Our READING CURRICULUM
Reading is an essential part of our curriculum at Wickersley Northfield Primary and our aspiration is for every child to be able to read fluently and enjoy reading.
From the very outset, we place huge emphasis on ensuring every child masters the early reading skills and is able to decode fluently through the systematic teaching of our Read Write Inc. programme. Children with effective phonics, word reading and comprehension skills will then go on to become fluent readers.
We aim to provide a wide range of reading experiences and opportunities for children to explore a wealth of different books and develop a love for reading throughout.
Click here to find out more about Read Write Inc and Early Reading at Wickersley Northfield.
Click here to view the Reading Offer at Wickersley Northfield Primary School.
At Wickersley Northfield, our pupils develop their reading comprehension skills through guided reading.
Click here to view our Guided Reading Whole School Long Term Planning.
Click here to view the high-quality texts chosen to teach Guided Reading at Key Stage Two.
KEY READING CONEPTS at wickersley northfield
Word Reading : Focusing on applying phonic knowledge to be able to read words accurately.
Fluency: Developing fluent readers who are able to read books which are closely matched with their current phonic knowledge with confidence and accuracy.
Comprehension: Comprehension skills have been broken down into seven key concepts:
Define: Discuss word meanings and understand the meaning of new and unfamiliar vocabulary.
KS2 approaches to teaching 'Define.'
Retrieve: Using skimming and scanning skills to locate and retrieve key information from fiction and non-fiction texts.
KS1 approaches to teaching 'Retrieve.'
KS2 approaches to teaching 'Retrieve.'
Summarise: Developing an ability to concisely summarise what has been read.
KS1 approaches to teaching 'Summarise.'
KS2 approaches to teaching 'Summarise.'
Sequence: Developing summarising skills by showing an ability to accurately sequence events within a text that has been read.
KS1 approaches to teaching 'Sequence.'
Predict: Developing an ability to use our understanding of what we have read to make a sensible prediction.
KS1 approaches to teaching 'Predict.'
KS2 approaches to teaching 'Predict.'
Infer: Developing an ability to make accurate inferences based on a text that has been read.
KS1 approaches to teaching 'Infer.'
KS2 approaches to teaching 'Infer.'
Relate: Showing an ability to identify the themes and conventions within texts that they have read.
KS2 approaches to teaching 'Relate.'
Explore: Discuss and explore an author's language choices and the impact that these have on the reader.
KS2 approaches to teaching 'Explore.'
Compare: Show an ability to be able to make comparisons within and across texts that they have read.
KS2 approaches to teaching 'Compare.'
BREADTH OF STUDY: NATIONAL CURRICULUM FOR READING
KEY STAGE 1:
- Listen to traditional tales.
- Listen to a range of texts.
- Learn some poems by heart.
- Become familiar with a wide range of texts of different lengths.
- Discuss books.
- Build up a repertoire of poems to recite.
- Use the class and school libraries.
- Listen to short novels over time.
KEY STAGE 2:
- Read and listen to a wide range of styles of text, including fairy stories, myths and legends.
- Listen to and discuss a wide range of texts.
- Learn poetry by heart.
- Increase familiarity with a wide range of books, including myths and legends, traditional stories, modern fiction, classic British fiction and books from other cultures.
- Take part in conversations about books.
- Learn a wide range of poetry by heart.
- Use the school and community libraries.
- Look at classification systems.
- Look at books with a different alphabet to English.
- Read and listen to whole books.
