Whole Class Reading Lessons
- Once the children have completed the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme, they are taught reading through a daily whole-class approach. Lessons are structured to ensure that children are first fluent in the text being taught (one per week) and understand the key vocabulary. After this, comprehension skills such as inference and retrieval are taught and practised through a variety of questions as well debates, discussions and open-ended questions to cultivate a love of reading.
- Children in Year 2/Key Stage 2 also read books from the Big Cat Reading Scheme which offers a range of genres. The children decide which books they would like to read and are monitored closely by teachers to ensure they are reading books that are the appropriate level for them in terms of fluency and comprehension.