“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives” – Matilda, by Roald Dahl

Early literacy is the development of young children’s skills in moving from learning to read, to reading to learn; these skills include word recognition and language comprehension – the essential components of reading.

Our reading curriculum allows children to be exposed to high level texts and lessons are pitched to suit the needs of all children in the class. We aim for all children to make the transition from learning to read to reading to learn by the end of KS1. Our reading lessons teach children how to read for fluency, intonation and comprehension. Small group interventions help children to keep up with new learning.

In EYFS and KS1 children are taught discrete phonics lessons following the Little Wandle scheme. At the end of KS1 all children will complete the phonics screening test. For those children who do not complete this scheme, Rapid Catch Up is used in Year 2 to plug gaps.

Reading for pleasure

“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” – Walt Disney

We love reading at Marlfields! Our school library is forever growing as a treasure trove of books, magazines, audio books and graphic novels. We are passionate about developing children’s love of reading and opening their eyes to new worlds, new people and new experiences through the pages of a book. Classes visit our library weekly and can borrow books to read at home.

Children are encouraged to read frequently at home to not just develop their reading ability but also their love of reading. We want children to discover their favourite genres and authors.

We promote a love of reading through a variety of events such as book fairs, local library visits and links with our librarian community.

We are working hard to build a reading culture at Marlfields with the exciting new addition of our library which is filled with hundreds of amazing books.

Children will be bringing at least one reading book home each week to read. One will be matched to their reading level. A second maybe be one that they have chosen to read from our library and share at home. They may need help reading this.

Y2-6 children have daily guided reading lessons.

We will be reading a mixture of fiction, non-fiction and poetry throughout the year.

Children are celebrated for their reading efforts with Reading Champion Certificates each week for reading 4 times per week at home.

Links
-Marlfields Phonics and Early Reading Policy
-Reading Progression of Skills Document
-Whole School Reading Spine