Reading
"The more you read the more things you will know. The more you learn the more places you will go." Dr Suess.
At Hawridge and Cholesbury, it is our belief that reading is an enabler to unlock an abundance of life-long learning which helps children to grow and flourish. We therefore we aim to develop a passion for reading within all children. Through a variety of rich experiences we nurture a love of reading and fascination in literature within our school community. We encourage members of our school, families and local community to share their love of reading through our 'Mystery Reader' initiative, enable classes to participate in Online Author events, dedicate time for teachers to read aloud to their class and engage with national initiatives such as World Book Day.
Phonics is crucial to successful teaching of early reading and children are taught phonics using the Read Write Inc approach (see separate tab for more details) As part of our high aspirations for all our children we continue to teach phonics throughout a child’s time at Hawridge & Cholesbury CE School, until children have reached a standard that allows them to access texts independently and confidently.
Reading - Implementation
Reading skills are developed within Guided Reading sessions throughout the school and also form a central part of all curricula areas supporting the learning that children undertake. All children will read widely across both fiction and non-fiction to develop their knowledge of themselves and the world in which they live, to establish an appreciation and love of reading, to gain knowledge across the curriculum and develop their comprehension skills. It is our intention to ensure that, by the end of their primary education, all our pupils are able to read fluently, and with confidence, in any subject.
Please see Phonics tab for information about the teaching of phonics and support information for parents
Please see World Book Day Tab for highlights of World Book Day
Please see Online Author Events for information about our exciting online visits
Read-ins
(Reception and KS1)
You are invited to: Read-in Friday 8.40am – 9.00am in your child’s classroom
We would like to invite you to come in to the classroom with your child on Friday mornings to share a book together. We will have a variety of books available to read, however, you may wish to bring in a book from home. Please do not worry if you are unable to stay with your child, as we will be encouraging children to pair up with a friend and their parent/ carer. The staff in school will also be sharing stories with the children. If you have more than one child in the lower part of the school, you are welcome to bring them in to one of the classrooms, but please make sure that their class teacher knows exactly where they are. We look forward to seeing you at our Read-in sessions.