Reading is of the upmost importance for all our children. We want children to read widely and often and to read for pleasure.
For this we provide children with a vast selection of reading materials.
In Foundation stage and Key Stage 1 your child will be given a Read, Write Inc book bag book, a Read Write Inc story book to access online tailored to their reading ability. They will also be given a book that they have chosen themselves from our school library. This book is to be shared at home with parents.
In Key stage 2 children are given Oxford Reading levelled books as a home readers. Once children have completed the schemes they are able to choose any book they would like to read from a vast selection of books.
When children have completed our school phonics scheme, they will also have access to reading plus, this is an online reading program designed to help build fluency in reading and develop comprehension.
We are very lucky to have a beautiful library for children to use, each week they are able to choose a book to take home. We also offer a wide selection of magazines and comics for children to enjoy!
Reading Incentives
Children are able to gain awards for reading a specific number of times, all we ask is that you sign your child’s reading journal each time they read with you. This can be reading anything it does not have to be their home reader. You can sign for each page they read or each chapter is does not have to be the whole book.
- If your child reads 10 times they get a bronze award
- 25 times for a silver award
- and
- 50 times to come shopping to pick a book of their choice!
Happy Reading everyone!
Reading and Phonics Intent Statement
Wessington Reading Curriculum
Recommended Reading EYFS
Recommended Reading KS1
Recommended Reading KS2
Dear parents and carers,
Children are able to access their phonics books in an electronic format. This provides an engaging way for them to continue reading their home reading books, with the added benefit of quizzes at the end of each text and further phonics practice.
Each Wednesday, children will be assigned the book they have been reading in class during the previous week. It is expected that all children read their allocated book at home and complete the accompanying quiz. Teachers will maintain a record of completed reading and quizzes, and each time a child participates, their name will be entered into a prize draw which will take place at the end of every half term. This will also be added to their home reading certificate times to. (Read 10x for a bronze certificate, read 25x for silver and 50x for gold).
Below is the information on how to access oxford owl and the eBooks:
Logging in
When you have received your child’s login details from their teacher, they can access the student area by logging in at www.oxfordowl.co.uk Before entering any details, please ensure the students tab is selected.
Then enter the school code, oe1
You will then reach the home page. This is where children can access their home reading books and home work.
Click on the ‘homework’ section to find your child’s reading book. They will have read it three times in school so they’ll be able to read it without overly sounding out every word.
Click on read the ‘eBook’ to read the story.
Then click on ‘take the quiz’ when children have read the book.
Children can click the green play button to hear the question read aloud to them. This will encourage children to think about the story and help develop their comprehension and language skills.
If you have any questions, please see class teachers.
Happy reading everyone!!