Our Intent

It is widely recognised that children who read are more articulate, more confident and better informed. 

Reading is an important way to gain knowledge and understanding across all areas of the curriculum.  The children read at school every day, across all areas of the curriculum but time is limited in school for sustained periods of reading for pleasure.

Therefore, we need to work together to try and encourage and intrigue your child to read high quality texts and there needs to be a balance between the types of books we ask our children to read. 

Children (and adults) are creatures of habit and will tend to choose books that are comfortable and known.  Our joint task is to suggest, coach and help our children to experience a greater exposure to a range of quality texts including those they will enjoy and lap up as well as those that will challenge them and extend their learning. 

Our intentions in reading are for children to:

• Develop the skills of decoding, fluency and comprehension

• Be daring in the texts that they choose to read.

• Encourage resilience and independence in reading; to ensure that children are not deterred by texts that may be deemed as ‘too challenging’.

• Equipping the child with the skills to effectively read and understand challenging texts. 

• Nurture inquisitive and enquiring attitudes through engaging and stimulating texts.

• Encourage ambitious text choices that stretch and challenge.

• Empower children to be motivated readers and understand the importance of reading for pleasure.