Reading at Days Lane
At Days Lane Primary School, reading is at the very heart of the curriculum. Children learn to read a variety of fiction and non-fiction texts, and apply their reading skills in many other areas of the curriculum. Children are introduced to reading as soon as they start at Day Lane Primary School through listening to and sharing stories. From Reception, and also throughout Key Stage 1, children have a daily phonics lesson to learn letter sounds and how to use this to read words.
Key texts are carefully chosen in each year group and provide drivers for children's learning in English and across many foundation subjects. Weekly guided reading (KS1) / reciprocol reading (KS2) lessons enable children to delve deep into a broad range of texts and develop their understanding of character, plot, language choices and authorial intent. Follow on actvities also provide children with opportunties to develop their reading fluency through sustained reading, whilst there are also frequent opportuntites to read allowed to a partner.
We actively encourage reading for pleasure through the ongoing development of our classroom reading corners and additional 'reading break out areas' in the school, to help develop a community of readers. Reading is also celebrated through themed weeks/ days such as Picture Book Week, World Book Day and Poetry Day, including visits from authors/poets. We also celebrate children's achievements in reading through our half termly Reading Champions certificates.
Reading Assessment Frameworks
Parent Workshops
Promoting a love of reading at Days Lane
Parent Readers - During her interview with our School Ambassadors, Mrs Hines kindly offered to read them a traditional tale, which was inspired by the Ashanti people of Ghana. Please click on the link to listen to the story, which was viewed by the whole of the school!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CR_JYj0TK6YPPvPLQU2g17dAiuVUKCiw/view?usp=sharing
Peer Reading - Extract from Parent Newsletter
Roald Dahl Day - Extract from a Parent Newsletter
To celebrate one of our most treasured authors, teachers will be reading extracts from books to the children throughout the week. Mr Lang and I will also be sharing some of our favourite Roald Dahl characters during our assembly next week.
Can you guess which Roald Dahl books the following extracts are from?
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ntUxirfmsxXIbD2InTnzPsvbLRyBIPjs/view?usp=sharing (Barnaby – Year 2)
Reading Rewards
Louie French MP unveiled our reading vending machine, which is filled with books for children in EYFS, KS1 and KS2 to choose and keep as a reward for great reading progress! He also took the opportunity to speak to our School Ambassadors about reading at Days Lane.
"Reading is a key skill that everyone uses throughout our lives. It is brilliant to see Days Lane supporting children’s reading and bringing it to life” (Louie French MP).
Introducing our reading vending machine: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13P5pukA9yZ0P4uHNm-YRfDzxVQCNFq_A/view?usp=sharing
Extreme Reading Competitons - Extracts from Parent Newsletters