Reading at White Rock

'Read like a writer and write like a reader'

INTENT:

Our aim is for all children to be reading fluently by the end of Key Stage One. 

At White Rock Primary School, we are passionate about reading. We love to share our reading with others through book shares, reading buddies, library visits and guided reading sessions. Our school library is a colourful, creative and exciting place to be. We even have a reading tree where we can sit and relax with a book with our friends.

It is our aim to ensure that all children read fluently by the time they leave Key Stage 1. Those children at risk of falling behind are quickly identified through our phonics assessments and given extra support and interventions to ensure that they can catch up rapidly (please see our Phonics page for more information). Our Whole School timeline document shows how this will be implemented in each year group.

We are committed to creating lifelong readers who enjoy reading and listening to stories and poems. Please see our Reading Framework document to see how we implement this in each year group.

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Reading For Pleasure

Here at White Rock Primary, we are passionate about reading for pleasure! We use Pie Corbett's reading spines to help ensure that we expose our pupils to 'read alouds' that are diverse and enjoyable. 

We also use the School Library Service to regularly update and refresh our texts within our library.

We enjoy creating a 'book buzz' in school and one way to do this is through our reading posters. Our children like to see what the other classes are reading daily and there are lots of conversations around school about these books. 

We also have a reading buddy scheme where the children from KS2 come down and read with the KS1, Reception and Nursery children. Older readers come down to read a book to the younger children in the school to encourage reading for pleasure and ensure that we work together as a school community to develop and build our reading confidence and self esteem. The children really enjoy this time reading with pupils from other year groups and it has become a much loved activity for all involved!

IMPLEMENTATION:

Please click on the links for further information on the implementation of the Reading Curriculum at White Rock. See our progression documents below.

IMPACT:

We regularly assess the impact of our curriculum content through the use of 'blinks' observations, reading with a sample group of children and gathering pupil voice answers. Some examples of pupil responses will be uploaded later on this academic year. 

Adult helpers: Can you spare some time to read with our children?

Can you spare an hour or two a week to come in and read with our children? Reading out loud is such an important part of developing as a reader and with the support of parents/carers in school we can help to boost a child's confidence and self esteem. If you are able to help out and support our children here at White Rock to become confident and fluent readers then please get in touch with your child's class teacher.

Free Ebooks and magazines

Read the Beano for free!

If ever there was a comic made for tempting our children to read for pleasure, it is the Beano.  

The publishers have wisely decided that we all need a laugh right now and have put "The Golden Beano" online for everyone to access for free.  There is a new one each month.  Click on the link below.

Get lost in our Enchanted Forest Library

Below is a photograph of our amazing library area and reading tree. As you can see, it is bright, vibrant and inviting - no wonder the children love nothing more than to spend their free time in it engrossed in a book by their favourite author!