Read and Share

Reading Event

As part of our mission to continue to develop a culture of reading across school and build our partnership with parents and families, we invited parents and carers into school to our ‘Read & Share’ event.

In Reception and Key Stage one, the children follow the Little Wandle Early Reading & Phonics Scheme. Monday’s session focuses on decoding as the children are given a new book. Tuesdays focus is prosody, which is all about reading with expression and finally, Wednesday’s focus is comprehension, seeing how much the children have understood and remembered about the book.

In Key Stage two, the children follow the Pathways to Read scheme. These sessions take place daily. Monday’s session focuses on a whole class read where the teacher reads aloud to model intonation, fluency and pace. The children are also given the opportunity to read out loud. This shared session follows a four-part structure predict, clarify vocabulary, read and retrieve, and read and explain.

The event was a great success with lots of positive feedback. Many parents said it was a fantastic opportunity to see how reading is taught and how they can help their children to read at home.

We will be holding our reading event again during the Autumn term.