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Home / Reading and Phonics

Reading and Phonics

Phonics

Letters and sounds and Jolly Phonics will be the core scheme taught in school. Phase 1-2 in Nursery, Phase 2-4 in Reception, Phase 4-5 in Year 1 and Phase 6 in Year 2.

Reading in EYFS and Key Stage 1

Access to books starts in Nursery

All books are matched to the phonic phase and key words being taught to support children to make good progress and gain greater fluency in decoding.

Nursery – children will have access to books and reading will begin with Big Cat, Phonic Bugs, Oxford Reading Tree,  Reading Rockets and Jelly & Bean.

Reception – 9am till 9.10am key words and phonic flash cards. 11.15am – 12.15pm word boxes.

Key Stage 1 – children will be given 2 books every time they read (one self-chosen)

Key Stage 1 children will be heard read individually by the class teacher between 12pm-12.30pm daily

Key Stage 1 children will be heard read individually by a lunchtime supervisor between 12.45pm-1.15pm daily

Guided Reading in EYFS and Key Stage 1

9am-9.30am guided reading/phonic sessions/GPS and activities in reading journals.

Guided reading sessions are based around a class text and cover Vocabulary, Inference, Prediction, Evaluation, Retrieval and Summarising. (VIPERS)

Guided reading is recorded on an assessment record sheet from Durham County which is stuck into the inside cover of each child’s Reading Journal and annotated regularly – this helps inform termly assessments.

Reading in Key Stage 2

All children in Year 3-5 will be heard read once a week by the class teacher.  This will be in addition to the one-to-one reading groups which take place between 8.30am-8.50am.

Year 3&4 children have a reading record book which should be dated and signed every time a child reads (at home and at school)

Year 5&6 children have a planner which should be dated and signed every time a child reads (at home and at school)

Guided Reading in Key Stage 2

Guided reading sessions are planned for alongside the weekly English plan. Activities all relate to questions linked to the current class text and cover the specific content domain to be taught.

Guided reading is recorded on an assessment record sheet from Durham County which is stuck into the inside cover of each child’s Reading Journal and annotated regularly – this helps inform termly assessments.

In this section

  • Early Years
    • Nursery
    • Reception
  • Key Stage 1
    • Year 1
    • Year 2
  • Key Stage 2
    • Year 3
    • Year 4
    • Year 5
    • Year 6
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