‘The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.’ Dr Seuss

Purpose of study 

Our high-quality curriculum places reading at the heart of what we do, we believe that everything begins with a good book. We want our pupils to develop a life-long love of reading. We believe that all pupils should have the opportunity to be fluent, confident readers who are able to successfully comprehend and understand a wide range of texts. Reading at our school will enable pupils to develop the skills needed to gain knowledge across the wider curriculum. We want pupils to develop a love of reading, a good knowledge of a range of authors, and be able to understand more about the world in which they live through the knowledge they gain from texts. We want them to read widely and often, for both pleasure and information purposes, to become fluent readers. 

Aims 

Our curriculum aims to ensure that all pupils: 

• Can use phonological skills to decode and segment unknown words.
• Become fluent and confident readers.
• Develop their love of literature through reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information.
• Can use their reading skills appropriate to age across the curriculum to comprehend a range of texts.
• Acquire a wide subject specific vocabulary. 
• Become competent readers who can recommend books to their peers, have a thirst for reading a wide range of high-quality texts across the genres, participate in discussions about books and have an established love of reading for life.