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"A love of reading is the biggest indicator of future academic success."

OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Why reading is so important:

  • Reading is essential for all subject areas and improves life chances.
  • Positive attitudes to reading and choosing to read have academic, social and emotional benefits for children.

 

How children learn to read:

  • Learning to say the phonic sounds.
  • By blending phonic sounds to read words.
  • Increasing the child’s fluency in reading sounds, words and books.

 

The role of Parents’ and Carers’:

  • Have a positive impact on their child’s reading.
  • Should model the importance of reading practice to develop fluency.
  • Children take home books they have read at school to re-read at home to build fluency.
  • Reading at home encourages a love of books, along with developing vocabulary and discussion.
  • Parents should use voices, expression, discuss unfamiliar vocabulary, talk about the pictures, and predict what might happen next.
  • Give feedback in the home reading diary at least 5 times a week.

 

 

Useful downloads:

Useful videos:

Phase 2 sounds taught in Maple Class Autumn 1

 

Phase 2 sounds taught in Maple Class Autumn 2

Phase 3 sounds taught in Maple Class Spring 

How we teach blending

How we teach 'Tricky' words

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