Reading

At St. Aidan’s our vision is for all children to leave primary school with is the ability to read independently and effectively for meaning. It is our intention to produce a lively and stimulating language environment which promote rich and appropriate speaking, listening, reading, and writing experiences whilst valuing and celebrating diversity in culture and language through a range of genres. The desire to embed and consolidate Literacy skills is reflected across our wider curriculum.  At St. Aidan’s, reading is implemented firstly by word reading (the ability to decode words) – will be taught through the use of the DFE validated Systematic Synthetic Phonics programme ‘Bug Club’ giving children daily opportunities to explore and develop their reading, writing and oracy skills through a number of rich, engaging and creative activities. We understand that children need to be able to listen to and recall genres orally before writing their own, which is why we use the ‘Ready Steady Comprehension’ teaching resources by Literacy Counts as the basis of our reading planning from Year One to Year 6. This builds on the EY2P scheme in Nursery and Reception. It is our aim to encourage children to learn to love reading and to read regularly in school and at home. We promote reading throughout our curriculum and children are given opportunities to develop their reading skills every day. The impact of our English curriculum will ensure our pupils are academically prepared for life beyond primary school and throughout their educational journey. Reading at St. Aidan’s means not only to read, write, speak, and listen, but also to use language to learn, think, and communicate effectively.