English - Reading - Stockton Wood Primary School

Reading

At Stockton Wood, we aim to have all children reading widely, fluently and confidently.

It is our aim to encourage children to learn to love reading and to read regularly outside of school.

We have recently opened our own library for pupils to enjoy.

Children will be taught two key reading skills:

Word reading – the ability to decode words- will be taught through the use of the Synthetic Phonics Programme ‘Read Write Inc.’ Children will be bench marked to assess which level of books they should be reading and to ensure that they progress appropriately. These assessments take place half termly.

Comprehension – Children’s comprehension skills will be taught through high quality discussions with teachers and teaching assistants, individual and group reading times and whole class reading activities. We have moved towards a whole class reading approach when children have completed the RWI programme. They then use the Literacy Counts Ready Steady Comprehension scheme and we have found that children have become motivated to read and discuss more challenging texts.

Celebrations such as World Book Day are used to invite authors into school and promote the pleasure and knowledge that can be gained from books.

The documents below give you more information about the texts and genres that your child will be covering. Please note that this document should be read in conjunction with our curriculum overviews and Reading Spine. In addition to this, we are looking forward to adding to our Ready Steady Comprehension Units.

Primary National Curriculum for English

The Reading Framework

Support your child with reading

Phonics

What is Read Write Inc?

Read Write Inc (RWI) is a phonics complete literacy programme which helps all children learn to read fluently and at speed so they can focus on developing their skills in comprehension, vocabulary and spelling. The programme is designed for children aged 4-7. However, at Stockton Wood we begin the programme in Nursery and will continue teaching RWI to children beyond the age of 7 if they still need support in their reading.

RWI was developed by Ruth Miskin and more information on this can be found at https://ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/.

How will RWI be taught?

All children are assessed every 6-8 weeks and placed in groups to target their phonic at the appropriate level. This allows complete participation in lessons.

To help at home:

Your child will start to bring books home when they are confident readers. Please help them to read and give lots of praise!

If you have any other questions about RWI, please see your class teacher.

Phonics Screening Check Year One

What is the Year 1 phonics screening check?

The Year 1 phonics screening check is a short, light-touch assessment to confirm whether individual pupils have learnt phonic decoding to an appropriate standard.

It will identify the children who need extra help so they are given support by their school to improve their reading skills. They will then be able to retake the check so that schools can track pupils until they are able to decode.

Useful websites for Parents

Your child will have brought home QR codes for RWI and an Oxford Owl log in for RWI reading at home if they are in Rec – Y2.

Please find a list of websites that you may find useful in helping you and your child learn about phonics. Games and fun activity websites are also included.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ – many games to play

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/literacy/phonics/play/ – fun games for the children to play

http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html – fun games for the children to play

http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/kentict_home.cfm – fun games for the children to play and information for parents

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/ – fun games for the children to play

http://www.starfall.com/ – fun games for the children to play

http://www.firstschoolyears.com/ – fun games for the children to play

BBC Bitesize – many games to play covering all areas of the curriculum

Please click on this link for the Ruth Miskin website where you can find more information regarding Read Write Inc phonics and Literacy & Language including useful videos and guides for parents.