when faced with difficulties.

In Foundation and Key Stage 1, Phonics through Read, Write, Inc is taught on a daily basis which enables children to segment and decode words. Once the children have learnt how to read, they can then learn to comprehend and understand the text they are reading. Children are encouraged to use these strategies independently to understand, enjoy and learn from a range of texts. In KS2, DERIC provides children with the opportunity to apply their reading and comprehension skills to a variety of texts. Book discussion is widely encouraged in class, which supports children to empathise with characters, share opinions and debate topics.

 

We also acknowledge and value the important role played by family in supporting children’s reading development at home, and we support and encourage parents to ensure that they are part of their child’s reading journey. 

 

Teachers nurture a love of books at all times, by placing reading at the centre of the curriculum, introducing new texts with enthusiasm and enjoyment, promoting a sense of wonder and expectation as the text is explored. All teachers use quality texts in all aspects of their teaching across the curriculum and provide opportunities that extend and enrich the children’s learning. It is these tools and opportunities that we believe give our children the necessary skills to become thoughtful and confident readers for life, which helps them in everything they do. 

 

We are committed to all of the aims outlined above and endeavour to achieve these by ensuring that reading is made, and kept as, a high priority throughout the school.